National Sports

BALTIMORE — Justify rounded the final turn and hit the top of the stretch winded but with the lead. The roar from the crowd was delayed, hushed by the thick fog that enveloped the track.

REGINA — Penalty killing has been a strength for the Acadie-Bathurst Titan throughout their league championship playoff run and it paid off for them once again in their Memorial Cup opener.

WINNIPEG — Paul Maurice wants the Winnipeg Jets to focus on fun, not the magnitude of Sunday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

HAMILTON — Johnny Football isn't intent on using the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a springboard back to the NFL. Johnny Manziel signed a two-year deal with the Ticats on Saturday, the day before the start of Hamilton's training camp.

SZEGED, Hungary — Canadian sprint paddlers Laurence Vincent-Lapointe and Katie Vincent won gold on Saturday in the women's C2 500-metre event at the International Canoe Federation's first World Cup of 2018. The Canadians finished in a minute 53.

TORONTO — Chad Pinder hit his first-career grand slam in the eighth inning as the Oakland Athletics erased a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday at Rogers Centre.

COPENHAGEN — Canada will not play for a gold medal at the world hockey championship for the first time in four years.

LONDON — Chelsea's players saved their season but maybe not their manager. Collecting the FA Cup, after beating Manchester United 1-0 on Saturday, is looking like Antonio Conte's final act with Chelsea.

NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom — Winger Liam Kay had three tries to power the Toronto Wolfpack past the Toulouse Olympique 43-30 on Saturday in the Betfred Championship.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Chicago Blackhawks veteran forward Marian Hossa says he's retiring because of health issues. In an interview with the Slovak newspaper Novy Cas, Hossa says he's done playing hockey.