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Raphael Lavoie, Mooseheads beat Storm to secure at least a spot in semifinal

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142411.1558316469!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/hko-memorial-cup-051919-620.jpg Raphael Lavoie scored a highlight-reel goal that put his team ahead for good as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the Guelph Storm 4-2 on Sunday at the Memorial Cup.The 18-year-old draft-eligible forward made a strong solo effort for the Mooseheads' second goal of the game, as he headed down the ice 1-on-2 while shorthanded and split the Storm defence with a toe drag before beating Anthony Popovich 6:48 into the second period.Halifax, the only undefeated team remaining at the four-team tournament,

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Brooks Koepka hangs on to win PGA Championship for 2nd year in a row

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142368.1558306359!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1150373970.jpg Brooks Koepka held off a late charge from Dustin Johnson to win the PGA Championship for the second straight year.Koepka took a seven-stroke lead into the final round at Bethpage Black and held on after Johnson cut his deficit to one stroke.Koepka finished with a 4-over 74 to win by 2 strokes and claim his fourth major title. He joins Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win the PGA in back-to-back years since the tournament went to stroke play

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Blues move to brink of Cup final after blanking Sharks

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142356.1558303313!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/tarasenko-vladimir-051919-620.jpg Vladimir Tarasenko scored on a penalty shot and Jaden Schwartz added the first of his three goals during a dominant second period that carried St. Louis to the brink of its first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in nearly a half-century, sending the Blues to a 5-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday in Game 5 of the Western Conference final.St. Louis used a relentless forecheck to take control of the game and series in the second

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2-time Formula One champ Fernando Alonso fails to qualify for Indy 500

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142350.1558302421!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/indycar-indy-500-auto-racing.jpg Fernando Alonso and McLaren missed the Indianapolis 500 after a 23-year-old American in a rebuilt race car for an underfunded team snagged the final spot in the field.Kyle Kaiser bumped Alonso out of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" by .02 mph in the "Last Row Shootout" to set the 33-driver field. All the attention was on McLaren, which leaned on Andretti Autosport, Team Penske, Chevrolet and anyone who would help in an effort to get the two-time Formula One champion

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Guerrero Jr. homers again as Jays earn split with White Sox

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142344.1558301624!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/blue-jays-white-sox-baseball-051819-620.jpg Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit another home run, Danny Jansen and Billy McKinney also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Sunday.Guerrero has hit all four of his homers in the last six games. The highly touted 20-year-old didn't homer in his first 13 games after making his major league debut in late April.Guerrero's two-run drive broke a one-all tie in the eighth inning. Jansen added a two-run homer in the ninth.Jose Abreu drove in

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Portland’s Damian Lillard will play Game 4 despite rib injury

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142322.1558298673!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/lillard-damian-160519.jpg Portland's Damian Lillard says separated his ribs in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors.Lillard confirmed the injury on Sunday, a day after the Trail Blazers lost 110-99 in Game 3. Lillard was 5-of-18 from the floor and finished with 19 points as Golden State took a 3-0 series lead.The injury was originally reported by The Athletic. Lillard said the separation is on the left side, and he wore protective padding in Game 3."I don't

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Canada’s Ashley Kraayeveld finishes 5th at taekwondo worlds

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142255.1558290094!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/kraayeveld-ashley-190519.jpg Canada's Ashley Kraayeveld finished fifth in the women's 62-kilogram weight class Sunday at the world taekwondo championship in Manchester, England.After wins over Hong Kong's Wai Ying Tsang and Mexico's Anel Felix, the Mississauga, Ont., native fell to Maqda Wiet Henin of France in the quarterfinals.Jordan Stewart of Vaughan, Ont., was ninth in the men's 87-kilo class and Quebec City's Marc-Andre Bergeron was ninth in the men's 87-kilo-plus division. Read more at CBC.ca

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Canada’s Jennifer Abel scores World Series diving silver

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5142251.1558289163!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/abel-jennifer-190519.jpg Canada's Jennifer Abel closed out the World Series diving season with a silver medal in the women's three-metre individual competition on Sunday.She finished second with a total score of 353.05 points for her five dives.Australia's Maddison Keeney (368.30) won gold and Nur Dhabitah Binti Sabri (344.40) of Malaysia took the bronze.Montreal's Pamela Ware was sixth.Abel, from Laval, Que., won bronze in the three-metre synchro on Friday with teammate Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu of Saint-Constant, Que. Read more at CBC.ca

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