National Sports

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Iditarod race officials say a dog on a racer's team has died of pneumonia, and the musher has been withdrawn from the event.

DETROIT — Blake Griffin scored 25 points, Andre Drummond had 15 points and 17 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 110-107 on Sunday to complete a season sweep.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Rowdy Tellez hit a go-ahead solo blast in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 9-8 on Sunday in pre-season play.

SILKEBORG, Denmark — Canada's Chelsea Carey rebounded nicely Sunday at the world women's curling championship. The Calgary skip won both of her matches after opening the tournament Saturday with a 7-6 loss to Korea.

BERLIN — Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies opened his account for Bayern Munich with a goal off the bench Sunday in a record-setting 6-0 rout of Mainz.

HULL, England — The Toronto Wolfpack bounced back from a lopsided loss in Toulouse by running in seven tries Sunday in a 34-12 win over the Batley Bulldogs in Betfred Championship rugby league play.

MANCHESTER, England — Canadian international Janine Beckie scored as Manchester City blanked Liverpool on 3-0 Sunday to advance to the SSE Women's FA Cup semifinals. After Beckie opened the scoring, Georgia Stanway added a pair for Man City.

VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland — Canadians Marielle Thompson and Brady Lemay captured ski-cross medals Sunday at the World Cup final. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., captured the women's event for her fifth World Cup medal in 11 races.

STUTTGART, Germany — Canadian Ana Padurariu captured the all-around silver medal at the Stuttgart World Cup gymnastics event Sunday. Padurariu, of Whitby, Ont., amassed 55.132 points to finish behind American Simone Biles (58.800).

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with defenceman Johnathan Kovacevic on a two-year contract Sunday. The entry-level deal has an average annual value of US$925,000 and will begin next season.