National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Bianca Andreescu improved to 2-1 for 2021 with a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 victory over American Madison Brengle in the second round of the Phillip Island Trophy on Monday. The second-seeded Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Toronto's Sharon Fichman is heading to the women's doubles quarterfinals at the Australian Open.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rebecca Marino's time at the Phillip Island Trophy tournament has come to an end. The 30-year-old Vancouver native lost to No. 4 seed Croatian Petra Martic 2-6, 7-5, 4-6 in the Round of 32 Sunday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Karl-Anthony Towns had just enough scoring help from his teammates for the Minnesota Timberwolves to end a four-game losing streak.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Patrick Guay scored two goals while goaltender Jacob Goobie made 26 saves as the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Cape Breton Eagles 5-2 Sunday.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Daniel Berger got into the mix quickly with an eagle and finished it off with one even better, holing a 30-foot putt on the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Toronto forward Joe Thornton practised with the Maple Leafs on Sunday for the first time since suffering a fractured rib almost four weeks ago. The 41-year-old expects to return to the lineup Monday against the visiting Ottawa Senators.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada's Isabelle Weidemann settled for a fourth-place finish at the ISU world speedskating championships on Sunday. She missed the podium by less than four seconds in the only women's 5,000-metre race this season.

Kaillie Humphries wasn’t sure if she would get a chance to race this season. She ended up on top of the world — twice.

Jason Spezza says the Toronto Maple Leafs had conversations — physically distanced, of course — at the start of training camp to discuss the uncertainty of what lay ahead.