National Sports

TRINEC, Czech Republic — Reigning gold medallist Finland will face Canada in a semifinal at the world junior hockey championship after beating the United States 1-0 on Thursday.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — If there was even a shred of lingering doubt in Alexis Lafreniere's mind about the health of his knee, he took care of it quickly.

Former All Black star Sonny Bill Williams trained with the Toronto Wolfpack for the first time Thursday as coach Brian McDermott's overseas talent joined the rest of the squad at the transatlantic rugby league team's training base in England.

NEW YORK — Florida left-wing Jonathan Huberdeau, Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry and New York Rangers right-wing Artemi Panarin are the NHL's three stars of December.

Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion and is out indefinitely. Canadiens coach Claude Julien confirmed Gallagher's injury Thursday as Montreal prepared to host the Tampa Bay Lightning.

With the three-test series between Australia and New Zealand decided, players from both teams will momentarily turn their attention away from the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground and to the deadly wildfires around the country.

Wednesday's Games NHL Dallas 4 Nashville 2 --- NBA Orlando 122 Washington 101 New York 117 Portland 93 Milwaukee 106 Minnesota 104 L.A.

Wednesday's Games NHL Dallas 4 Nashville 2 --- NBA Orlando 122 Washington 101 New York 117 Portland 93 Milwaukee 106 Minnesota 104 L.A. Lakers 117 Phoenix 107 --- The Canadian Press

NEW YORK — Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90.

NEW YORK — David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn’t work out. He never did.