National Sports

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's top doctor says plans are in place to stage the women's world hockey championship in the province next month with limited spectators.

MONACO — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Monte Carlo Masters after losing 7-6 (3), 6-1 to No. 16 seed Cristian Garin of Chile in the first round.

HAMILTON — Marv Levy has joined a very limited fraternity.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Kyle Higashioka is not Gerrit Cole's personal catcher but they will be paired together a lot.

MONTREAL — Maple Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell took the blame for Toronto's 4-2 loss to Montreal on Monday night. There was plenty of it to go around.

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk said he might start a bet to see how long Senators teammate Connor Brown could extend his franchise-record goal-scoring streak.

CALGARY — The four positive COVID-19 tests that interrupted the men's world curling championship are considered "false positives" from potentially contaminated samples, according to the World Curling Federation.

WINNIPEG — Cole Perfetti had two goals and an assist and Nathan Todd added three helpers as the Manitoba Moose downed the Belleville Senators 5-1 on Monday in American Hockey League action. C.J.

CALGARY — Curling's Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary has been pushed back a day. The first of two Grand Slams was scheduled to open Wednesday morning, but Rogers Sportsnet announced Monday the first draw is now Thursday at noon MT.

MINNEAPOLIS — In the raw aftermath of another killing of a Black man by police in Minnesota, there was no place for pro sports in the Twin Cities on Monday.