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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Neymar said in court on Tuesday in a fraud and corruption trial over his transfer from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona in 2013 that he knew little about the negotiations and his father was always in charge of his contracts.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said.

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe's team held onto the puck for what seemed like an eternity. The first-period game of keep away — rarely seen for that long in the NHL — was easy on the eyes.

Monday's Games NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Washington 6 Vancouver 4 Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Arizona 4 Toronto 2 Dallas 4 Winnipeg 1 Los Angeles 5 Detroit 4 (OT) N.Y.

DALLAS (AP) — Jani Hakanpaa and Joel Kiviranta scored during a frenzied two-minute span in the second period, and the Dallas Stars went on to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets, who were still without new coach Rick Bowness on Monday night.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised her way to a 6-2, 6-4 opening-round win over Jil Teichmann of Spain at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open on Monday. The Mississauga, Ont.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens will have a lot of growing pains this season retooling with a young squad. However, the Habs found a way Monday night to please their fans by maintaining an undefeated home record through their first two NHL games.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin and Washington's best players got going just in time to put together their best period of the season and avoid what would have been the Capitals' worst four-game start in nearly a decade.

If Hockey Canada is going to truly change its culture then it must break from its old governance processes, say three experts.

OTTAWA — American receiver Jaelon Acklin was a full participant in practice Monday for the Ottawa Redblacks. Acklin missed Ottawa's 34-30 home loss to the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night with head/shoulder issues.