National Sports

OTTAWA — Guy-Frank Essome Penda’s penalty strike in a shootout propelled the Montreal Carabins to a 2-1 victory over the Victoria Vikes and into the semifinals of the U Sports men's soccer championships on Thursday.

MONTREAL — The Pittsburgh Penguins rallied through adversity and snapped a three-game losing streak at the Bell Centre. Both teams had identical 2-6-2 records in their last 10 games, but Pittsburgh punished Montreal 6-0 on Thursday night.

SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gay hit five three-pointers and scored 20 points in his season debut to help the Utah Jazz beat the Toronto Raptors 119-103 on Thursday night. Gay also had five rebounds while playing just 18 minutes.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves and Andrew Mangiapane and Johnny Gaudreau each had two goals and an assist for the Calgary Flames in a 5-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.

OG Anunoby was playing some of the best basketball of his career when he suffered a hip pointer in practice on Wednesday. With no timeline set for his return, both he and the Toronto Raptors are understandably frustrated. "He wants to play.

HOBART, Australia (AP) — Australia's test cricket captain has quit after being investigated by Cricket Australia for sending explicit text messages to a female co-worker. Veteran wicketkeeper Tim Paine was named in a News Corp.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Danielle Steer struck the winning penalty kick to lift the UBC Thunderbirds to a 2-1 victory over the Acadia Axewomen and into the semifinals of the U Sports women's soccer championships.

Canada rugby sevens captain Ghislaine Landry, the all-time leading scorer among women on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, has called an end to a stellar playing career.

NBC has achieved one of its major objectives over the past year, retaining U.S. rights to broadcast the Premier League for another six years. The Premier League announced the deal on Thursday. NBC will pay more than $2.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was unanimiously voted American League MVP on Thursday for a two-way season not seen since Babe Ruth, and Bryce Harper earned the National League honor for the second time.