TAMPERE, Finland -- Samuel Blais scored two goals to rally Canada to a 5-2 victory over Germany in the final of the ice hockey world championship Sunday.

It's a record 28th world title for Canada, and its second in three years. Russia has 27 while Germany has never won the trophy.

Blais netted with a backhand 4:51 into the final period for a 3-2 lead for Canada, which was playing in its fourth straight final.

"It feels really good," Blais said. "We've been in Europe for a month, and we've all waited for that moment to play for the gold medal game. And we're lucky enough to have won it."

Lawson Crouse, Tyler Toffoli and Scott Laughton also scored for Canada, Peyton Krebs had two assists and goaltender Samuel Montembeault stopped 21 shots.

Toffoli stretched the lead to 4-2 from the left circle with 8:09 remaining and Laughton added an empty-net goal.

Canada had to come back twice in the final.

John Peterka wristed a shot past Montembeault from the left circle 7:44 into the game. It was the sixth goal for the Buffalo Sabres forward at the tournament.

Blais was fed by Krebs to beat goaltender Mathias Niederberger and tie it 1-1 at 10:47.

Daniel Fischbuch put the Germans ahead again with a one-timer with 6:13 to go in the middle period.

Crouse equalized on a power play with 2:32 remaining in the frame.

It was the first medal for Germany since 1953, when it was second behind Sweden.

The two previously met just once in the final, with Canada winning 6-1 in 1930.

Emiliano Grillo won his second career PGA Tour event, and his first since 2015, at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Grillo defeated Adam Schenk in a playoff to earn more than $1.5 million and 500 FedExCup points, moving to 18th in the FEC standings.

Here are the full purse and FedExCup breakdowns for those who made the cut at Colonial Country Club.

FRISCO, Texas — Steve Stricker squeezed daughter and temporary caddie Izzi just a little harder after finishing a comeback and winning the Senior PGA Championship.

Now a six-time senior major winner, Stricker shared this one with a high school golf champion in Wisconsin, where Stricker also was born and raised.

“She looks up to what I do for a living, and she plays pretty dang good golf herself,” Stricker said. “It’s a lot of fun to have her with me. It’s special.”

Stricker beat Padraig Harrington on the first hole of a playoff for the Senior PGA title Sunday, giving the 56-year-old American a sweep of the first two majors of the season.

Harrington forced the playoff with a short birdie putt on the par-5 18th, but put his drive in the replay of the 72nd hole in deep grass on the right side of the fairway.

After a failed attempt to hack the ball out, the 51-year-old Irishman dropped to what he said was about 270 yards away and put a 5-wood within 15 feet.

Stricker, who stayed away from his driver and laid up both times on 18, missed a second consecutive putt to win, but Harrington couldn’t make the par putt to extend the playoff.

“If I hole the putt, we could say it was one of the best shots I ever hit,” Harrington said. “The fact that I didn’t hole the putt, we’ll forget about it. Golf is cruel.”

Stricker and Harrington, who was trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the Senior PGA since Rocco Mediate in 2016, finished 18 under. Stricker shot 3-under 69 and Harrington 70.

Stricker’s win came two weeks after a second consecutive victory in the Regions Tradition.

Harrington’s first PGA Tour Champions title was the U.S. Senior Open last year, when he held off Stricker by a stroke in a duel of the opposing Ryder Cup captains from 2021.

They were at it again in the first event on the Fields Ranch East course at the new headquarters of the PGA of America. The venue in Frisco, about 35 miles north of Dallas, is set to host the PGA Championship in 2027 and 2034 with talk of the Ryder Cup coming in the late 2030s.

“This means a lot,” Stricker said. “I spent a lot of time with the PGA of America during the Ryder Cup. To play in another PGA next year I think will be a lot of fun, too.”

Stewart Cink, playing with Stricker and Harrington but never threatening to crash their two-man battle, made a 60-footer for birdie 2 at No. 17 and eagled the par-5 18th to finish two shots back.

