National Sports

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Kerri Einarson defeated Rachel Homan 6-5 on Sunday to win the Grand Slam of Curling's Masters event at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Einarson, from Camp Morton, Man.

CALGARY — Laurent Dubreuil's love-hate relationship with speedskating's 1,000 metres has swung closer to love, but it's still a painful bond.

CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Jacob Newcombe scored twice, Thomas Bégin notched a goal and two assists and the Chicoutimi Saguenéens handed the Sherbrooke Phoenix their third straight loss with a 7-1 victory on Sunday.

TORONTO — Brittany Howard scored a hat trick and added an assist to lead the Toronto Six to a 5-2 victory over the Metropolitan Riveters on Sunday afternoon. Emma Woods scored twice for Toronto and had one assist. Courtney Gardiner had four assists.

LAS VEGAS — Zeke Thurston of Big Valley, Alta., won a world championship in saddle bronc for the third time in his career at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

OTTAWA — Team Keller defeated Team Knight 2-1 in a shootout on Sunday to win the 3-on-3 tournament at the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association all-star weekend.

MONCTON, N.B. — Adam Fantilli was trying to get the game up and running on his laptop. The freshman forward's Michigan Wolverines were set to play the Michigan State Spartans in a clash of NCAA rivals.

EDMONTON — Jasmine Baird nailed an underflip 900 on her first jump of the night — and never looked back. The rider from Georgetown, Ont. won gold in Saturday’s FIS World Cup Big Air event at Commonwealth Stadium.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Relay team victories anchored a five-medal showing for Canadian short-track speedskaters on Sunday at the ISU World Cup. Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Sherbrooke, Que.

IDRE FJÄLL, Sweden — Canada's Mikael Kingsbury won gold in the men's dual moguls competition Sunday for his 76th career World Cup medal. He defeated 18-year-old Swede Filip Gravenors in the big final for the victory.