National Sports

Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd will defend her Bellator featherweight title against undefeated Israeli Olga Rubin on July 12 in Thackerville, Okla. The main event fight will take place at the WinStar World Casino and Resort.

NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets winger Kyle Connor, Tampa Bay Lightning centre Steven Stamkos and Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer are the NHL's three stars of the week.

Canada will learn its next CONCACAF Nations League opponents at Wednesday's draw in Las Vegas, but it already knows that it will face one of Mexico, the U.S., Costa Rica and Honduras.

MONTREAL — The Toronto Blue Jays have re-signed Canadian reliever John Axford to a minor-league deal. The native of Simcoe, Ont.

Sunday's Games NHL Columbus 5 Vancouver 0 Carolina 2 Montreal 1 (OT) Washington 3 Philadelphia 1 N.Y.

Sunday's Games NHL Columbus 5 Vancouver 0 Carolina 2 Montreal 1 (OT) Washington 3 Philadelphia 1 N.Y.

VANCOUVER — Pierre-Luc Dubois broke out of a slump with a goal and an assist while goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky returned from injury to stop 21 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets improved their NHL playoff chances with a 5-0 win over the Vancouver Can

BOSTON — The party's over for Rob Gronkowski. Then again, it might just be getting started.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes struggled to beat Montreal goaltender Carey Price for 54 minutes.

TORONTO — Jay Triano's long term as head coach of Canada's men's basketball team has come to an end. The 60-year-old confirmed Sunday night that he'd withdrawn his name from the ongoing coaching search for "personal reasons.