National Sports

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp became the latest Premier League manager to express his frustration at being allowed to make only three substitutions during a match at a busy time when many squads are being hit hard by coronavirus cases.

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away.

RED DEER, Alta. — The United States jumped to a three-goal lead and overcame a third-period comeback to defeat Slovakia 3-2 Sunday in the final game on the first day at the world junior hockey championship.

Sunday's Games World Junior Hockey Championship At Edmonton Finland 3 Germany 1 Canada 6 Czech Republic 3 At Red Deer, Alta.

EDMONTON — Owen Power's hat trick helped Canada overcome a nervous start at the world men's under-20 hockey championship with a 6-3 doubling of the Czechs on Sunday.

The NHL is emerging from an extended holiday break with taxi squads and other roster revisions, a move made to guard against more disruptions to the season amid more players and coaches going into COVID-19 protocol Sunday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love and Darius Garland scored 22 points apiece, and the Cleveland Cavaliers tied their franchise record with 46 points in the third quarter of a 144-99 rout over the COVID-19 depleted Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.

The way Miami's Caleb Martin sees things, he's lucky. He just missed seven games while completing the NBA's health and safety protocols related to the coronavirus, the worst of his symptoms being a couple days of fatigue.

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — Canada's Olympic mixed doubles curling trials have been cancelled because of a rise in athletes testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames returned to the ice Sunday for practice after an extended break because of COVID-19 protocols.