National Sports

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.

WADDINGTON, N.Y. — Canadian Cory Johnston just missed going wire-to-wire and securing a second Bassmaster Open title at the St. Lawrence River on Saturday. Johnston, of Cavan, Ont.

Calgary Stampeders middle linebacker Micah Awe took football trash talk to outer space ahead of the Ottawa Redblacks in town Sunday.

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The fascination with Brian Harman at the British Open has little to do with his golf so far.

FUKUOKA, Japan — The Canadian women's water polo team advanced to the quarterfinals at the FINA World Aquatics Championships with a 21-6 win over South Africa in Round-of-16 action Saturday. Canada will play the Netherlands in the next round.

The Canadian diving team didn’t win as many medals as it might’ve liked at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, says one of its coaches. Canada finished with two bronze medals in Fukuoka, Japan, this week.

MELBOURNE, Australia — After a frustrating scoreless draw with Nigeria, Canada now turns its attention to a well-drilled Irish side at the Women's World Cup.