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■ Canada improved to 2-0 at the world men’s hockey championship in Helsinki with a 6-1 win over Italy, and will face Slovakia on Monday.

■ Bills safety Micah Hyde said part of the proceeds from his annual charity softball game, which drew 10,000 at Sahlen Field, will go to victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo.

■ Baseball Canada’s women’s program will retire No. 19 in honour of two-time team MVP Amanda Asay, who died in a skiing accident in January.