National Sports

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas.

Centre Sam Popowich scored a game-winning goal with 33 seconds left in the game as the Seattle Thunderbirds opened their Western Hockey League title defence with a 3-2 win over the Wenatchee Wild.

VANCOUVER — After another successful day at the Laver Cup international tennis tournament, Team World is entering uncharted territory: leading heading into the final day of the competition.

SANDY, Utah (AP-CP) — Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini wasn't hiding his displeasure after his team squandered an early lead Saturday night.

ATLANTA (AP-CP) — Thiago Almada had a goal and two assists and Atlanta United wrapped up a spot in the post-season with a 4-1 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.

QUEBEC — Winger Justin Poirier scored a hat trick to lead the Baie-Comeau Drakkar to a 5-3 win over the defending Memorial Cup-champion Quebec Remparts in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday night.

TORONTO — And the beat goes on for Wynton McManis and the Toronto Argonauts.

PONTEVEDRA, Spain — Calgary's Stefan Daniel claimed a silver medal at the World Triathlon Para Championships on Saturday, extending his streak of podium finishes to eight. “The race went as good as I could have expected today," said Daniel.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain made short work of Ricardo (Carcacinha) Ramos on Saturday, submitting the Brazilian in the first round on a UFC Fight Night card.

CALGARY — After scoring a touchdown to put an exclamation point on a 28-11 win for his Montreal Alouettes over the Calgary Stampeders, William Stanback breathed a sigh of relief. The 29-year-old running back from Hempstead, N.Y.