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TORONTO — Middleweight champion Sean Strickland and challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis had promised their UFC 297 showdown would be a war. "To the death," crowed Strickland before the fight. It didn't reach that stage, fortunately.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe moved on to the women's doubles quarterfinals on Sunday. The duo defeated China's Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in third-round action.

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — German skier Linus Strasser got down on his knees and kissed the snow on an Austrian slope he has known since he was a child, with his wife Maria and their one-year-old daughter watching from the stands.

JASNA, Slovakia (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury.

TORONTO — South African challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis dethroned middleweight champion Sean Strickland, winning a split decision after a five-round gruelling battle in the main event of UFC 297 Saturday night.

CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers keep winning and rewriting record books.

TORONTO — Canadian bantamweight Jasmine Jasudavicius dominated Brazil's Priscila (Zombie Girl) Cachoeira on the ground en route to a third-round submission win Saturday night on the undercard of UFC 297. The 34-year-old from Niagara, Ont.

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MONTREAL — Toronto overcame two goals from superstar Marie-Philip Poulin and 36 saves from goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday night.