National Sports

LONDON — Liverpool and Tottenham put the squeeze on Chelsea in the race for Champions League qualification next season after chalking up 2-0 victories in the English Premier League on Saturday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed running back James Wilder Jr. to a two-year contract extension through the 2019 season.

ZURICH — In one of the most fundamental changes ever to soccer's 155-year-old rules, FIFA approved video review on Saturday and cleared the way to use it at the World Cup in June.

SAO PAULO — Neymar has successfully undergone surgery on his injured right foot, the Brazilian soccer confederation said Saturday. The 26-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward was injured Feb. 25 in a French league game against Marseille.

SINGAPORE — Florida teenager Nelly Korda shot a third-round 7-under 65 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour's Women's World Championship after Danielle Kang made her first bogeys of the tournament to slip back into second place.

FREDERICTON — There's growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O'Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

TAZAWAKO, Japan — Canadian Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury is back on the World Cup podium just a week after winning gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. The 25-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., scored 89.

LAS VEGAS — Prior to Monday's trade deadline, Vegas fans were hoping to pry two-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators. After Friday night, they probably can't wait to see him leave town.

VANCOUVER — The Canucks couldn't quite spoil Mike Fisher's coming-out-of-retirement party. Fisher scored in his first game back with Nashville, as the Central Division-leading Predators defeated Vancouver 4-3 in overtime on Friday night.

CALGARY — Henrik Lundqvist accomplished something on Friday that hadn't been done by a New York Rangers goaltender in over 55 years ago.