National Sports

Kristina Rennich started working as a groom at the Fraser Downs racetrack, formerly known as Cloverdale Raceway, when she decided to turn her passion for horses into a career at the age of 12.

MONTERREY — Leylah Fernandez needed a major confidence boost after back-to-back opening-round exits at the National Bank Open in Montreal and Cincinnati Open. The 22-year-old from Laval, Que.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes is a numbers nerd. Well, most of the time anyway.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes kept the American League's top team in relative check for six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of some sloppy play by the Toronto Blue Jays to pull away for a 5-2 victory on Monday night.

NEW YORK — Rebecca Marino of Vancouver started strong, faded, then scrambled to survive two match points before rallying to save her bid to qualify for the 145th U.S. Open Tennis Championships on Monday.

Canada is leading the way when it comes to volunteering to work at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Organizers of the Canadian end of the tournament say Toronto and Vancouver rank one-two among the 16 host cities in the number of applications.

Canada coach Kevin Rouet has plenty of options when it comes to choosing his front row at the Rugby World Cup. But DaLeaka Menin is usually one of the first names on the Canadian team sheet.

Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September. Ahmed, a runner from St. Catharines, Ont.

MILTON — Sabonis was supplemented to the Canadian Pacing Derby on Monday. Sabonis's connections paid a $40,000 supplement fee. The four-year-old American horse has won 19-of-28 races and earned over US$800,000.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' search for a new team president is over — they won't have one. General manager Bobby Webster will have his contract extended and take charge of the NBA franchise's basketball operations without a change in title.