National Sports

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Gee-Gees snapped a four-year Panda Game skid with a 38-27 win over the Carleton Ravens on Saturday at TD Place.

EDMONTON — It sure was a happy birthday for Kailer Yamamoto. On his 20th birthday, the Edmonton Oilers winger scored two goals, including the winner, to lift his team to a 4-3 pre-season win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack's promotion push will come down to the wire Sunday.

TORONTO — Former Maple Leaf Greg Terrion, who played six seasons for Toronto during the 1980s, has died. He was 58. The team announced Terrion's death in a tweet Saturday afternoon.

VANCOUVER — Isiah Thomas figured the Raptors might face an uphill battle selling pro basketball to Canada. Watching an hour of Canadian all-sports T.V. confirmed it for him.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — John Gibbons will be letting Canadian catcher Russell Martin take over managing duties for the Blue Jays Sunday in Toronto's season finale against the Tampa Bay Rays.

LONDON — After a third loss in seven English Premier League games so far, Jose Mourinho was quick to apportion blame for Manchester United's collapse at West Ham.

HALIFAX — City staff in Halifax are advising against renaming a road after Sidney Crosby, noting that Nova Scotia's hockey darling doesn't meet the existing criteria for commemorative naming because he has not yet retired.

OBERTSDORF, Germany — Keegan Messing of Sherwood Park, Alta., won the gold medal in the men's event on Saturday at the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition. Messing interpreted a Charlie Chaplin routine in his free skate and collected 257.

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — China rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat Canada 76-71 in the consolation bracket at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup on Saturday.