National Sports

TORONTO — John Herdman may have been the only one to believe getting to Qatar 2022 was viable when he held his first camp in Murcia, Spain, in March 2018.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Two races into the Formula One season and defending champion Max Verstappen is already going toe-to-toe with Charles Leclerc rather than veteran Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time F1 champion whose crown he took last year.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Bryce Harper hit two home runs to power the Philadelphia Phillies to a 10-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon at TD Ballpark.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ochai Agbaji, David McCormack and Christian Braun powered a dazzling second half for Kansas, and the top-seeded Jayhawks pounded Miami 76-50 on Sunday to advance to the program's 16th Final Four.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler reached the championship round at the Dell Technologies Match Play for the second straight year, this time with a lot more at stake. A year ago, he was trying for his first PGA Tour victory.

MUNICH — Canadian star Alphonso Davies says he is back training with Bayern Munich and hopes to be back in action "soon" after being sidelined since early January due to symptoms of myocarditis - a mild heart condition - following a bout of COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Jake Sanderson to a three-year contract. The 19-year-old American recently completed his second season of college eligibility at the University of North Dakota.

CALGARY — A big offensive display propelled two Calgary Flames players into the top five in NHL scoring.

PRINCE GEORGE — Another late-game letdown against South Korea cost Canada's Kerri Einarson a chance to play for a women's world curling championship.

Saturday's Scores NHL Boston 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 1 (OT) Vegas 5 Chicago 4 (OT) Montreal 4 Toronto 2 Washington 4 New Jersey 3 Vancouver 4 Dallas 1 Florida 4 Ottawa 3 (SO) Carolina 7 St.