National Sports

CASSANO MAGNAGO, Italy (CP-AP) — Canadian Derek Gee, continuing to impress in his first Grand Tour event, came within half a wheel of winning Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday.

MADRID — Canada's Leylah Fernandez lost in straight sets to Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-2, 7-5, in the W100 Madrid Open semifinal on Saturday.

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Vegas 4, Dallas 3 (OT) (Vegas leads the series 1-0) --- World Hockey Championship Preliminary Round At Riga, Latvia Latvia 3 Slovenia 2 Kazakhstan 4 Slovakia 3 (SO) At Tampere, Finland Fi

KENT, Wash. — The Seattle Thunderbirds beat the Winnipeg ICE 3-1 on Friday to claim the Western Hockey League title. The game-winning goal came courtesy of Nico Myatovic, who bagged a penalty shot against ICE netminder Daniel Hauser.

QUEBEC — Halifax struck twice in the second period as they put the Quebec Remparts hope of clinching their series on ice. Zachary L'Heureux had a goal and an assist as the Mooseheads beat the Remparts 3-2.

KNIGHTS 4 PETES 1 LONDON - Easton Cowan scored a goal and an assist as London Knights defeated the Peterborough Petes. Denver Barkey, Ryan Humphrey and Logan Mailloux all scored once for London.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays' vaunted offence has been sputtering against divisional rivals this week but manager John Schneider is preaching patience in the clubhouse and to media.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been accused of a second doping offense by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport.

TORONTO — Brendan Shanahan started the week wanting to keep Kyle Dubas in the fold.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.