National Sports

TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League is showing its colours with the 2024 match ball.

NEW YORK — Jacque Vaughn's strong work guiding the Brooklyn Nets earned him a contract extension at last season's All-Star break. Just a year later, the Nets fired Vaughn after a 50-point loss in his final game, their worst since moving to Brooklyn.

DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — Canada's Leylah Fernadez cruised into the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bernarda Pera of the United States on Monday.

LONDON (AP) — Roy Hodgson is stepping down as manager of Crystal Palace, the Premier League team said Monday.

CALGARY — Thirty-four years have passed since the last time an all-rookie team won the Canadian women's curling championship. So 22-year-old Skylar Ackerman and her unbeaten team of Saskatchewan first-timers might be due.

EVERETT, Wash. — The visiting Portland Winterhawks peppered 34 shots at Tyler Palmer on Sunday, but the Everett Silvertips' netminder was unbeatable as the hosts posted a 4-0 Western Hockey League victory at Angel of the Winds Arena.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored 10 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers rallied from three goals down to beat the rival New York Islanders 6-5 in a Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

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.