National Sports

REGINA — Howard fists pumped in triumph on the ice and on the bench at the Canadian men's curling championship Saturday when Ontario's Scott Howard threw a walk-off double takeout for the first Brier win of his career as a skip.

LOS ANGELES — Canada is through to the CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinals by the skin of its teeth.

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Zakary Lavoie scored twice, Florian Xhekay had a goal and two assists, and the Brantford Bulldogs edged the visiting Kingston Frontenacs 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at the Brantford Civic Centre.

BATHURST, N.B. — Cory MacGillivray's third-period goal at 16:31 snapped a 3-3 tie and lifted the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 4-3 victory over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at Centre Regional K.C.

MONTREAL — Melodie Daoust was in fine form for her Professional Women's Hockey League debut as Montreal beat Boston 3-1 in front of a crowd of 3,232 at Verdun Auditorium on Saturday afternoon.

SEATTLE (AP) — Stuart Skinner answered every test thrown his way. The ones that came early on when Edmonton's goalie was still finding his way into the game, and especially those he turned away in a frantic final minute.

MONTREAL — Pamela Ware was determined not to let one misstep define her.

OTTAWA — It was a two-and-a-half-minute stretch early in the second period that told the tale Saturday.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi won his fourth straight fight in the UFC on Saturday, earning a unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten Javid Basharat on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card, The judges scored it 29-28, 29

TORONTO — Just 23, Matty Longstaff arrives at Toronto FC with some memorable markers already on his footballing resume.