National Sports

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has hired former Moose Jaw Warriors general manager Alan Millar as its director of player personnel within the Program of Excellence.

CALGARY — Plans to curl in a bubble had to include how relax and recharge between draws, since the athletes in the Canadian women's curling championship are confined to the arena and their hotel.

Toronto FC has named Pierre Barrieu the club's new director of high performance. The 49-year-old French native most recently held the same job with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team after a Russian tabloid printed allegations from a former coach that he attacked a woman in Latvia almost a decade ago, which he denies.

VANCOUVER — Pierre-Luc Dubois was quick to make an impact in his return to the Winnipeg Jets lineup.

CALGARY — A Chelsea Carey seven-degrees-of-separation chart might come close to connecting the skip to every curler at the Canadian women's curling championship. The two-time national champion has played with a plethora of teammates in recent years.

TAMPA, Fla. — Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet each had 23 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 110-103 for their fourth straight victory Sunday night.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators continue to frustrate the Montreal Canadiens, whose season has now taken a turn for the worse.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Canada left it late but got the job done Sunday at the SheBelieves Cup. Substitute Sarah Stratigakis scored in stoppage time to lift Canada to a 1-0 win over a stubborn Argentina side at the women's soccer tournament.

LOS ANGELES — Winning at Riviera was always a dream for Max Homa since he first attended the PGA Tour event as a toddler. He never could have scripted a finish like Sunday at the Genesis Invitational.