National Sports

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Never before in the Premier League era had Manchester United lost three of its first five games at the start of a season.

EUGENE, Ore. — Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton backed up her world championship silver medal with another silver Saturday in Diamond League. The 27-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., finished second to Chase Ealey of the U.S. in Eugene, Ore.

BOLOGNA, Italy — Defending champion Canada is into the Davis Cup quarterfinals after a dominant performance in the group stage of finals. The Canadians downed Chile 2-1 on Saturday after sweeping the host Italians and Sweden in Bologna.

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Ludvig Aberg of Sweden closed in on his second straight victory Saturday when he posted a 6-under 66 at Wentworth for a two-shot lead over Connor Syme and Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW PGA Championship.

PENTICTON, B.C. — A rookie tournament for four of Canada's NHL teams appeared in jeopardy a short time ago.

SINGAPORE (AP) — Max Verstappen's historic run of 10 Formula One wins in a row looks set to end after he qualified down in 11th place Saturday for the Singapore Grand Prix. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr.

GUADARRAMA, Spain (AP) — Sepp Kuss arrived at the Spanish Vuelta tasked once more with shepherding some of the top stars in cycling over the mountains and putting them in a position to win the prestigious race.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman was arrested Friday night and charged with operating a vehicle while impaired.

NINGBO, China — Canada opened an Olympic women's qualification volleyball tournament with a marathon five-set victory over the Netherlands on Saturday.

REGINA — With their fourth win in their last five CFL games, the Edmonton Elks are literally off and running. The Elks, who started the season 0-9, are on a roll behind a running game that has been dominating opponents.