National Sports

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime returned to the top 20 in the world rankings Monday after reaching the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.

Tokyo Marathon organizers drastically reduced the number of participants for this year's race on Monday out of fear of the spread of the virus coming from China. The general public is being barred from the race on March 1.

PICKERING, Ont. — Andre De Grasse had just wrapped up a morning of shooting a Team Visa commercial at the Pickering Soccer Centre. A talent wrangler was pressing De Grasse about a wardrobe change.

WINNIPEG — After Winnipeg Jets defenceman Nathan Beaulieu scored his first goal of the season Sunday, he made the gesture of throwing a monkey off his back.

Sunday's Games NHL Pittsburgh 5 Detroit 1 Boston 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Edmonton 4 Carolina 3 (OT) Anaheim 5 Vancouver 1 Nashville 2 St.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres captain Jack Eichel has become familiar with “Go, Leafs Go”-chanting Maple Leafs fans taking over Buffalo's home rink. Sending them back across the border unhappy? “I enjoy it,” Eichel said.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Laura Walker wasn't going to curl with a team this season. She was ready to dial back to mixed doubles events while she and husband Geoff Walker — Brad Gushue's lead — contemplated starting a family.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are all about youth this season, but on Sunday it was a 31-year-old veteran who got them the win. Artem Anisimov scored at 3:48 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars.

VANCOUVER — Beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 Sunday afternoon was a bit of redemption for the Anaheim Ducks.

LAS VEGAS — The Toronto Arrows raced into an early 17-0 lead and then held on for a nail-biting 27-22 win over the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby play Sunday. Toronto was down two men in the final minutes.