National Sports

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Kaapo Kakko scored a hat trick to lift Finland to a 4-2 win over host Slovakia at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.

CINCINNATI — Allan Cruz and Fatai Alashe scored Saturday to help expansion FC Cincinnati end a five-game losing streak in interim coach Yoann Damet's debut, a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Impact.

TORONTO — Kyle Lowry had a massive Game 7 against the Miami Heat in 2016, scoring 35 points and flirting with a triple-double to carry the Raptors to their first appearance in the Eastern Conference finals.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs say centre John Tavares is expected to return to his full off-season training program in a month after suffering an oblique injury. The team announced the news Saturday.

BEIJING — Canadian teams will play for all three championships at the Curling World Cup Grand Final.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Vancouver Giants may have kept their season alive Friday night, but coach Michael Dyck says now they're simply looking forward to their next shift.

Friday's Games World Hockey Championship At Kosice Slovakia Finland 3 Canada 1 Slovakia 4 United States 1 At Bratislava Slovakia Russia 5 Norway 2 Czech Republic 5 Sweden 2 --- AHL Playoffs Chicago 7 Iowa 4 (Wolves lead series 3-2) San Diego 4 Bakers

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps woke up Saturday morning sitting in the final playoff spot in Major League Soccer's Western Conference.

HOUSTON — After Stephen Curry bounced back from the first scoreless first half of his playoff career to score 33 points in the last two quarters and help the Golden State Warriors eliminate the Houston Rockets and advance to the Western Conference fi

LOS ANGELES — Barry Zito has written a book detailing his rise and fall as a baseball pitcher and his intensifying belief in religion. "Curveball" will be published Sept. 17 by Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.