National Sports

HONG KONG — New Zealand continued its domination of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday with both the men and women lifting the cup at the Hong Kong Sevens.

The Dallas Jackals posted their first-ever win Saturday night, dispatching the Toronto Arrows 14-11.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone call between the diplomats since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last week as well as another i

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Relegation-threatened Leicester fired manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season move to preserve its Premier League status.

VANCOUVER — A youth movement powered the Vancouver Whitecaps to their first win of the Major League Soccer season on Saturday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers appear to be on cruise control heading into the playoffs while collecting new milestones on a nightly basis.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark and Marie-Philip Poulin each scored, and Canada outshot Finland 23-19 to post a 3-1 win on Saturday in exhibition women's hockey action at the Gale Centre.

WINNIPEG — Connor McClennon scored two power-play goals and Zack Ostapchuk added a goal and assist as the Winnipeg ICE defeated the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers 5-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League playoff action.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Edmonton 6 Anaheim 0 Carolina 3 Montreal 0 Toronto 3 Ottawa 0 St. Louis 6 Nashville 1 Boston 4 Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 6 Philadelphia 3 Florida 7 Columbus 0 Tampa Bay 5 N.Y.

OTTAWA — Turkey's first appearance at a world men's curling championship got off to an inauspicious start Saturday as the team no-showed the opening ceremony due to an apparent miscommunication.