National Sports

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties in quick succession as the host country came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the African Cup of Nations' opening game Sunday, lifting the mood of a tournament bu

Vanessa James and Eric Radford sat in the virtually empty TD Place Arena stands on Saturday, watching as their rivals competed in the pairs free skate at the Canadian figure skating championships.

EDMONTON — The National Hockey League has postponed two games due to COVID-related issues affecting the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils.

The St. John's Red Storm have a bit of everything available in Tuesday's MLS SuperDraft, complete with Canadian passports. Want to stop goals? Try towering goalkeeper Luka Gavran, a Hamilton native who stands between 6-5 and 6-6.

Tottenham and Liverpool came from behind to avoid being embarrassed at home by third-tier opponents in the FA Cup on Sunday. A little bit of luck proved crucial in Tottenham's third-round turnaround.

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — Wearing low-ranked bib No. 38, Johannes Strolz was the shocking winner of a World Cup slalom on Sunday. The 29-year-old Austrian had a career-best finish of 10th in more than eight years of World Cup racing.

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Petra Vlhova cemented her status as the leading female slalom skier of the season with her fifth win from six races on Sunday with just a month to go before the Olympic race in Beijing.

Saturday's Games NHL Dallas 3 Pittsburgh 2 San Jose 3 Philadelphia 2 (OT) Boston 5 Tampa Bay 2 Florida 4 Carolina 3 (OT) Columbus 4 New Jersey 3 Colorado 5 Toronto 4 (OT) Nashville 4 Arizona 2 Minnesota 3 Washington 2 (SO) Chicago 2 Vegas 1 N.Y.

Barely a week before what might have been his last Canadian figure skating championships, and with a berth in the Beijing Olympics on the line, Nam Nguyen felt like he'd been by a train.

It took 19 tries for Keegan Messing to finally claim a national title. In a cruel twist due to COVID-19, it's the first national championship his mom Sally -- who was born in Edmonton, thus is the reason Messing skates for Canada -- had ever missed.