National Sports

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton was tired of the Carolina Panthers' defence getting all of the glory. Newton took it as a challenge when the defence vaulted to the league's No.

The only major question was whether it would be unanimous — and it was. Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger are baseball's Rookies of the Year, after their record-setting home run binges left no need for any dissenting opinions.

MILAN — Players from both teams slumped to the ground, the Swedes in exhausted ecstasy, the Italians in losers' agony. On a starry night in Milan, four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in six decades.

HOUSTON — It took quite some time, but Carlos Beltran finally got there, winning a World Series title after 20 seasons in the majors.

PARIS — French downhill skier David Poisson, a former medallist at the world championships, died on Monday following a training crash in Canada. He was 35.

Rugby Canada, whose flagship men's 15s team has been moving backwards in recent times, shook up its structure Monday. The governing body fired its top rugby man in Jim Dixon, its general manager of rugby operations and performance.

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger have been voted unanimously as baseball's Rookies of the Year after their record-setting home run binges lifted the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers into the post-season .

SALT LAKE CITY — A former CFL player sliced his wife's neck and then crawled on the ground outside their rented Utah condominium before flagging down a police officer, prosecutors said in murder charges filed Monday.

The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution by acclamation Monday urging all countries to stop hostilities and observe a truce during the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea — a message especially aimed at North Korea.

ATLANTA — The remake of the Atlanta Braves' management was completed Monday when Alex Anthopoulos was named general manager and John Hart was removed as team president.