National Sports

DUNEDIN — Chris Bassitt went a strong 5 2/3 innings while Ernie Clement scored the winning run on a wild pitch as the Toronto Blue Jays nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in exhibition baseball action Sunday afternoon.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Walter Clayton Jr.

LAVAL, Que. — Natalie Spooner's second-period goal proved to be the winner as the Toronto Sceptres edged the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Place Bell.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Lindsey Vonn concluded her comeback season at age 40 with a second-place finish in a World Cup super-G race Sunday that was won by Swiss standout Lara Gut-Behrami.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Thiago Motta was fired as coach of slumping Juventus on Sunday, with Igor Tudor named as a replacement for the rest of the season.

PENICHE — Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks finished third at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal after losing to American Gabriela Bryan in semifinal action Sunday in the third event of the season on the World Surf League's elite Championship Tour.

WINDHOEK — Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton scored 65 runs and Nikolaas Davin added 52 as Namibia defeated Canada by eight wickets in a T20 cricket game Sunday.

SAITAMA — Canadian kickboxer Jonathan Di Bella used his speed and a punishing calf kick to win the One Championship interim strawweight title Sunday with a unanimous decision over Thailand's Sam-A Gaiyanghadao at One 172 in Saitama, Japan.

UIJEONGBU-SI — It was a successful title defence for Canada's Rachel Homan. Homan captured a second straight world women's curling championship Sunday with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Koehn Ziemmer scored at 2:14 of overtime to give the Prince George Cougars a 4-3 win over the Victoria Royals in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at the CN Centre.