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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation opened an investigation Monday after Anderlecht coach Vincent Kompany accused rival fans of racially abusing him and his players during a league game over the weekend.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying she was sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her that accused a former top Communist Party official of forcing her into sex.

The NHL has postponed any cross-border games through the Dec. 23 start of the holiday break amid the crush of COVID-19 cases in the league, and the chance of the NHL's presence at the Beijing Olympics appears to be dwindling.

The NBA on Sunday postponed a total of five games involving nine teams in response to rising coronavirus numbers, raising the number of contests that have been pushed back this season to seven.

Saturday's Games NHL Vegas 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO) Winnipeg 4 St.

TORONTO — Calgary's Team Scotiabank won its second title on the PWHPA's Dream Gap Tour with a 3-1 victory over Toronto's Team Sonnet Sunday in the Kipling Showcase final. Iya Gavrilova, Samantha Cogan and Alex Poznikoff scored for Calgary.

WINNIPEG — Paul Stastny fired in a pair of goals Sunday, but he was also really excited about the assist he notched in Winnipeg's 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored the winning goal to lift the Toronto Six 2-1 over the Minnesota Whitecaps, and extend their winning streak to four games in the Premier Hockey Federation.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have tasked Shawn Burke with turning around their struggling franchise. The CFL team named Burke its new general manager on Sunday, a month after finishing a disappointing 3-11 season.

ALTENBERG, Germany — Justin Kripps bounced back from a crash in training to pilot Canada to silver in a World Cup four-man bobsled race Sunday. The 34-year-old from Summerland, B.C., teamed up with Cam Stones of Whitby, Ont.