National Sports

TORONTO — Canadian Joey Votto made another smashing return to his hometown. The Cincinnati Reds first baseman crushed a towering eighth-inning home run off the right-field foul pole to give the Reds a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

TOULOUSE, France — Krissy Scurfield and Ella O'Regan scored tries in a losing cause Sunday as Canada was beaten 19-14 by France to finish sixth at the HSBC France Sevens. The French jumped into an early lead and were ahead 12-0 at the break.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the Eastern Conference final on Sunday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed veteran defenceman Mark Giordano to a two-year contract extension Sunday. The average annual value of the contract is US$800,000.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks announced Sunday assistant coaches Scott Walker and Kyle Gustafson and video coach Darryl Seward won't be returning next season.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City clinched a sixth Premier League title in 11 seasons on Sunday by scoring three times in five minutes to come from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the finale and hold off Liverpool's challenge.

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan secured its first Serie A title in 11 years on Sunday with a 3-0 win at Sassuolo. The city of Milan is already swarming with a sea of celebrating red-and-black fans.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus has broken the women’s 400-meter freestyle world record at the Australian swimming championships. Titmus finished in 3 minutes, 56.

If your team had a Vezina candidate in net and your offence chipped in with a dozen goals in two playoff games, chances are you'd be pretty upbeat entering a Game 3. But the Calgary Flames are really worried.

WINNIPEG — Mikey Milne wasted no time turning heartbreak into extra hustle on Saturday, scoring three goals and leading his Winnipeg ICE to a 5-1 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Western Hockey League playoffs.