National Sports

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Canada's rugby women made it to the Cup quarterfinals at the Cape Town Sevens but face a tough road after losing 14-12 to France in their final group game.

BEIJING — Canada's Teal Harle won silver in the big air freestyle World Cup event on Saturday at the venue for the 2020 Winter Olympics. Teal, from Campbell River, B.C.

MELBOURNE, Australia — The International team has the lead going into the final day of the Presidents Cup for the first time in 16 years, and it has a trio of rookies to thank for that.

THAIWOO, China — Mikael Kingsbury skied to a second place finish while Justine Dufour-Lapointe stood tall in third for the women at Saturday's single mogul World Cup event in Thaiwoo, China. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que.

NAGANO, Japan — Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin won her fifth straight gold medal on the World Cup speedskating circuit on Saturday, this time in the 3,000-metre event.

It's Goodbye HFX Wanderers FC for Elton John. The Canadian Premier League club says John, the soccer player not the rock star, is one of 16 veterans of its inaugural season who won't be back in 2020.

Friday's Games NHL Vegas 3 Dallas 2 (OT) Colorado 3 New Jersey 1 --- AHL Belleville 5 Rockford 2 Bridgeport 4 Utica 3 Charlotte 3 Syracuse 2 Cleveland 4 WB/Scranton 0 Springfield 5 Binghamton 3 Hartford 4 Lehigh Valley 0 Rochester 3 Laval 2 Milwaukee

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — Calgary's Kevin Koe clinched a playoff berth at the National with a 6-3 victory over Brad Gushue of St. John's, N.L., on Friday night in the final round-robin game for both teams.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Niagara IceDogs goaltender Tucker Tynan says he's looking forward to returning from a scary injury he sustained Thursday night during an Ontario Hockey League game against the London Knights.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancerous tumour that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.