National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Santiago Rodriguez delivered a pivotal goal in a 4-1 win for New York City FC over CF Montreal on Saturday. Rodriguez's goal put NYCFC (1-1-1) ahead for good at 2-0 in the 20th minute.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The NFL's greatest rose to applaud the soccer great. Tom Brady picked the perfect moment to come to Old Trafford to witness a rarity from Cristiano Ronaldo: A Manchester United hat trick.

VALMALENCO, ITALY — Canadian Mikael Kingsbury won gold Saturday at a World Cup men's dual moguls freestyle ski event. The native of Deux-Montagnes, Que., was competing for the first time since claiming an Olympic silver medal at the Beijing Games.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canadian Laurent Dubreuil captured a silver medal in the men’s 500-metre event Saturday at a World Cup speedskating event. The native of Levis, Que., posted a time of 34.

The Edmonton Stingers were greeted by a raucous crowd, fireworks and a drum line in their two recent Basketball Champions League Americas games in Nicaragua.

TIGNES, France — Canada's Max Moffatt claimed a silver medal in a men's World Cup slopestyle ski event after high winds forced the cancellation of the final Saturday. Moffatt won the silver medal based upon his qualifying run Thursday.

FALUN, Sweden — Canadian Olivier Leveille finished ninth in the final individual World Cup cross-country ski race of the season. Leveille, who turned 21 earlier this week, posted a time of 32 minutes 46.

PHOENIX — The Toronto Raptors missed Fred VanVleet for five games with a knee injury. Now that the All-Star is back, Gary Trent Jr. and the rest of the Raptors feel anything is possible.

VANCOUVER — Head coach Bruce Boudreau left the second-intermission pep talk to one of his leaders on Friday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta.