National Sports

UTICA, N.Y. — Finland defeated Czechia 3-2 in a shootout for the bronze medal at the women's world hockey championship on Sunday. Michelle Karvinen and Petra Nieminen scored and goaltender Sanni Ahola stopped four of five shots in the shootout.

UTICA, N.Y. — The 2025 women's world hockey championship will be held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.

MIAMI (AP) — Thomas Bryant scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 points and the Miami Heat tuned up for a trip to the play-in tournament by beating the Toronto Raptors 118-103 on Sunday.

ANTIBES, France — The Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team dropped a 75-74 decision to Iran on Sunday on the final day of group play at the IWBF Repechage tournament.

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has won the Bundesliga for the first time, ending Bayern Munich's 11-year run as champion.

MADRID (AP) — Spanish club Mallorca said Sunday it was working with authorities to identify the fan who made monkey gestures after Real Madrid midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni scored a goal in a Spanish league match this weekend.

Toronto FC's search for a forward to complement Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi continues as the MLS transfer window nears its close.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Not knowing her next opponent yet, Taylor Heise took the diplomatic approach in saying she didn’t have a preference who the United States would face in the women’s world hockey championship gold-medal game.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Vancouver 3 Edmonton 1 Winnipeg 7 Colorado 0 Detroit 5 Toronto 4 (OT) Ottawa 5 Montreal 4 (SO) N.Y. Rangers 3 N.Y.

VANCOUVER — Losing hurt a little bit extra for Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini on Saturday. Sartini has preached the importance of defensive structure to his team all season, so it stung to see his side fall 3-1 to the L.A.