A week after turning 50, Cink finished his Champions debut with a 69. He intends to keep competing on the PGA Tour for now.

“This is no pushover golf course,” Cink said. “I’m taking a lot of confidence down the road from here. I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t looking forward to my next PGA Tour Champions. I don’t know when it’s going to be, but I’m looking forward to it.”

South Korean and Dallas resident Y.E. Yang, the 2009 PGA champion, was alone in fourth at 11 under after a 70. Defending champion Steven Alker shot 71 to finish 9 under along with Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke.

All five of Stricker’s previous senior major wins were by six shots, but this time he came from behind, erasing a five-shot deficit in the final nine holes of the third round to set up another two-player showdown with Harrington two years after the U.S. rout of Harrington’s crew at the Ryder Cup.

Stricker, who extended his Champions tour record with a 49th consecutive round of par or better, took a two-shot lead with a chip-in for birdie at the 220-yard, par-3 13th to answer a bogey at 12.

Harrington narrowed the deficit to one with a birdie at the short par-4 15th. After both made bogey at 17, Harrington missed an eagle attempt at 18 to give Stricker a putt for the win. Stricker missed from about 18 feet, and Harrington made a short putt to force the playoff.

“Steve is probably the toughest guy you could ever play on a Sunday,” Harrington said. “He has to have the best wedge game in the world. He’s a fabulous putter, he’s a fabulous chipper. In a match play situation, he’s somebody you don’t want to be playing against.”

The lead began slipping away from Harrington on Saturday when a bathroom break started a sequence that led to a double-bogey, his first over-par hole of the tournament, at the par-4 16th.

Harrington had another adventure on the same hole in the final round when a wayward tee shot hit a fan in the head down the left side, caroming almost all the way back to the fairway.

After putting his second shot on the green, Harrington greeted the fan sitting in a cart and holding what appeared be a napkin on his head wound. After giving him a signed glove, Harrington took out his wallet and gave the fan $300.

“It never really seems adequate to give a guy a glove,” Harrington said. “He’s a grown man, like what’s he want with a glove with my signature? So I thought, he said his wife was inside, but, please take your wife out for dinner on me. I hope I gave him enough for dinner — $300 should cover it, wouldn’t it?”

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Derek Hitchner wasn’t present for Pepperdine’s NCAA Championship victory two years ago at Grayhawk, but he recalls watching the final round of stroke play that year when the Waves fired a 7-under 273, a championship record on the desert layout until Illinois fired a 271 to break it on Saturday.

“I can remember watching that and seeing a barrage of birdies,” Hitchner said. “I feel like you can see rounds like that depending on how the conditions are.”

Hitchner, a fifth-year senior and importance piece to this year’s Pepperdine squad, saw inviting conditions on Sunday – more receptive greens, pushed-up tee boxes, easier hole locations and a morning tee time – and he and his teammates took advantage.

Illinois’ new record lasted less than 24 hours.

Pepperdine became the first school to break 270 in an NCAA Championship at Grayhawk by putting together an 11-under 269 in the third round. Hitchner led the way for the Waves, posting a 5-under 65 and bouncing back from back-to-back 73s.

While Hitchner was 6 over through two rounds, he had played Nos. 1 and 8 in a combined 9 over, which included him making a quadruple bogey on Friday at the par-4 first hole, where he had to take an unplayable after an errant drive into the desert before hitting a tree branch with his next shot, leading to another unplayable.

“I chalked it off as a regrettable mistake but one that I felt like I could bounce back from,” Hitchner said, “and I felt confident enough that I could make enough birdies to recover.”

And he’s done just that. Hitchner has carded 17 birdies through 54 holes of this NCAA Championship, just one shy of the championship leader, North Carolina senior and Hitchner’s former teammate Dylan Menante, who has 18. He is 1 over for the week, just behind teammates Sam Choi (1 under) and Luke Gifford (2 under).

