AP - Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game in overtime, giving Russia its first world hockey title since 1993 with a 5-4 win Sunday over Canada.

AFP - Wayne Rooney wants Manchester United strike partner Carlos Tevez to stay on at Old Trafford when his loan period expires next year.

AP - Lyle Overbay's three-run pinch-hit homer and Shannon Stewart's two-run double helped the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Sunday in a game that was delayed twice by rain.

Reuters - The Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-92 in a thrilling Game Seven on Sunday to reach the NBA's Eastern Conference finals.

AP - San Diego ace Jake Peavy will miss his scheduled start Monday night against St. Louis with soreness in his pitching elbow.

AP - Oliver Perez shut down the slumping New York Yankees, Jose Reyes homered for the second consecutive game and the Mets cruised to an 11-2 rout Sunday night for a rain-shortened sweep of their crosstown rivals.

AP - Unable to carry the Cleveland Cavaliers to a win, LeBron James will have to settle for a memorable performance in a loss.

AP - Sid and The Kids are off to the Stanley Cup finals, thanks to a dominating run by a younger-than-young Pittsburgh Penguins team that has taken only two seasons to transform itself from one of the NHL's worst to one of its best.

AP - Paul Pierce returned home and made sure the Celtics would play there again. Boston's captain scored 41 points — and still lost a shootout with LeBron James with 45 — but led the team with the NBA's best regular season record to a 97-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

AP - Holding a 54-hole lead isn't exactly the best way for Charles Howell III to win on the PGA Tour. Howell already has two career victories, but he's 0-for-3 following a third-round lead. The last time he led the field entering the last round was the 2007 Sony Open, a memory Howell wants to block out.

AFP - Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic travels to Paris on Wednesday ahead of Roland Garros aiming to break Rafael Nadal's clay-court domination and take his world number two rank.

AFP - Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp challenged his side to make a swift return to Wembley after seeing them beat Cardiff City 1-0 in the FA Cup final.

AP - Ryan Ludwick hit his second home run of the game off Dan Wheeler in the 10th inning, allowing the St. Louis Cardinals to recover after squandering a four-run cushion in a 9-8 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

AFP - The Los Angeles Lakers withstood a late rally by the Utah Jazz Friday, posting a 108-105 victory to advance to the Western Conference finals of the National Basketball Association playoffs.