National Sports

Dillon Brooks has been a "luxury" for the Houston Rockets, according to new head coach Ime Udoka. Brooks has enjoyed an impressive start to the 2023-24 season with his new team. The native of Mississauga, Ont., is averaging 16.

TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have re-signed captain Lucas Rumball, the Major League Rugby franchise's first-ever signing. The 28-year-old flanker returns for a sixth season with his hometown club.

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich hopes to continue its winning start to the Champions League against Galatasaray on Wednesday amid a brouhaha over coach Thomas Tuchel’s reaction to criticism.

VANCOUVER — All it took was just under three-and-a-half minutes for the Edmonton Oilers to come undone and the Vancouver Canucks to surge to victory.

TORONTO (AP) — Calle Jarnkrok scored his second goal of the game 46 seconds into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Irish-bred seven-year-old Without a Fight won the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday ahead of Soulcombe and Sheraz over the 3,200 meters in Australia’s most famous horse race.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 29 of his season-high 48 points in the third quarter and the Philadelphia 76ers rolled to their fifth straight NBA victory, 146-128 over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs didn't feel like they had played a bad first period after trudging off the ice to a chorus of boos Monday. As head coach Sheldon Keefe would later explain: "Puck just kept going in the net.

MONTREAL (AP) — Renowned Canadian pairs skating coach Richard Gauthier was sentenced Monday to 12 months in jail for sexual assault and gross indecency against a teenage athlete in the 1980s.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Only three teams remain unbeaten after Monday's second day of action at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swift Current.