National Sports

WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson knew the Blue Bombers’ defence was dialed in this week to try to propel the team to a franchise-record fourth straight Grey Cup appearance. It was mission accomplished in a 24-13 victory over the B.C.

NEW YORK — Vancouver-based strawweight (Loopy) Lupita Godinez won a split decision over California-based Brazilian Tabitha (Baby Shark) Ricci on Saturday on the undercard of UFC 295.

VILLAJOYOSA, Spain — Spain ran in five tries in the first half en route to a 42-20 win over Canada on Saturday at the four-team La Vila International Rugby Cup. The 18th-ranked Americans beat No.

OTTAWA — What a difference a week makes.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — World Cup winner Esther González scored the go-ahead goal on a header in first-half stoppage time and Gotham FC survived a wild finish to beat OL Reign 2-1 on Saturday night in a National Women's Soccer League championship match that

MONTREAL — Kaiden Guhle played the overtime hero as Montreal Canadiens the Boston Bruins at the Bell Centre on Saturday night. After jumping on a loose puck at the halfway point in the extra frame, he buried the winner.

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 27 and the Boston Celtics cruised to a 117-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.

TORONTO — Quarterback Cody Fajardo calls his Montreal Alouettes "a band of misfit toys." "There's a lot of guys on this team, including myself, that were kind of exiled from their own team," he said.

TORONTO — Kabion Ento and the Montreal Alouettes defence turned Chad Kelly's first playoff start into a nightmare.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Maël St-Denis knocked in the game-winning goal as the Océanic scored all three goals in the first period to beat the Huskies. Jan Sprynar and Lyam Jacques had the other goals for Rimouski.