National Sports

NEW YORK — Lanni Marchant was the top Canadian in the New York Marathon on Sunday, finishing 11th to mark her triumphant return to the event. The 37-year-old from London, Ont.

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Toronto's Shady El Nahas captured a silver medal in the men's 100-kilogram class Sunday at the Baku Grand Slam judo event. The competition was El Nahas's first since finishing fifth at the Tokyo Olympics in July.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Korir of Kenya won the New York City Marathon men’s race Sunday, two years after coming in second.

AMHERST, N.Y. — The Toronto Six kicked off the new Premier Hockey Federation season with a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Beauts on Saturday. Michela Cava scored the winner on the power play with exactly one minute to play in the third period.

CALGARY — Between Matthew Tkachuk's big night offensively and Jacob Markstrom's stellar goaltending, the Calgary Flames were excellent at both ends of the ice Saturday night.

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Brad Gushue of St. John's N.L., will face Scotland's Bruce Mouat in the men’s final of the Grand Slam of Curling's National, while Canadian Tracy Fleury takes on Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in the women’s final.

STOCKTON, Calif. — The Abbotsford Canucks were dealt their fourth regulation loss of their inaugural American Hockey League season Saturday following a 2-1 defeat to the Stockton Heat.

CHICAGO — Five different players found the back of the net and Philippe Desrosiers made 22 saves in the Manitoba Moose's 5-1 triumph over the Chicago Wolves Saturday in the American Hockey League.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews summed up life under the microscope in hockey's biggest market with a few succinct sentences. "The highs can get real high here," he said Saturday. "And the lows can get real low.