National Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A brawl between fans at Rio’s Maracana Stadium delayed the start of the South American World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil on Tuesday night for 27 minutes.

MÁLAGA, Spain — Finland went with the hot hand in Otto Virtanen for its Davis Cup quarterfinal against defending champion Canada on Tuesday. It paid off with the country's first-ever berth in the semifinals of the men's team tennis competition.

VANCOUVER — The NHL's Department of Player Safety says Canucks forward Nils Hoglander has been fined for slew-footing San Jose's Kevin Labanc during Vancouver's 3-1 win on Monday. Hoglander has been fined US$2,864.

WINNIPEG — Brady Oliveira wants to head south this winter, but not for a vacation.

MONTREAL — Kristian Matte still hasn’t come down from cloud nine since the Montreal Alouettes won the Grey Cup.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is leading the NBA’s hottest young team on both ends of the floor.

BONN, Germany (AP) — Yannic Seidenberg, who played on the German national hockey team that won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been banned for four years in a doping case.

Andre De Grasse is back in familiar territory and motivated by some strong competition in preparation for an important Olympic year. The six-time Olympic medallist and reigning 200-metre Olympic champion from Markham, Ont.

Quebec's finance minister doubled down on his government's decision to spend up to $7 million to bring the Los Angeles Kings to Quebec City for two games next October, telling reporters Tuesday it is key to his effort to burnish the market as a futur

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens say forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard will be sidelined for six to eight weeks while Jordan Harris will be out indefinitely with lower-body injuries.