National Sports

SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. — Owen Purcell's team from Nova Scotia opened the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Sunday with a pair of impressive wins at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club.

NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves, and the New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove Award and Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder Daulton Varsho was among 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most famous fielding honour.

VICTORIA — Logan Pickford's goal in the fourth round of the shootout lifted the Victoria Royals to a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the visiting Saskatoon Blades in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays star outfielder Daulton Varsho is a Gold Glove Award winner.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy scored on a breakaway 2:14 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.

NIAGARA, Ont. — Kevin He scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Niagara IceDogs to a 4-3 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Sudbury Wolves on Sunday at the Meridian Centre.

NEW YORK (AP) — Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui used strong kicks in the final mile to pull away from their nearest competitors and both win the New York City Marathon for the first time Sunday.

MONTREAL — Canada’s short track team reached the podium four times on Sunday, winning both the men’s and mixed gender relays to close out the ISU Short Track World Tour in Montreal.

WINNIPEG — Nikolaj Ehlers quickly shook off the suggestion that he is now the Wayne Gretzky of Denmark.