National Sports

HOUSTON — When the Golden State Warriors lost Game 5 of the Western Conference finals to the Rockets on Thursday night to send them to the brink of elimination they vowed to be back in Houston for Game 7.

NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka pitched six sharp innings and struck out Japanese countryman Shohei Ohtani twice as the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 Sunday.

INDIANAPOLIS — Will Power can win anything now, even the Indianapolis 500, an intimidating race on an oval he hated because it marginalized his talent.

PHILADELPHIA — J.A. Happ is always at his best against his former team. Devon Travis and Dwight Smith Jr. each hit two-run doubles, Happ pitched neatly into the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Sunday.

DUISBURG, Germany — Canadians Laurence Vincent-Lapointe and Katie Vincent both won gold in solo canoeing events on Saturday a day after sharing C2 gold at the second World Cup of the season. Vincent-Lapointe, from Trois-Rivieres, Que.

INDIANAPOLIS — Danica Patrick trudged out of the infield care centre with her head down, mirrored sunglasses covering the disappointment in her eyes. There was no hiding it in her voice.

PARIS — A year after stunning the tennis world by winning the French Open for her initial tour-level title, Jelena Ostapenko is again in rare company: a first-round loser as the defending champion at a Grand Slam tournament.

Damian Warner shattered his Canadian decathlon record in winning his fourth Hypo Meeting title on Sunday, helping erase the disappointment of a roller-coaster year. The 28-year-old from London, Ont.

LAS VEGAS — A Stanley Cup final that seemed improbable eight months ago begins Monday when the expansion Vegas Golden Knights host the Washington Capitals in Game 1.

MONACO — Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo steadied his nerve when victory threatened to escape him again as he overcame a significant midrace power loss to win the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday.