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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The difficult start to the MLS season continued Saturday for Toronto FC and Bob Bradley in a 2-1 loss to the Columbus Crew.

LAS VEGAS — American J.J. Aldrich, able to keep the fight on the feet, won a unanimous decision over Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.

SINSHEIM, Germany — Bayern Munich says star fullback Alphonso Davies is at least three weeks away from returning, a prognosis that would rule him out of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s final three World Cup qualifying matches.

BEIJING — Alpine skier Mollie Jepsen, who captured gold for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s first medal of the Beijing Paralympics, will close the Games in spectacular fashion. The 22-year-old from West Vancouver, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

It was a happy coincidence that Brian McKeever wore bib No. 16 on Saturday. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s cross-country skiing legend captured his 16th Paralympic gold medal, to tie German alpine skier Gord Schoefelder for the most victories by a male winter Paralympian.

NEW YORK (AP) — Santiago Rodriguez delivered a pivotal goal in a 4-1 win for New York City FC over CF Montreal on Saturday. Rodriguez's goal put NYCFC (1-1-1) ahead for good at 2-0 in the 20th minute.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The NFL's greatest rose to applaud the soccer great. Tom Brady picked the perfect moment to come to Old Trafford to witness a rarity from Cristiano Ronaldo: A Manchester United hat trick.

VALMALENCO, ITALY — Canadian Mikael Kingsbury won gold Saturday at a World Cup men's dual moguls freestyle ski event. The native of Deux-Montagnes, Que., was competing for the first time since claiming an Olympic silver medal at the Beijing Games.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canadian Laurent Dubreuil captured a silver medal in the men’s 500-metre event Saturday at a World Cup speedskating event. The native of Levis, Que., posted a time of 34.

The Edmonton Stingers were greeted by a raucous crowd, fireworks and a drum line in their two recent Basketball Champions League Americas games in Nicaragua.