National Sports

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact left the field to booing from the 17,140 in the seats at Saputo Stadium and none could dispute they had played one of their worst games of this season.

HERNING, Denmark — The road to the medal round got tougher for Canada on Saturday at the world hockey championship. Mikko Rantanen scored two goals as Finland beat Canada 5-1.

BARCELONA, Spain — Lewis Hamilton ended Sebastian Vettel's dominant run in Formula One qualifying by setting a track record and wining pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. Hamilton had a lap of 1 minute, 16.

MONTEVERGINE , Italy — Richard Carapaz pulled off a superb final attack to win the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday, and British rider Simon Yates remained in the overall lead after the second mountain finish.

SHANGHAI — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finished a disappointing eighth in the men's 100 metres at the rain-drenched Shanghai Diamond League meet Saturday. In the final race of the night, British sprinter Reece Prescod was victorious in 10.

WINNIPEG — Paul Stastny has made plenty of tangible contributions for the Winnipeg Jets since they acquired him just before the NHL trade deadline. The latest example played out for all to see.

BERLIN — German officials called on the global soccer federation FIFA to intervene Saturday after a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics was denied entry to Russia to report on the upcoming World Cup.

VANCOUVER — After the emotion faded, Kendall Waston was left facing the reality of the Vancouver Whitecaps' 2-2 tie with the Houston Dynamo on Friday night.

Friday's Games NHL Playoffs Third Round Washington 4 Tampa Bay 2 (Capitals lead series 1-0) --- AHL Playoffs Rockford 6 Manitoba 3 (IceHogs win series 4-0) Second Round Texas 3 Tucson 2 (Stars win series 4-1) --- IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen

TAMPA, Fla. — There was no letdown for the Washington Capitals. Just more winning hockey.