National Sports

VAL THORENS, France — Kevin Drury won gold as Canada kicked off the ski cross World Cup season with a three-medal performance Friday. Drury, from Toronto, came from behind in the men's final for his second career World Cup win. "It was a great day.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — Ivanie Blondin won gold and fellow Ottawa native Isabelle Weidemann claimed bronze in the women's 5,000 metres Friday at a World Cup speedskating event.

Alex Gonzalez, an 18-year-old who turned heads with top-10 performances at FIFA video game tournaments in Atlanta and London, has signed on as the Vancouver Whitecaps' esports gamer.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bianca Farella scored three tries Friday as the Canadian women advanced to the Cup quarterfinals of the Dubai Sevens despite a heavy loss to the U.S.

ATLANTA — Haley Anderson has been through this before. In the lead-up to the Rio Olympics, all the talk about open water swimming focused on the conditions rather than the competition.

SYDNEY, Australia — Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick won his heavyweight pro boxing debut Friday, knocking out former rugby league star Justin Hodges in 39 seconds.

Thursday's Games NFL Chicago 31 Dallas 24 --- NHL Arizona 3 Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Islanders 3 Vegas 2 (OT) N.Y.

Thursday's Games NFL Chicago 31 Dallas 24 --- NHL Arizona 3 Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Islanders 3 Vegas 2 (OT) N.Y.

CALGARY — It took 28 games, but Milan Lucic finally has his first goal with Calgary. Lucic's goal 3:58 into the third period ended up the winner as the Flames survived two late Buffalo goals to hang on and beat the Sabres 4-3 on Thursday.

DALLAS — The Dallas Stars didn’t want to be in overtime after blowing a two-goal lead. Joe Pavelski didn’t mind because he’d been there before. Pavelski scored on the power play 2:02 into overtime and Dallas beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2.