National Sports

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada's Kerri Einarson stole three points in the final end of a 9-6 win over Norway's Marianne Roervik to salvage a split of her round-robin games Sunday at the world women's curling championship.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canadian freestyle skiers Marion Thenault and Emile Nadeau closed the aerials season in style Sunday by reaching the podium at the World Cup Finals. Thenault, from Sherbrooke, Que.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen threw five shutout innings to help the Rays to a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball pre-season play Sunday. Four other pitchers combined on the three-hit shutout.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Max Verstappen drove from 15th to second to give Red Bull a 1-2 finish Sunday in what is shaping up to be a runaway season for the reigning Formula One champions.

SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — After capping her record-setting season with career win 88, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked one question over and over again – and she couldn't really answer it.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic.

TOKYO (AP) — Lars Nootbaar's imaginary pepper-grinder was the talk of World Baseball Classic games in Japan, but the fun-loving gesture by the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder does not appear welcome in Japan's popular high school baseball tournament.

LEESBURG, Va. — Old Glory D.C. ran in four tries en route to a 29-3 victory over the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play, Sam Malcolm accounted for Toronto's lone points Saturday night via a third-minute penalty. Old.

CALGARY — Dallas Stars forward Jason Robertson hit the 40-goal mark for a second straight season and also scored the overtime winner in a 6-5 victory over the host Calgary Flames on Saturday.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Kelvin Leerdam scored in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time to help the Los Angeles Galaxy earn a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.