National Sports

Canada played its part Saturday on a day that showed the best of women's rugby. Unfortunately the valiant Canadian display came in a 26-19 loss to England in the Rugby World Cup semifinal in Auckland, New Zealand.

PARIS — Felix Auger-Aliassime's win streak has come to an end. The Montreal native fell to Denmark's Holger Rune 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Paris Masters.

BERLIN — Canada star Alphonso Davies left Bayern Munich's game at Hertha Berlin on Saturday with an apparent hamstring injury. The 22-year-old fullback from Edmonton limped off in the 63rd minute, holding the back of his right leg.

HONG KONG — Canada lost a close game to Ireland before edging Kenya on Saturday at the Hong Kong Sevens, missing out on the Cup quarterfinals in the opening event of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — England downed a determined Canada 26-19 on Saturday to extend its winning streak to 30 matches and move into the final of the Rugby World Cup.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Winterhawks built on the momentum of a strong start en route to a dominant 5-1 victory against Western Conference leader Seattle Thunderbirds on Friday.

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 35 points, his eighth consecutive game of at least 30 to begin the season, as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Toronto Raptors 111-110 on Friday night.

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Colorado 6 Columbus 3, at Tampere, Finland.

CALGARY — Canada's Brad Gushue defeated Randie Shen of Chinese Taipei 11-3 to secure the top seed in the playoffs at the Pan Continental Curling Championships on Friday. Gushue's rink from St. John's, N.L.

OTTAWA — Cameron Tolnai recorded two goals along with two assists as the Ottawa 67's put forth a dominant showing in a 6-1 win over the Barrie Colts on Friday. Brady Stonehouse also scored twice while adding one assist for Ottawa (11-1-0).