National Sports

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to Gael Monfils of France in the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Sunday. Monfils, the world No.

With three goals in three straight games, rookie forward Ifunanyachi Achara is making a name for himself at Toronto FC training camp. It's just not his first name, which is a handful. Friends don't even bother with it.

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Petra Vlhova won her third straight women’s World Cup slalom Sunday to overtake the absent Mikaela Shiffrin on the top of the discipline standings.

CALGARY — Alex Nylander was one of a handful of struggling Blackhawks players to hit the score sheet on Saturday night. Led by Nylander's two goals, Chicago snapped a five-game winless skid with an 8-4 victory over the Calgary Flames.

KEARNS, Utah — Canada's Laurent Dubreuil skated to a bronze medal in the men's 1,000-metre on Saturday at the speedskating world single distance championships.

CHICAGO — Aaron Gordon lost another epic dunk contest. And it was by a couple of inches — namely, the top of Tacko Fall’s head. Derrick Jones Jr.

OTTAWA — Jack Campbell hasn't been with the Toronto Maple Leafs for very long, but he's already made an impact. Campbell stopped 24 shots in a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night to improve his record to 3-0-1 since being acquired Feb.

MONTREAL — Claude Julien was frustrated with the officiating in Montreal's latest defeat, and he let it show.

CALGARY — Although Megan Oldham had her sights set on gold, she wasn't too upset to come away with bronze on Saturday. Despite leading with two competitors to go, the 18-year-old skier from Parry Sound, Ont.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Stephanie Lawton often reminds her curling team to breathe. It's a tip her three teammates took to heart when they played in their first Canadian women's curling championship last year in Sydney, N.S.