National Sports

TORONTO — Former Toronto Raptors forward/guard Rasual Butler died Wednesday in a car accident. He was 38. The Raptors confirmed Butler's death in an email to The Canadian Press. Butler played 34 games for Toronto over the 2011-12 season.

MIAMI — Canada has been drawn in a group with three-time defending champion U.S., Costa Rica and Bermuda at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship.

TORONTO — Just a few weeks after enraging fans with his musings about possibly moving his NHL team, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he has no plans to relocate the club and remains committed to bringing a Stanley Cup to the city.

TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League has named former Canadian international James Easton its vice-president of soccer operations.

ISTANBUL — Turkish champion Besiktas introduced Canadian striker Cyle Larin on Wednesday along with Brazilian forward Vagner Love. Larin had been in the middle of a tug of war between Orlando City SC, his MLS club, and the Turkish champions.

NASHVILLE — Mike Fisher insists he never thought of returning to the NHL and that watching players come out of retirement always bugged him. Fisher can add his name to that list.

World champion skier Erik Guay's dream of an Olympic medal is over. The Montreal native, one of Canada's top medal hopes in alpine skiing, announced Wednesday that he will miss the Winter Games that begin Feb. 9 in Preongchang due to a back injury.

MONTREAL — Gabriela Dabrowski headlines the list of four tennis players who will represent Canada in a Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie next week in Romania.

TORONTO — Tangerine is set to become the official and exclusive bank of the Toronto Raptors in July in the latest sports-related marketing play by parent company Scotiabank.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian athletes disqualified from the Olympics for life in the Sochi doping scandal will have their appeal verdicts announced on Thursday.