National Sports

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, defenseman Brian Dumoulin and head coach Mike Sullivan are scheduled to rejoin the team in Washington D.C. on Sunday after exiting the COVID-19 protocol.

Canada's Ivanie Blondin, Valeri Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann won gold in women's team pursuit at a World Cup speedskating event Saturday. The trio's first podium-topping performance of the season came in a time of three minutes 0.

TURKU, Finland — Natalie Spooner had a hat trick, Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice, and Canada thumped Finland 8-0 on Saturday in women's hockey.

TOKYO — Canada's Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha put up their best performance of the season Saturday with a fifth-place finish in free dance at the NHK Trophy.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Joachim B. Hansen and Francesco Laporta, players outside the top 150 in the world and with one win between them on the European Tour, share the lead heading into the final round of the Dubai Championship.

SAO PAULO — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was fined 50,000 euros ($57,200) by stewards Saturday at the Brazilian Grand Prix after video taken from the grandstands at Interlagos showed the Formula One championship leader touching the rear wing of riv

FLORENCE, Italy — Italy lost three more players on Saturday ahead of its final World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back Zack Moss was cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol on Saturday. Moss was listed as questionable for Sunday's game at the New York Jets.

CINCINNATI — Christian Pulisic sent a message — with his head and his undershirt. Take that, Mexico. Pulisic and the Americans are back atop the region.

BRUSSELS — Canada survived an early red card to defeat a young Belgium side 24-0 Saturday, evening its record on its two-game European rugby tour.