Jonathan Toews is going home to sign with the Winnipeg Jets as he attempts to make an NHL comeback after a two-year absence.

The team announced Friday that the Winnipeg native has agreed to terms on a contract. It is expected to be a one-year deal, though the contract cannot be registered until July 1.

“I’m grateful to be making my return to the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets,” Toews said. “It’s very special to come home and play in front of my family and friends in Manitoba. The Jets have been on the rise over the last few seasons, and I’m eager to join the group and help however I can.”

Toews, now 37, spent his first 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, captained them to the Stanley Cup three times and also helped Canada win two Olympic gold medals. Toews joining the Jets fills a void while captain Adam Lowry misses the start of next season recovering from hip surgery.

The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed depth forward Eric Robinson to a four-year contract worth $6.8 million.

TENNIS

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staged a “crazy comeback,” saving four match points before beating Elena Rybakina 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the Berlin Open.

Sabalenka was 6-2 down in the final-set tiebreak but came storming back, winning six straight points to reach her eighth semifinal of the season.

“Elena is a great player and we’ve had a lot of tough battles,” Sabalenka said. “I have no idea how I was able to win those last points. I think I just got lucky.

“I remember a long time ago when I was just starting, I won a lot of matches being down match points, and not so long ago I was thinking that it’s been a while since I’ve made a crazy comeback, and here I am.

“It’s amazing to win matches like that. I’m proud of myself for how I stayed in it. I was fighting, I was trying until the very last point.”

Sabalenka next faces Marketa Vondrousova, who defeated Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-1.

Liudmila Samsonova also went through with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Amanda Anisimova.

Samsonova will next meet Wang Xinyu after her opponent, Paula Badosa, was forced to withdraw due to a rib injury after losing the first set 6-1.

Alexander Zverev recovered from feeling unwell in the first set to defeat Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6 in the Halle (Germany) Open quarterfinals.

“I felt fine before the match and then out of nowhere I felt really, really bad and felt ill,” No. 2 seed Zverev said. “I went to throw up and then 15 minutes later I felt okay again. So, I don’t know what it was. I’ve never experienced that before. Hopefully I will be fine the next couple of hours.”

Zverev, who became the fifth player to reach five or more semifinals at the event after former champions Roger Federer, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Tommy Haas, now faces one of his oldest rivals, Daniil Medvedev.

Medvedev knocked out Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-3 to reach his third tour-level semifinal of the season.

“I think it’s the guy I’ve played the most in my career,” Zverev said. “Definitely he’s one of the toughest opponents in my career. It’s going to be a great match and I’m really looking forward to facing him.”

Alexander Bublik and Karen Khachanov will contest the other semifinal.

Bublik, who beat top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the second round, defeated Tomas Machac 7-6, 6-3 while Khachanov overcame Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 6-2.

NBA

Former NBA center Vlade Divac underwent emergency surgery after breaking a hip in a fall from his motorcycle in Montenegro, doctors said.

The accident happened Thursday on a road near the Montenegrin Adriatic Sea coast. Hospital officials said Divac, 57, sustained a fracture and that an artificial hip was implanted.

“During the day, a surgical procedure was performed,” said Ljubica Mitrovic, a spokeswoman of the hospital in the town of Risan. “He is in a stable general and physical condition and is under a careful supervision of the medical staff.”

The 7-foot-1 Serbian center started and ended his 16-year NBA career with the Lakers. He also played for the Charlotte Hornets and Sacramento Kings. He was an All-Star in 2001. He later served as general manager of the Kings.

NBA star Kevin Durant purchased a minority stake in Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain, the French soccer club said.

Qatar Sports Investments, PSG’s majority shareholder, signed an investment and strategic partnership agreement with Durant, the club said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed.

FIGURE SKATING

Kaori Sakamoto, the three-time figure skating world champion, will retire after next year’s 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, she said.

The 25-year-old Japanese star won an Olympic bronze medal in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and took the silver medal in the world championships in March with gold to American Alysa Liu.

Sakamoto acknowledged that age is catching up with her.

“I feel like I have less than a year left,” the Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted her as saying in Kobe, Japan. ”I’ll be 29 at the following Olympics (in 2030), which is out of the question. I’ll try to bring things to a close the year I turn 26.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Wisconsin and its NIL collective, VC Connect, filed a joint lawsuit against the University of Miami, alleging it knowingly induced one of the Badgers’ football players to abandon a lucrative name, image and likeness contract to play for the Florida school this upcoming season.

Allegations of tampering rarely get to this level and the 23-page lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Wisconsin and obtained by The AP, is unusual. Depending on its resolution, it could have a a wider impact on future NIL deals across college athletics.

The player in question in the filing is referred to only as “Student-Athlete A.” But the case summary describes facts that line up with the situation involving cornerback Xavier Lucas, who last December announced his plans to enter the transfer portal.

Shortly afterward, Darren Heitner, who has been representing Lucas, indicated that Wisconsin was refusing to put Lucas’ name in the portal and that it was hindering his ability to talk with other schools. In January, Heitner announced that Lucas would be playing for Miami this fall.

ARENA FOOTBALL

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip joined the ownership group of the Nashville Kats, a founding franchise of the Arena Football 1 league. The ownership group already includes former NFL coach Jon Gruden and Jeff Fisher, a former coach of the Rams and Titans.