National Sports

Liverpool heads into Christmas with a four-point lead, a game in hand and as the overwhelming title favorite in the Premier League on the back of a wild 6-3 win at Tottenham on Sunday.

LA VILLA, Italy (AP) — Marco Odermatt is back to his imperious best.

MIAMI (AP) — The Phillies acquired left-hander Jesús Luzardo from the Miami Marlins on Sunday, the team announced. Miami received two prospects, outfielder Emaarion Boyd and infielder Starlyn Caba.

Jakub Stancl fired a hopeful shot with overtime looming. Czechia had already given underwhelming Canada all it could handle in the countries' quarterfinal matchup at last year's world junior hockey championship.

LONDON — England's Ryan (Heavy Metal) Searle knocked Canadian Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell out of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship with a 3-0 second-round win Sunday.

CALGARY — Steps to make Canadian sports safer were made in 2024, but to what end? A national commission began cross-country public consultations, an online registry of people sanctioned or under investigation for maltreatment in sport went live and a

VANCOUVER — Frustration is beginning to creep in for the Vancouver Canucks. With a 5-4 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the Canucks have now lost four of their last five games (1-2-2).

VANCOUVER — More than 20 months after making his NHL debut, Ottawa Senators goalie Leevi Merilainen finally has his first win.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nick Blankenburg scored at 1:03 of overtime to help the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 National Hockey League victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Ottawa 5 Vancouver 4 (OT) Edmonton 3 San Jose 2 (OT) N.Y.