National Sports

SYDNEY, N.S. — The list of surreal moments keeps getting longer for Nunavut vice-skip Jennifer Blaney at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Receiving a competitor necklace at the players' reception Friday started things off.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Canada's Collin Cameron opened the 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships with a silver medal on Saturday. The 30-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., finished second in the men's 12.

PROGRESSO, Argentina — Family, friends, supporters and former teammates paid tribute to striker Emiliano Sala in his small Argentine hometown on Saturday, almost four weeks after he died when the plane he was in crashed into the English Channel.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Justin Kripps of Canada drove to the win in a four-man bobsled race Saturday, as Germany's Francesco Friedrich missed the podium for the first time all season. Kripps, of Summerland, B.C., finished his second run in 54.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Canada's Andrew Nembhard couldn't miss. And for a while Alabama couldn't hit. Nembhard, a 19-year-old from Aurora, Ont.

Halifax's new professional lacrosse team now has a name: the Thunderbirds. The name was unveiled at the Halifax Convention Centre on Saturday.

PITTSBURGH — A big second period ended up being just enough for the Calgary Flames.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A.J. Lawson of Brampton, Ont., had 23 points off six of South Carolina's program record-tying 16 three-pointers to rally past Texas A&M 84-77 on Saturday.

Sam Gagner is back with the Edmonton Oilers, the team with which he spent the first seven seasons of his NHL career. The Oilers acquired Gagner in a deal Saturday with Vancouver that sent centre Ryan Spooner to the Canucks.

CANBERRA., Australia — Canada's Kia Nurse had 12 points and three assists to help the University of Canberra Capitals to their eighth WNBL Championship, with a 93-73 victory over the Adelaide Lightning.