National Sports

KRASNOYARSK, Russia — Canada's Mackenzie Zacharias posted two victories Sunday at the world junior curling championship while the men's team skipped by Jacques Gauthier earned a 7-5 win over Switzerland's Yves Wagenseil. Zacharias, from Altona, Man.

PITTSBURGH — Patric Hornqvist had two goals and an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Sunday. Hornqvist has 14 goals this season.

MADRID — Canadian divers Laurent Gosselin-Paradis and Ethan Pitman opened the FINA Grand Prix circuit with a victory in the men's 10-metre synchro on Sunday. Gosselin-Paradis, from Montreal, and Pitman, from Edmonton, finished first with 382.

TORONTO — Tony Fernández, a stylish shortstop who made five All-Star teams during his 17 seasons in the major leagues and helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the 1993 World Series, died Sunday after complications from a kidney disease. He was 57.

DORDRECHT, Netherlands — The Canadian men's relay team won speedskating gold at the Dordrecht ISU World Cup Short Track competition on Sunday. Steven Dubois of Lachenaie, Que., Charles Hamelin of Saint-Julie, Que.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to Gael Monfils of France in the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Sunday. Monfils, the world No.

With three goals in three straight games, rookie forward Ifunanyachi Achara is making a name for himself at Toronto FC training camp. It's just not his first name, which is a handful. Friends don't even bother with it.

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Petra Vlhova won her third straight women’s World Cup slalom Sunday to overtake the absent Mikaela Shiffrin on the top of the discipline standings.

CALGARY — Alex Nylander was one of a handful of struggling Blackhawks players to hit the score sheet on Saturday night. Led by Nylander's two goals, Chicago snapped a five-game winless skid with an 8-4 victory over the Calgary Flames.

KEARNS, Utah — Canada's Laurent Dubreuil skated to a bronze medal in the men's 1,000-metre on Saturday at the speedskating world single distance championships.