National Sports

STUTTGART, Germany — Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday.

ESPOO, Finland — World junior champions Marjorie Lajoie Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Saint-Hubert, Que., placed fourth in ice dancing on Sunday at the Finlandia Open figure skating competition.

TOKYO — Vancouver-born (Unstoppable) Angela Lee and Vancouver-based bantamweight Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes both successfully defended their One Championship MMA titles Sunday.

KAMAISHI, Japan — With Typhoon Hagibis closing in, the Canadian rugby team went to bed Saturday with three possible scenarios for its final Pool B match against Namibia at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Go ahead as scheduled with the 12:15 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks forward Tanner Pearson was just looking for some empty space when he sent the puck flying in the shootout Saturday night.

HOUSTON — The youngest Baby Bomber is all grown up. Any surprise Gleyber Torres is doing so well in October? "I mean, not really," he said.

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights came into the season with one of the best top-six forward units in the NHL. In their latest win, they proved they have the potential to be a threat with all four lines.

Saturday's Games MLB Post-season National League Championship Series Washington 3 St. Louis 1 (Washington leads series 2-0) American League Championship Series N.Y.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Marie-Alex Belanger had eight points as Canada fell to the United States 3-0 on Saturday in the quarterfinal of the NORCECA women's continental championship.

CHICAGO — After being kept off the scoresheet in regulation, Mark Scheifele finally broke through when it really counted.