NASHVILLE - Multiple reports say rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will be in net for the Vancouver Canucks when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series today. The 23-year-old Latvian will be backed up by 24-year-old Belarusian netminder Nikita Tolopilo, who has never played an NHL ga...

BERLIN (AP) - Darmstadt was relegated from the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 1-0 loss at home to fellow promoted side Heidenheim. Darmstadt, which finished runner-up behind second-division champion Heidenheim last year, remained bottom of the Bundesliga with just 17 points from 31 rounds. It can't catch Mainz (28 points)...

Candace Parker always said she'd know when it would be time to retire. That day came Sunday. The three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist announced on social media that her career was over after 16 seasons. "The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it's time," Parker wrote in an Instag...

Los Angeles Kings goalie David Rittich will start in net against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Sunday. Rittich replaces Cam Talbot in the crease with the Kings down 2-1 to the Oilers in the series. Talbot started all three games so far. The 36-year-old has a .861 save percentage and ...

PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain has won the French league in Kylian Mbappé's last season at the club after Monaco lost 3-2 at Lyon on Sunday. PSG has an unassailable 12-point lead over second-place Monaco, which has three games left. The Ligue 1 triumph is PSG's third in a row and a record-extending 12th overal...

TORONTO - Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been sidelined by a "lingering illness" as Toronto stares down playoff elimination. Head coach Sheldon Keefe provided an update on the star sniper's status Sunday afternoon, some 14 hours after watching his team fall 3-1 to Boston in a disastrous home performan...

DENVER - Winnipeg Jets defenceman Brenden Dillon will not play Game 4 against the Colorado Avalanche today due to a left hand injury. He suffered a nasty gash from a skate blade during a melee at the end of a 6-2 loss in Game 3 on Friday. Jets coach Rick Bowness says Dillon needed "a lot" of stitches to repai...

The fun has only just started, says Toronto FC coach John Herdman. At 5-4-1 after 10 games, it's hard not to agree. There are positive signs in the present and real hope for the future for a Toronto team that finished last in Major League Soccer last season at 4-20-10. The latest evidence of the turnaround came Saturda...

It's National Superhero and Bravehearts Day, which seems fitting for the NHL teams looking for extra efforts and playoff victories today. The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers are looking to take 3-1 series leads in Nashville and Los Angeles, respectively, while the Winnipeg Jets will be aiming to level their first...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mathew Barzal scored his second goal of the game on a deflection 1:24 into the second overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in Game 4 on Saturday to avoid a sweep in their first-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff series. Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored and Semyon Varlamov st...