National Sports

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Max Scherzer's pitching line showed he's ready for the regular season.

DUDINCE — Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee set a world record in the 35 kilometres Saturday. The 34-year-old from Richmond, B.C.

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder Daulton Varsho, who is still recovering from shoulder surgery, will open the season on the injured list.

UIJEONGBU-SI — Rachel Homan's curling team went the distance to reach the final of the women's world championship.

WINDHOEK — Namibia defeated Canada by 10 wickets Saturday in a lopsided T20 cricket game shortened due to poor weather.

SPOKANE — Brayden Schuurman scored the shootout winner to lift the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 7-6 win over the Spokane Chiefs on Friday in Western Hockey League action.

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UIJEONGBU-SI — Canada's Rachel Homan cruised to a 10-4 win on Saturday in a qualification match over Scotland's Sophie Jackson to earn a spot in the semifinal of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship.

VAL-D'OR, Que. — Vince Elie capped a two-goal effort by scoring the game-winning marker 1:40 into overtime as the Shawinigan Cataractes squeezed past the Val-d'Or Foreurs 5-4 on Friday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Jack Pridham netted the game-winning goal at 13:40 of the third period to lift the Kitchener Rangers to a 3-2 win over the Owen Sound Attack on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action.