National Sports

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders are off to great starts, but it’s too early in the season to frame Friday’s game as an epic first-place battle.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Leona Maguire made a hole-in-one at the Evian Championship on the way to a 6-under 65 in the first round Thursday and a five-way share of the lead.

LONDON (AP) — A little more than two years ago, Amanda Anisimova took a break from tennis because of burnout.

VIRE NORMANDIE, France (AP) — Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France after a long solo breakaway on Thursday and Mathieu van der Poel took back the yellow jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogačar by one second.

CALGARY — Dale Hunter will coach Canada's team at the 2026 world junior hockey championship while his brother Mark will join the team's management group, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.

Desiree Scott jokes she has been trying to retire for years. But the veteran midfielder, who turns 38 on July 31, is still going strong with Ottawa Rapid FC of the Northern Super League. "New opportunities just keep knocking on my door.

TORONTO — Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre wants to share his story. From being bullied as a child to holding down three jobs while going to college.

The Canadian men continue to reach new heights under coach Jesse Marsch, climbing two places to a career-high No. 28 in the latest FIFA world rankings. Canada was ranked 49th when the American coach took over in May 2024.

Brigitte Thibault was practising for a mini-tour event outside Orlando, Fla., last December, when a recreational player on an adjacent hole shanked her hybrid off the fairway, firing the ball into the back of the young professional golfer's head.

VANCOUVER — Defender Bjorn Utvik chose a great time to score his first-ever goal for the Vancouver Whitecaps.