National Sports

LUXEMBOURG — Canada's Eugenie Bouchard defeated Switzerland's Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to reach the final qualification round at the Luxembourg Open. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que.

NEWARK, N.J. — Kyle Palmieri scored two goals for the third straight game and the New Jersey Devils rallied from their first deficits of the season to beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Sunday.

TORONTO — Hannah Darling, a rising star in Canadian rugby sevens and a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the Rio Olympics, has retired from the national team. The 22-year-old from Warsaw, Ont., made the announcement Sunday via social media.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Canada 'A' took advantage of a late penalty try to edge Tonga 'A' 32-31 at the World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge on Sunday. The Canadians (1-2-0) took the lead in the 69th minute after Tevita Hafoka was given a yellow card.

NEW YORK — Panthers defenceman Mike Matheson will have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Monday as a result of his hit on Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson on Saturday night in Florida.

TORONTO — Together they rank as Canada's top soccer players currently plying their trade in North America. And Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan Osorio go way back.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball's world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has died at the Youth Olympics. He was 51.

INCHEON, Korea, Republic Of — Local favourite In Gee Chun fired a 6-under 66 to win the KEB Hana Bank Championship on Sunday and clinch her third LPGA Tour victory.

Olympic champion Simone Biles is upset about an anti-Nike tweet from USA Gymnastics interim president and CEO Mary Bono.

SHANGHAI — Novak Djokovic won a record fourth Shanghai Masters title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 13th-seeded Borna Coric on Sunday. The second-seeded Djokovic has won all four Shanghai finals he's contested in his career (2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018).