National Sports

PENICHE — Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks finished third at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal after losing to American Gabriela Bryan in semifinal action Sunday in the third event of the season on the World Surf League's elite Championship Tour.

WINDHOEK — Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton scored 65 runs and Nikolaas Davin added 52 as Namibia defeated Canada by eight wickets in a T20 cricket game Sunday.

SAITAMA — Canadian kickboxer Jonathan Di Bella used his speed and a punishing calf kick to win the One Championship interim strawweight title Sunday with a unanimous decision over Thailand's Sam-A Gaiyanghadao at One 172 in Saitama, Japan.

UIJEONGBU-SI — It was a successful title defence for Canada's Rachel Homan. Homan captured a second straight world women's curling championship Sunday with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Koehn Ziemmer scored at 2:14 of overtime to give the Prince George Cougars a 4-3 win over the Victoria Royals in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at the CN Centre.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonny Brodzinski scored his second goal of the game late in the third period and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves as the New York Rangers downed the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Saturday to snap a three-game losing streak.

EDMONTON — Chalk one up for the rank and file on the Edmonton Oilers.

VANCOUVER — Jesper Sorensen knew a perfect season was unlikely.

EDMONTON — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had three goals for the hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers dug deep without their two top forwards to record a narrow 5-4 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps fell behind early then gave up two second-half goals in a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Fire Saturday night for their first loss of the Major League Soccer season.