National Sports

QUEBEC — Theo Rochette's 41st goal of the year, scored midway through the third period, proved to be the winner as the Quebec Remparts won their 50th game of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season by beating the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens 5

MARKHAM, Ont. — Canadian artistic swimmers Isabelle Blanchet-Rampling and Robert Prevost won World Cup silver in the mixed duet free competition Sunday at the Markham Pan Am Centre. They earned 206.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 124-120 on Sunday.

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada's Kerri Einarson stole three points in the final end of a 9-6 win over Norway's Marianne Roervik to salvage a split of her round-robin games Sunday at the world women's curling championship.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canadian freestyle skiers Marion Thenault and Emile Nadeau closed the aerials season in style Sunday by reaching the podium at the World Cup Finals. Thenault, from Sherbrooke, Que.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen threw five shutout innings to help the Rays to a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball pre-season play Sunday. Four other pitchers combined on the three-hit shutout.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Max Verstappen drove from 15th to second to give Red Bull a 1-2 finish Sunday in what is shaping up to be a runaway season for the reigning Formula One champions.

SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — After capping her record-setting season with career win 88, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked one question over and over again – and she couldn't really answer it.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic.

TOKYO (AP) — Lars Nootbaar's imaginary pepper-grinder was the talk of World Baseball Classic games in Japan, but the fun-loving gesture by the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder does not appear welcome in Japan's popular high school baseball tournament.