National Sports

TORONTO — Trainer Mark Casse remains unsure whether State of Honor will run in the $1-million Queen's Plate, and if he does what path the horse will take to Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred race.

VANCOUVER — When the Vancouver Canucks hired Travis Green as their new head coach this spring, a video of his fight with Dan Cloutier from their playing days was widely circulating online.

NOVI SAD, Serbia — Canada's men's volleyball team won its FIVB World League Group 1 opener on Friday, defeating Belgium 3-2. Set scores were 25-22, 19-25, 26-24, 23-25 and 15-13.

VANCOUVER — Jordan Harvey was still shaking his head Sunday morning. The Vancouver Whitecaps had thoroughly dominated D.C.

HARRISBURG, Pa.

MONTREAL — For most of their first five seasons in Major League Soccer the Montreal Impact were dominated by the New York Red Bulls, but that all changed with a playoff upset in an Eastern Conference semifinal last October.

PITTSBURGH — Chasing a second straight Stanley Cup without Kris Letang hasn't been easy for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The defending champs have been trying to scratch their way to the top without their injured No. 1 defenceman.

PARIS — Canadian Milos Raonic caught a break Friday at the French Open as he needed less than a half hour to complete a third-round victory over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Raonic, the No. 5 seed from Thornhill, Ont.

SASKATOON — Linden Gaydosh is making yet another football comeback. The six-foot-three, 310-pound defensive tackle has battled injuries throughout his four-year pro football career.

NEW YORK — Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley has chosen to go to trial in August on charges he struck a security guard at Madison Square Garden. Oakley appeared briefly before a Manhattan judge on Friday.