National Sports

SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom — Toronto's Roman Sadovsky finished in sixth place after struggling through Saturday's men's free skate at the MK John Wilson Trophy, a stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Quebec captured its third straight Canadian mixed curling championship with a convincing 10-3 win over Northern Ontario on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For 14 seasons, Philadelphia Flyers fans were used to seeing Claude Giroux set up a pair of goals and helping his team win a game. On Saturday, they saw it again, but for the first time it didn’t help the Flyers.

STAVANGER, Norway — Canada won gold in the women's team pursuit and silver in the men's 500 metres Saturday on the second day of the season-opening speedskating World Cup stop.

The Canadian women return home from the Rugby World Cup proud but disappointed after a tournament that saw them impress prior to running into a classy French side in the bronze-medal match.

TORONTO — It's been a steady, gradual return for William Stanback. The 2021 CFL rushing leader will appear in a sixth straight game Sunday when Montreal visits the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division final.

AMSTERDAM — Canada scored 24 second-half points en route to a 37-25 win over the Netherlands on Saturday in an international rugby test match.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canada's Rugby World Cup campaign ended in disappointment Saturday, beaten 36-0 by France in the bronze-medal match.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Replacement winger Ayesha Leti-I’iga scored her second try in the 72nd minute as defending champion New Zealand rallied to beat top-ranked England 34-31 Saturday in a breathtaking final to the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

VICTORIA — Robbie Fromm-Delorme and Luca Cagnoni each scored twice, the Winterhawks went 3-for-6 on the power play, and Portland won its 12th game of the Western Hockey League season with a 5-1 victory over the Victoria Royals.