National Sports

ROME — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from Italian Open tennis tournament Saturday. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, was slated to face Braziian Thiago Seyboth Wild on Saturday. No reason was given for his withdrawal.

EDMONTON — Head coach Kris Knoblauch predicted the Edmonton Oilers would need Stuart Skinner back in net at some point in the playoffs.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden had to rally for a 4-2 win over Austria on Saturday at the world hockey championship. Sweden was last year's bronze medalist. Mika Zibanejad scored twice for the winners.

LAVAL — Montreal Roses FC and Halifax Tides FC battled to a 0-0 tie in Northern Super League action Saturday. The tie was the first for the NSL this season but also earned Halifax (0-2-1) its first point.

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Hamburger SV finally clinched its return to the Bundesliga after routing Ulm 6-1 in Germany’s second division on Saturday.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Craig Berube cut a calm, relaxed and confident figure as he faced a string of questions at the Maple Leafs' luxury hotel situated a short distance from South Florida's sun and sand.

SUNRISE — The Maple Leafs were on the front foot and had all the momentum.

STOCKHOLM — Bo Horvat scored twice while Dylan Garand stopped 11 shots as Canada defeated Slovenia 4-0 on Saturday in its first game of the world hockey championship.

DUBLIN — The Canadian under-20 women's rugby team ran in four tries en route to a 26-15 win over Ireland on Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Josh Morrissey expanded his role for the Winnipeg Jets in Friday’s key 4-0 victory over the Dallas Stars. The star defenceman drew a penalty that led to Winnipeg’s first goal, assisted on it and then later saved a potential Dallas goal.