National Sports

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — Canadian Charles Paquet won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Triathlon Cup event in Brasilia on Sunday. Paquet, of Port Cartier, Que., secured his first-ever World Cup podium finish with a time of 1:48:36 in the challenging 1.

ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — Canada improved to 3-0 at the World Mixed Curling Championship with a 7-2 seven-end victory over Australia on Sunday. Canada never trailed in the contest after scoring two in the opening end.

ATHENS, Greece — Halifax's Sydney Pickrem won gold for Canada in the 200-metre medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup event on Sunday. The 26-year-old Pickrem finished in time of two minutes 9.67 seconds, 1.

SHANGHAI (AP) — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin defeated top-ranked Lilia Vu on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Shanghai tournament on Sunday for her first tour win.

TORONTO — Caroline Pomerleau put her hand over her mouth and was wide-eyed being told what she accomplished in her marathon debut.

HONG KONG — Leylah Fernandez rallied from a set down to defeat Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and win the Hong Kong Open for her first title in 19 months.

ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — So far so good for Felix Asselin's Canadian crew at the 34-team World Mixed Curling Championship in Scotland.

EDMONTON — Casey DeSmith made a strong first impression in his Vancouver Canucks debut on Saturday.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Vancouver 4 Edmonton 3 Toronto 7 Minnesota 4 Montreal 3 Chicago 2 Ottawa 5 Philadelphia 2 Winnipeg 6 Florida 4 Pittsburgh 5 Calgary 2 Vegas 4 Anaheim 1 Columbus 5 N.Y. Rangers 3 Boston 3 Nashville 2 Detroit 6 Tampa Bay 4 N.

REGINA — Life in Regina hockey circles has been a big adjustment since Connor Bedard graduated from the Pats to the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks. But the Pats continue to score, and find ways to win.