Pepperdine head coach Michael Beard, who also led the Waves to the national semifinals last year before falling to Arizona State, has a ton of great memories on this golf course, as does senior William Mouw, who also won the AJGA event at Grayhawk, the Thunderbird Invitational, in high school. But with so much talent either graduating or transferring (Menante), Beard had to dive into the portal to shore up his roster this season. With three transfers – Choi, Gifford and Roberto Nieves – and an incoming freshman in Brady Siravo, Beard understandably didn’t know what to expect from this squad at the start of the fall.

Now, after a season that saw Pepperdine post nine top-3 finishes and earn a No. 1 regional seed, Beard is fully confident in this group.

“We have such a great group,” Beard said, “and it’s so much fun to be with them each and every day, and that blends into how we practice, team dinners, stuff like that. Before the season, we didn’t know how the transfers were gonna – it just takes a while to get to know each other. This spring, it feels like we’ve had them for two or three years.”

Added Hitchner of the transfers: “We’ve seen what they’re capable of. It’s just been a matter of getting across the line and just performing like this in a tournament setting. But this isn’t surprising at all that they’re rising to the occasion.”

Choi, an All-American at New Mexico, has continued his past success with four top-10s and the third-best scoring average on the team while leading Pepperdine with a T-7 showing at regionals. Gifford has been a consistent No. 4 guy with no top-10s, but he’s posted five top-20s before catching fire this week as he’s further removed himself, with the help of assistant Chris Zambri, from his tendency to rely on roping hooks from tee to green.

The final piece this week is Nieves. Beard admits that the fifth spot had been a toss-up all year with Nieves, Siravo and sophomore Ian Maspat all playing seven to eight events this season. Nieves, though, didn’t make the trip for the West Coast Conference Championship or the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional after shooting 77-63-77 at Pasatiempo.

But Nieves showed some signs back home in the past week, and after discussing with Zambri who would start at Grayhawk, Beard’s gut told him that he should go with Nieves, whose 2-under 68 paced the Waves in Friday’s opening round.

“He’s shown a lot of resilience,” Hitchner said of Nieves. “Coach and I have talked about making sure that he knows that he’d probably be called upon down the stretch. He’s a guy who brings a lot of value to the lineup, so just making sure that he knows that he belongs in this position.”

After a record-setting day that sees Pepperdine in solo second at 3 under, three back of Illinois and more importantly 10 clear of T-8, it’s clear that the Waves still belong here at Grayhawk, too.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Emiliano Grillo could only watch as his ball kept floating and rolling back toward the No. 18 tee after his wayward shot into the flowing water of a small concrete drainage canal. That mishit on the 72nd hole at Colonial cost him his two-stroke lead, but he still got his first PGA Tour victory in more than 7 1/2 years.

Grillo curled in a 5-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, the 186-yard 16th hole where he had taken the solo lead before needing a playoff Sunday. Grillo and Adam Schenk, who both finished at 8-under 272, had two-putt pars from 26 feet at No. 18 to start the playoff.

A 20-foot birdie at No. 16 in regulation had Grillo up by two strokes before his tee shot at No. 18.

“I’ve done it before. I’ve hit the exact same shot to the right of the tree,” he said. “When I saw one of the marshals walk right of the tree, I knew it was going to be a long wait until that ball stopped. ... It stopped for like five, 10 seconds at one moment. I actually thought I got lucky. Then five seconds later, the ball kept moving.”

The ball finally came to rest against a rock in the middle of the flow about 150 yards downstream. Grillo took a penalty stroke with a drop where the ball had entered the canal, and had to set his ball on the concrete. His approach was short of the green, and he two-putted from about 20 feet for double bogey to drop to 8 under.

“One bad swing all day,” he said.

It was the second PGA Tour win for Grillo, the 30-year-old from Argentina whose only other win was at the Frys.com Open in Napa in October 2015. He had four other top-10 finishes this season. He had a closing 2-under 68.

Along with a $1.566 million check, plaid jacket and fully restored 1973 Bronco vehicle, the win at Hogan’s Alley pretty much set Grillo up for all four majors. He now is set for the Masters and PGA Championship next year, and is in line for this year’s U.S. Open and Open Championship after moving from 80th to 42nd in World Golf Ranking.

PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall, in the final group with Schenk, bogeyed the final hole after his drive into the water to miss getting in the playoff. He finished tied for third at 7-under with local favorite Scott Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world who had a hole-in-one at the 189-yard 8th hole during his closing 67.

Schenk, the 31-year-old Indiana native in his 171st PGA Tour event, got his second runner-up finish of the season. He’s still seeking his first victory after a 72 playing in the final group Sunday.

After making his only birdie with an 8-footer at No. 16, Schenk was at the 17th tee when he saw someone down by the flowing water.

“I couldn’t see who it was. I didn’t look too hard. I knew Emiliano was a couple shots ahead,” Schenk said. “I had so much to worry about on 17.”

Schenk made par out of a greenside bunker at No. 17, then another par at No. 18 when his birdie putt that would have won it came up just short.

“If he would have hit it a little bit firmer, it would have gone in,” Grillo said. “The story would have been a little bit different. He would have been sitting here probably an hour earlier, but that’s golf.”

Grillo’s tee shot at No. 16 in the playoff landed on the right side of the green, rolled off the slope and stopped about five feet to the left of the hole. Schenk drove into the rough behind the hole, though had an impressive pitch shot.

Grillo had four birdies and two bogeys on his first seven holes Sunday, but caught up to the lead with a 17-foot birdie at the 435-yard 12th hole. After being part of the lead Saturday he had a double bogey and two bogeys over his last six holes.

Hall, a 25-year-old Englishman, was the solo leader after the first and second round. Tied with Schenk to start the final round, Hall got started with consecutive birdies to drop to 12 under, but those were his only birdies in a closing 73.

Scheffler was the Colonial runner-up last year after losing to Sam Burns on the first playoff hole. When Scheffler’s tee shot at No. 8 took a couple of bounces and rolled into the cup, he was 7 under. But he was even the rest of the way, with a birdie at the 10th and bogey on the par-3 16th.

“I made a few today, but overall I probably lost a few strokes on the greens, which is frustrating,” Scheffler said. “For a weekend where I really struggled with the putter, to give myself still a chance to win was nice.”

It was Scheffler’s second career ace. The first came in his PGA Tour debut as a 17-year-old at the 2014 Byron Nelson in his hometown of Dallas.

Harris English had a hole-in-one at No. 8 on Friday, when the hole was playing at 170 yards. Before that, no one had aced that hole since Jim Furyk in 2011.

English played with Hall in the final group during the third round, but had dropped out of a share of the lead when he bogeyed his final hole Saturday. He had four bogeys over six holes to finish his front nine Sunday, staring with three in a row on Nos. 4-6, on way to shooting 76 to finish tied for 12th.

Jessica Korda announced Sunday that she is out indefinitely due to a lingering back injury that has been plaguing her for "the last year" with no improvement.

Korda most recently withdrew from the Cognizant Founders Cup just 10 holes into Round 2.

"The last year has been an extremely challenging time for me as I struggle with an injury in my back," Korda said on social media.

"Following the advice of my doctor and the guidance of my physio, we've committed countless hours of treatment at home and on the road for me to try and get my body healthy and ready to compete each week. Unfortunately, we've reached [a] point where the pain is not improving, forcing me to have to withdraw out of several tournaments.

"As a competitor, it is upsetting to have to do this time and time again. At the advice of my medical team, I have made the tough decision to stop playing until I can get my back fully healthy. At this point, we don't have a firm timeline for my return, but I'm working with the best of the best and am focused on coming back as soon as possible."

Korda has made seven starts on the LPGA Tour this season, including her most recent WD from the Founders Cup in early May. Before that, she had five starts, making three cuts and missing two. Her best finish this season was a T-18 at the DIO Implant LA Open in March.

Korda has six career LPGA victories, with her most recent win coming in 2021 at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. She's made three Solheim Cup appearances (2013, '19, '21) and finished T-15 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

After nearly a year, the Indiana Fever are back in the win column.

