National Sports

Sunday's Games World Junior Hockey Championship At Vancouver Russia 7 Switzerland 4 At Victoria B.C.

BRISBANE, Australia — Canada's Milos Roanic and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov ensured no slip ups in their final outing of 2018 by having straight set victories in their respective first round matches at the Brisbane International on Monday.

VANCOUVER — Switzerland had numerous chances to upset Russia at the world juniors and couldn't get it done.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canada's Eugenie Bouchard opened her tennis season with a straight sets victory over American Madison Brengle on Monday at the ASB Classic.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots claimed two victories in one game. Actually, it only took them about a half.

NEW YORK — Todd Bowles' tenure with the New York Jets began four years ago with plenty of promise. It ended with too many losses and no playoff appearances.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors overcame their worst start of the season, and an offence that moved like molasses to beat the Chicago Bulls 95-89 on Sunday. It wasn't pretty, but it was a win without Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas.

VANCOUVER — Defencemen Jared McIsaac will be sitting out Canada's final preliminary-round game at the world juniors.

DAVOS, Switzerland — Zach Boychuk scored twice in the first period and Canada went on to double up the Nuremberg Ice Tigers 4-2 on Sunday in semifinal action at the Spengler Cup.

TORONTO — A sore lower back sidelined Toronto's Kyle Lowry for another game Sunday. The Raptors played for the seventh time in eight games without their all-star point guard when they hosted the Chicago Bulls.