National Sports

TOULOUSE, France — Nick Rawsthorne scored a pair of tries as the Toronto Wolfpack held on to beat Toulouse Olympique XII 24-13 on Monday in a clash of the top two teams in rugby league's second-tier Betfred Championship.

GOLD COAST, Australia — Mark Pearson was on a chairlift in Whistler when he got the late call that he had made Canada's field hockey roster for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

LAS VEGAS — John Shuster's Olympic gold medal spawned a registration rush for Las Vegas Curling, whose slogan is "Where Saints and Sinners Curl Like Winners.

GOLD COAST, Australia — Canada usually lives large when it comes to its home-away-from-home at the Olympic Games.

GOLD COAST, Australia — A beach party broke out Monday as the Maple Leaf was raised at the athletes villages at the Commonwealth Games.

LAS VEGAS — Canada's Brad Gushue sees challenges ahead in defending the world men's curling championship. His team rebounded from a rough first day in Las Vegas with a 7-2 win over Switzerland's Mark Pfister on Sunday.

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MONTREAL — New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall couldn't have picked a better time to score his first career short-handed goal.

MONTREAL — Taylor Hall scored a short-handed goal late in the third period as the visiting New Jersey Devils came from behind to beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Sunday. Nico Hischier also scored for the Devils (42-28-9).

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Arike Ogunbowale hit the shot of her life — again. Ogunbowale floated in a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.