HOCKEY

Will MacKinnon’s goal in the final minute of the second period was enough for the Reading Royals in a 1-0 ECHL win over the Maine Mariners on Friday night at Cross Insurance Arena.

Brody Claeys stopped 31 shots to earn the shutout. Mariners goalie Francois Brassard stopped 27 shots.
Tyler Kirkup and Jacob Gaucher assisted on MacKinnon’s goal.

TENNIS

DAVIS CUP: Australia will play in its first Davis Cup final since 2003 after coming from behind to beat Croatia 2-1 in Malaga, Spain.

Borna Coric put Croatia ahead by defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-3 in the first singles match, but Alex de Minuar leveled with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Marin Cilic.

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The Australian pair of Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell then secured the semifinal win against Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4.

Canada will face Italy on Saturday in the other semifinal.

GOLF

JOBURG OPEN: Dan Bradbury had a one-shot lead going into the weekend after second-round play in Johannesburg ended early because of thunderstorms and then fading light.

The Englishman shot a 5-under 66, a day after his 63 equaled the course record at Houghton Golf Club.

Casey Jarvis was a shot off the lead with four holes left in his second round. The 19-year-old South African made seven consecutive birdies and was 8 under on the day when play was halted.

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BOBSLEDDING

WORLD CUP: Canada took the top two spots in the first women’s monobob Race of the season, while Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. won the bronze in Whistler, British Columbia.

Bianca Ribi finished her two runs in 1 minute, 50.89 seconds for her first win on the top circuit. She was 0.27 seconds faster than fellow Canadian Cynthia Appiah. Humphries had the fastest time in the second heat to finish third, 0.29 seconds off the pace.

SOCCER

GERMANY: Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller has undergone a second operation for testicular cancer, which has kept him sidelined this season.

Haller, 28, joined Dortmund from Ajax for 31 million euros ($32 million) in July but had to leave a preseason training camp 12 days later for treatment and an operation after the malignant tumor was found.

He was signed as a replacement for Erling Haaland after the Norwegian joined Manchester City.


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