National Sports

VANCOUVER — Brian White hopes the soccer gods will be a little kinder this weekend.

PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Rain washed out much of the second day of the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea on Friday with none of the players completing their rounds.

TORONTO — Natasha Wodak already owns four Canadian titles in four different events. On Sunday at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, the 42-year-old from Surrey, B.C., will aim to add a fifth.

ALMATY — Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first career ATP Tour semifinal with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, upset of Chile's Alejandro Tabilo on Friday at the Almaty Open tennis tournament.

ANTWERP — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the European Open tennis tournament with a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) loss to Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista Agut on Friday.

The Northern Super League will likely start rolling out player signing announcements next week but its full schedule isn't expected until early next year, according to co-founder Diana Matheson.

PORTLAND — Tommy Lafreniere scored the game-winning goal 1:47 into overtime and the Kamloops Blazers edged the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 on Thursday in Western Hockey League action.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome and Taylor Raddysh scored to help the Washington Capitals end the Dallas Stars’ season-opening winning streak at four with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.

BATHURST, N.B. — Louis-Francois Belanger scored the shootout winner to lead the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 3-2 victory over the Chicoutimi Saguenéens on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens fell 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. They also lost their top minute-muncher in the process.