National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada may be Olympic champion but it trails Vietnam, the Philippines and the rest of the field at the FIFA Women's World Cup in one important category: Canada does not have a women's pro league.

Saturday's Games CFL B.C. 19 Saskatchewan 9 --- MLB American League N.Y.

The Toronto Arrows have parted ways with head coach Peter Smith after an injury-plagued season that saw the lone Canadian entry in the 12-team Major League Rugby finish last with a 1-13-2 record.

MONTREAL — A dramatic last-minute comeback from Pumas Unam that tied the match 2-2 and forced a penalty shootout came up short for the visitors as CF Montreal opened their Leagues Cup account, winning 4-2 on penalties.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions are on top of the West in the CFL, but a chance to show off their high-flying offence was grounded by penalties and an injury to their starting quarterback on Saturday.

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol held off Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan by a stroke Saturday to win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s lone team event.

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Rodgers scored eight points Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club. Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system.

SEATTLE (AP) — There seems enough evidence at this point that the expectation should be when Seattle and Toronto get together, it's likely to have some wild swings of momentum and be tightly contested.

New Zealand's Women's World Cup squad had to be evacuated from a downtown hotel on Saturday night after several small fires broke out.

MADRID — Iyana Martin Carrion had 24 points, five assists and four rebounds as Spain beat Canada 77-70 in the women's under-19 basketball World Cup semifinal on Saturday.