The Fever beat the Atlanta Dream 90-87 on Sunday, Indiana's first victory since June 19, 2022. It ended a 20-game losing streak, which was tied for the longest in WNBA history.

"We talked about it from Day 1 in our team meeting: Culture is the most important thing," Fever coach Christie Sides said. "Culture, playing hard, being the hardest-working team in practice. And I promise you, coaches say it all the time, but these guys have worked really hard every day."

The Fever have not made the playoffs since the retirement of franchise legend Tamika Catchings in 2016. Their postseason drought followed 12 consecutive playoff appearances for the franchise, including three trips to the WNBA Finals and the 2012 league championship.

Last season marked the franchise's low point in victories, with Indiana going 5-31. Coach Marianne Stanley was fired May 25, 2022, with the Fever sitting at 2-7. She was replaced on an interim basis by Carlos Knox, who went 3-24.

The Fever beat the Chicago Sky 89-87 in Indianapolis on June 19, 2022, but then closed out the regular season with 18 straight losses.

Sides was hired as the Fever's new coach Nov. 4.

Indiana held the No. 1 pick in April's WNBA draft for the first time in franchise history and used it to select South Carolina star Aliyah Boston. Boston has been a very steady performer for the Fever thus far, recording 13 points and 7 rebounds Sunday against the Dream.

Leading the way for Indiana on Sunday was forward NaLyssa Smith, who finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Smith was the No. 2 overall pick in 2022 out of Baylor.

The Fever opened the 2023 season with losses to the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty, tying them with the 2011 Tulsa Shock for the longest losing streak in league history. That Shock team lost 20 in a row from June 21 to Aug. 25, 2011, then won two in a row before falling in their last six games to finish 3-31.

The Shock, who had moved from Detroit after the 2009 season, moved to Dallas and became the Wings in 2016.

Sides said Sunday's victory was just one step, but a big one.

"We're building something here, and that's going to take time," she said. "This was just a huge piece for us to get this win -- on the road, home opener for Atlanta, great crowd. Everyone focused on their role and did exactly what they were supposed to do. Those are the things we've been working on."

BOSTON -- The extensive Last Two Minute Report from the chaotic final moments of the Boston Celtics' heart-stopping 104-103 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night revealed two missed calls -- both of which went against Boston -- while saying there were no issues with the foul on Jimmy Butler with three seconds remaining.

The report, issued early Sunday evening, said officials missed two things among the 32 the league reviewed from the final 120 seconds of action: a lane violation by Heat forward Caleb Martin on a free throw Jaylen Brown missed with 1:01 remaining in the fourth quarter, and a foul on Jayson Tatum by Heat guard Gabe Vincent on a drive to the basket with 33.5 seconds left. That play eventually ended with Tatum being blocked by Bam Adebayo and Miami getting the ball back.

Ultimately, though, there were no issues with the foul call against Al Horford on Butler's 3-point attempt with three seconds remaining -- the play at the center of much of the discussion in the aftermath of Boston's win.

Originally, referee Josh Tiven called the foul on Horford with 2.1 seconds remaining and ruled it a two-shot foul. In that situation, the league automatically would have reviewed the play to see whether it was going to be a two- or three-shot foul.

But because Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla challenged the call, the NBA had the ability to look at the entire play, according to Monty McCutchen, the league's senior vice president, head of referee development and training. The league saw that one of Horford's arms came across Butler's arms and fouled him with three seconds to go, thus adding nine-tenths of a second to the clock.

Boston needed every bit of that time as after Butler hit all three free throws to give Miami a one-point lead, Derrick White's putback of Marcus Smart's potential game-winning jumper was released with just a tenth of a second on the clock. The basket gave the Celtics a stunning win and forced the series to a seventh game in Boston on Memorial Day.

The other debate about the Butler play was over whether he double dribbled after losing the ball. The report said he did not, explaining that Butler "fumbles the ball out of his control when he ends his dribble, then recovers it and legally attempts a field goal."