National Sports

WINNIPEG — Blake Wheeler celebrated his 1,000th NHL game with a pair of assists in a scrappy 6-3 victory for the Winnipeg Jets over the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday, but he still wasn’t able to score his first goal of the season.

Brendan Bottcher provided his reasoning Sunday for the lineup rupture within the Canadian men's curling champions that left Darren Moulding on the outs and had the sport's observers engrossed by the unexpected divorce just three months before the Tim

Buck O'Neil never uttered a single word of bitterness or regret about not being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Till the end, he urged those who loved and rooted for him to do the same.

EDMONTON — Sticking to the game plan was key, but having Connor McDavid exit the contest on a game misconduct didn’t hurt the Los Angeles Kings either.

TORONTO — Defence has long been a cornerstone of the Toronto Raptors' success, but a solid defensive effort had been inexplicably missing of late.

WINNIPEG — A big game got the best out of Andrew Harris.

TORONTO — A perfect performance from Dane Evans earned the Hamilton Tiger-Cats a Grey Cup rematch.

HAMILTON — There’s a new Canadian Premier League champion. Victoria’s Pacific FC knocked off defending champions Forge FC of Hamilton 1-0 in the CPL final Sunday for their first league title.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Sofia Goggia felt "an explosion in my heart" when she skied across the finish line Sunday. The 29-year-old Italian became just the third woman to sweep all three races in a Lake Louise World Cup by winning the super-G.

Lewis Hamilton passed Max Verstappen with six laps remaining Sunday to win the chaotic inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and pull even on points with his rival as Formula One's thrilling championship race heads into the title-deciding finale.