National Sports

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — No one had an easier time Saturday morning at the Masters than Brooks Koepka. He didn't have to play, and he still had the lead going into a cold, soggy and brutally difficult weekend at Augusta National.

SINGAPORE — Canada lost to Samoa and Fiji but rallied to defeat Spain in a battle of relegation-threatened rivals Saturday at the HSBC Singapore Sevens.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a two-run deficit to spoil the Los Angeles Angels' home opener with a 4-3 victory Friday night. Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

SASKATOON — Egor Sidorov scored twice, Trevor Wong added two assists and the home team finally won a game as the Saskatoon Blades defeated the visiting Regina Pats 4-2 to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven Western Hockey League playoff series.

LAS VEGAS — Brazil's Larissa Pacheco won a unanimous decision over Canadian featherweight Julia (The Jewel) Budd on Friday in the main event of PFL 2.

BOSTON (AP) — Sam Hauser scored a career-high 26 points and the Boston Celtics cruised past the Toronto Raptors 121-102 on Friday night.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Captain Marie-Philip Poulin added to her glittering resume Friday with goals No. 100 and 101 for Canada in a 5-1 win over Czechia at the IIHF Women's World Championship. "I'm running out of adjectives," said Canadian coach Troy Ryan.

NORTH BAY, Ont.

SAINT JOHN, N.B.

OTTAWA — Brad Gushue's busy start to round-robin play was bookended by a run of split shifts at the world men's curling championship. His Canadian team fought through the inconsistent timing to qualify for the playoffs at TD Place. The St. John's, N.