Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Wozniacki survives Williams fightback to claim WTA Finals title

Caroline Wozniacki claimed the biggest win of her career when the Dane staved off a ferocious fightback from Venus Williams to take a 6-4 6-4 victory in the WTA Finals title showdown on Sunday. The 37-year-old American had held a 7-0 record over Wozniacki going into the match but the Dane put on an inspired display of serving and retrieving to claim the elite eight-woman event for a first time after losing a previous final in 2010.

Dodgers beat Astros to level World Series at 2-2

Joc Pederson's three-run shot in the ninth inning helped the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday to level the World Series at two games apiece. With the teams tied 1-1 entering the final inning, the Dodgers got their noses in front through Cody Bellinger's run-scoring single before a sacrifice fly from Austin Barnes scored another.

Motorcycling: Dovizioso victory keeps title race alive

Andrea Dovizioso won a rainy Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday to keep the MotoGP title race alive as Marc Marquez's coronation was delayed with a fourth place finish. Italian Dovizioso overtook team mate Jorge Lorenzo with four laps remaining to claim his sixth win of the campaign at Sepang circuit and give Ducati a 1-2 finish for the first time this year.

France's Pouille eases past compatriot Tsonga for Vienna title

Lucas Pouille halted Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's charge in the Vienna Open on Sunday, scoring a comfortable straight-sets victory over his French compatriot to claim his third title of the season. World number 25 Pouille, who won 6-1 6-4, converted three out of seven break points and saved two on his serve to prevail in an hour and 11 minutes at the Wiener Stadthalle and dent Tsonga's chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals in London next month.

Figure skating-Osmond overcomes stumbles to take gold at Skate Canada

Kaetlyn Osmond landed several difficult jumps to overcome two stumbles during her long routine and win gold at the Skate Canada International in Regina, Saskatchewan on Saturday. Less than four months before the Winter Olympics, the Canadian world silver medalist entered the final day of the competition with a comfortable lead after dazzling the home crowd with a near perfect short routine on Friday.

NHL: Highlights of Saturday's NHL games

Highlights of National Hockey League games on Saturday: Kings 2, Bruins 1

NBA: Highlights of Saturday's NBA games

Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Saturday: Pelicans 123, Cavs 101

Babos and Hlavackova rally for WTA Finals doubles triumph

Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova rallied to claim the WTA Finals doubles title in a match tiebreak on Sunday, the Hungarian-Czech pair recovering from a set down to record a 4-6 6-4 (10-5) victory over Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson. The third seeds overcame top-ranked Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan to bring an end to the Swiss 37-year-old's career in her last ever tournament on Saturday and followed up that triumph with a gutsy display in the final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Halep gains consolation from year-end number one status

Simona Halep is still searching for her first grand slam title but the Romanian admits the consolation of ending the year as world number one will help to motivate her for another tilt at a major title breakthrough next season. The 26-year-old suffered a crushing defeat to an inspired Jelena Ostapenko in the French Open final in June, her second title-match loss at Roland Garros, but a win over the Latvian in Beijing this month took her to the top of the rankings.

Golf: Rose wins in Shanghai as Johnson has record collapse

Justin Rose roared back from an eight-stroke deficit to claim a stunning two-shot win at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai on Sunday after world number one Dustin Johnson threw away the tournament with a record-tying collapse. Eight strokes adrift of Johnson on the first tee, Englishman Rose fired a five-under 67, tearing up the back nine with five birdies at Sheshan Golf Club as the American gave up a six-stroke lead to finish runnerup with Henrik Stenson and Brooks Koepka.