National Sports

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain staved off a gallant fightback by Aston Villa to reach the Champions League semifinals despite a 3-2 loss to the English club on Tuesday.

VANCOUVER — The memory of being a flag-bearer at the 2015 Women's World Cup still looms large for Christie Gray. She was a 15-year-old soccer player and seeing her idols — including Canadian legend Christine Sinclair — up close at B.C.

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon spent some time on the ice Tuesday sliding pucks over to his old friend and longtime captain Gabriel Landeskog for shots on goal. It's a possible prelude of things to come.

Japan edged past Germany 1-0 at the women’s ice hockey world championship on Tuesday to set up a quarterfinal against defending champion Canada. Japan finished second in Group B while Canada was placed second in Group A.

TORONTO — Darko Rajakovic is all about getting better. Whether that's developing players on the Toronto Raptors, supporting his staff, or pushing himself to be a better head coach, he wants to improve.

OTTAWA — Greg Ellingson is calling it a career and retiring as an Ottawa Redblack. Ellingson, 36, played 10 CFL seasons with Hamilton (2013-14), Ottawa (2015-18), Edmonton, (2019, 2021), Winnipeg (2022) and Montreal (2023).

DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog has rejoined the Colorado Avalanche after taking part in a two game minor-league rehab assignment . The team said Tuesday the captain's conditioning loan to the American Hockey League’s Colorado Eagles was terminated.

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MUNICH — Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both dropped their first-round matches Tuesday at the BMW men's tennis tournament.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers will miss the start of the playoffs with a right foot injury. Jets coach Scott Arniel said Tuesday that Ehlers was out week-to-week after re-aggravating an existing injury.