National Sports

NEW YORK — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dropped 42 pounds after an underwhelming 2020. He's hoping less can be more — and the 22-year-old sure still looks like a heavy hitter.

KELOWNA, B.C. — It was close but the Kamloops Blazers kept their perfect record in tact with a 4-3 overtime win against the Victoria Royals in Western Hockey League play on Saturday.

CALGARY — Canada's Brendan Bottcher has been challenged in a variety of ways over his first three games at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship.

MONTREAL — For Ottawa coach D.J. Smith, the growth of his young team was illustrated late in the second period Saturday when Josh Anderson scored to bring the Montreal Canadiens to within one at 4-3.

MONCTON, N.B. — The Moncton Wildcats scored first but couldn't hang on to the lead, surrendering four-straight goals to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan en route to a 4-1 loss in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Saturday.

TORONTO — Egor Sokolov scored a hat trick and the Bellville Senators routed the Toronto Marlies 7-2 in American Hockey League play Saturday.

LEESBURG, Va. — The Toronto Arrows, rebounding from two early losses, defeated Old Glory DC 40-19 Saturday for their first win of the Major League Rugby season. It was the Arrows' first victory since March 1, 2020, when they beat Rugby ATL 28-18.

NEW YORK — Cory Kluber kept hitters mostly to humdrum contact off the bat — fitting for the monotone man they call Klubot.

MIAMI — Bianca Andreescu says she's pushed herself through injury before to the point of making things worse. So as tough as the decision to retire in the final of the Miami Open was for Andreescu, she says it was the right choice.

PARIS — Canadian striker Jonathan David scored as Lille defeated defending champion Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Saturday to took over sole posession of first place in France's Ligue 1.