National Sports

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yuka Saso modeled her golf game after Rory McIlroy, spending hours watching videos of his swing before going to bed each night in order to perfect her own. All that work paid off and now Saso is a U.S.

RIGA, Latvia — Nick Paul scored in overtime on an assist from Ottawa Senators teammate Connor Brown, and Canada completed its amazing turnaround at the world hockey championship with a 3-2 win over Finland in the gold-medal game on Sunday.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Calgary's Stephen Ames won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his second PGA Tour Champions title, taking advantage of Tim Herron's final-round collapse.

OTTAWA — The federal government will issue a travel exemption to allow the winner of the NHL's all-Canadian North Division and an American counterpart to cross the border during the third and final rounds of the playoffs.

Jose Altuve led off the game with a home run, rookie Luis Garcia earned his fifth straight win and the Houston Astros beat Toronto 6-3 Sunday, finishing the Blue Jays' first homestand of the season in Buffalo.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Stephen Ames edged fellow Canadian Mike Weir by one stroke to win the Champions Tour's Principal Charity Classic. Ames, from Calgary, shot a final round of 5-under 67 to move up eight spots into first at 12 under.

RIMINI, Italy — The Canadian women's volleyball team gave up a two-set lead in a 3-2 loss to Poland on Sunday in Volleyball Nations League action.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trae Young put an early smackdown on Philly and again rose to the occasion in the playoffs for a Hawks team that wasted no time grabbing control of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

MARIETTA, Ga. — Josh Furno scored two tries and Joe Pietersen kicked 16 points to lead the San Diego Legion to a 40-30 victory over the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play Sunday.

Like many visitors to Las Vegas, Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser leaves a loser. But the Alberta heavyweight likely deserves better. The 29-year-old from Bonnyville, Alta.