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BURNLEY, England — Cruelly denied by VAR in its agonizing Champions League exit, Manchester City relied on technology to keep its Premier League title charge on course on Sunday.

TORONTO — the Toronto Arrows rode a big second half to a 29-7 win over the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby action Sunday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Canadian Rory (Red King) MacDonald retained his title with a majority draw against veteran Jon Fitch in the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix. The judges scored it 47-47, 47-47 and 48-46 for the 41-year-old Fitch.

TORONTO — Nick Nurse's shocked made-for-meme face fell right into the Malamuts' creative laps. It was during Game 4 of the Raptors' opening-round playoff series versus Orlando. The Toronto coach was shocked at a three-second violation call.

BOSTON — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped Patrice Bergeron at point-blank range in overtime. He also made an acrobatic save to stop a 90-foot dump-in that took a bad hop straight toward the net. Whatever the shot, the Blue Jackets goalie was ready.

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SASKATOON — Calgary's Kevin Koe went right down to the wire to earn a spot in the Humpty's Champions Cup final. Koe scored two in the eighth and final end on Saturday to top Sweden's Niklas Edin 6-5 and advance to the men's championship draw.

TORONTO — Only Vince Carter scored more playoff points for Toronto than Kawhi Leonard did on Saturday night. And that was 18 years ago. But if Leonard had his way, he would've given up his career-high for a couple extra minutes on the bench.

Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos felt like his team deserved more on Saturday. The club captured a single point by battling the Philadelphia Union to a 1-1 draw, but Dos Santos was frustrated after the game.

ST. LOUIS — Dallas goalie Ben Bishop rebounded — at his hometown team's expense. Bishop made 32 saves, Roope Hintz scored twice and the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in Game 2 to even the Western Conference semifinal series.