National Sports

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Lexi Thompson birdied two of the final three holes Saturday in the Meijer LPGA Classic for a share of the third-round lead with five others in a bid to win for the first time in just over six years.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Kepler hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Alfons Freij to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Saturday. The average annual value of the deal in the NHL is US$975,000.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Vinzenz Rohrer to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced Saturday. The 20-year-old Austrian has spent the last two seasons with the Zurich Lions in the Swiss National League.

MONTREAL — Lewis Hamilton has one race at the top of his list. Nothing compares to competing at Silverstone — his home track — for the seven-time world champion. The Canadian Grand Prix, however, ranks a close second.

EDMONTON — Calvin Pickard has spent time looking back. The journeyman netminder played 50 games for the dreadful Colorado Avalanche in 2016-17. Pickard had decent numbers that season.

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Canada's Gabriel Diallo has chalked up another upset en route to the Libema Open final. The 23-year-old Diallo defeated No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) in Saturday's semifinal. Diallo also took out No.

STUTTGART — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime fell 6-4, 7-6 (5) to American Taylor Fritz on Saturday in semifinal action at the Stuttgart Open.

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — The pounding rain arrived far too late to douse so many of the meltdowns across Oakmont on Friday in a U.S.

LONDON (AP) — South Africa won the World Test Championship against titleholder Australia by five wickets after knocking off the last 69 runs required on the fourth morning of the final on Saturday.