National Sports

With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S.

TORONTO — Every weekend, Hakim Mohamed and his nine-year-old twin daughters Amira and Anisa run. They head from their Regent Park house in downtown Toronto toward Riverdale Park. They'll run for an hour, in all kinds of weather.

SAN ANTONIO — Kyle Lowry can't remember the last time he was 0-2 to start the season.

EDMONTON — Sweden extended its win streak to 53 games in the preliminary round of the world junior hockey championship with a 7-1 win over the Czech Republic in the tournament opener for both teams on Saturday.

EDMONTON — Canada began shedding game rust with a 16-2 win over beleaguered Germany at the world junior men's hockey championship Saturday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators acquired centre Derek Stepan from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a second-round draft pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Stepan, 30, scored 10 goals and 28 points in 70 games last season with the Coyotes.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit a tiebreaking jumper with 1.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Third-string quarterback C.J. Beathard threw three touchdown passes, Jeff Wilson ran for 183 yards, and the San Francisco 49ers dealt a brutal blow to the Arizona Cardinals' playoff hopes by defeating them 20-12 on Saturday.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Corey Kispert recorded career highs with 32 points and nine 3-pointers, leading No. 1 Gonzaga to a 98-75 romp over 16th-ranked Virginia, the most recent NCAA champion, on Saturday.

DETROIT — Tom Brady was so dominant in Detroit that he could've left Ford Field at halftime to get his favourite chicken wings near the University of Michigan's campus and still made it back to fly to Florida with his team.