National Sports

CALGARY — Ted-Jan Bloemen and Graeme Fish have both navigated comebacks in the sufferfest that is speedskating's 10,000 metres.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The conversation began seven years ago when Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama won his fourth PGA Tour title to pass Shigeki Maruyama, his mentor.

BATHURST, N.B. — Robert Orr scored the eventual winner with 7:02 left in the third period as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Gatineau Olympiques 3-2 on Sunday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have forwarded a message from Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald that he's out of hospital following a cardiac event earlier this month.

WINDSOR, Ont. — A.J. Spellacy's short-handed goal at 11:52 stood up as the winner as the Windsor Spitfires knocked off the visiting Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday at the WFCU Centre.

LAVAL, Que. — Montreal head coach Kori Cheverie sleeps just fine knowing she has two brick walls in net. "It's not a worry,” Cheverie said. “I don't lose sleep at night, I lose sleep over other things.

DOHA, Qatar — Canada's women’s 4x100-metre medley relay team earned bronze on Sunday in the final event of the World Aquatics Championships. The team of Ingrid Wilm, Sophie Angus, Rebecca Smith and Taylor Ruck combined for a time of three minutes 56.

GDANSK, Poland — Steven Dubois earned gold in the men's 500 metres and Canada won the 5,000-metre relay on Sunday in the final event of the ISU World Cup short-track speedskating season. Dubois, from Terrebonne, Que.

KVITFJELL, NORWAY — Canada's Jeffrey Read placed second in the men’s super-G on Sunday for the first FIS Alpine World Cup podium finish of his career. Read, from Canmore, Alta., finished in one minute 9.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Blue Jays top prospect Ricky Tiedemann did some minor tinkering with his workout routine in the off-season and it led to some major results. His stuff on the mound has drawn raves too.