National Sports

SEEFELD, Austria — Canada's Katherine Stewart-Jones earned her first top-30 finish of her career Saturday, placing 28th in the cross-country ski marathon at the cross-country world championships.

A club-record signing for $80 million, Riyad Mahrez has struggled to make a significant impact in his first season at Manchester City. Scoring a huge goal in the Premier League title race might just turn things round for the Algeria winger.

CHICAGO — Some surprising names will be on the field when the U.S. women's soccer team plays England: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, J.K. Rowling and Beyonce.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Add a century of career titles to Roger Federer's staggering list of tennis achievements.

SAGAMIHARA, Japan — Meaghan Benfeito won the silver medal in the women's 10-metre platform at the FINA diving World Series on Saturday. The three-time Olympic medallist was competing on her 30th birthday.

BAQUEIRA BERET, Spain — Canada's Kevin Hill won the bronze medal at a snowboard cross World Cup on Saturday. Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle won gold while Adam Lambert of Australia took silver.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canada's Mikael Kingsbury placed second in the final moguls singles World Cup of the season on Saturday while Justine Dufour-Lapointe took bronze in the women's event.

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in the semifinals of the Mexico Open after falling 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to Sofia Kenin of the United States. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

WHISTLER, B.C. — Canada's Justin Kripps and Cam Stones are in contention halfway through two-man bobsled runs at the world championships. Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Stones of Whitby, Ont., are 0.

Friday's Games NHL Winnipeg 5 Nashville 3 Montreal 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Buffalo 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Washington 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 Philadelphia 6 New Jersey 3 Carolina 5 St.