National Sports

FUKUOKA, Japan — Canada's women's water polo team advanced to the round of 16 at the world championship with a 17-12 victory Thursday over host Japan. Canada meets South Africa on Saturday in Fukuoka with the victor advancing to the quarterfinals.

VANCOUVER — Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini previously declared Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC the best team in this year's CONCACAF Champions League. But it fell at the final hurdle to Vancouver's Friday night opponent: Club Leon.

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. likes to think of his offence and defence separately, focusing on the task in front of him when he's playing. But the two dimensions of his game came together in one inning on Thursday.

OTTAWA — Equestrian Ben Asselin was handed a 14-month ban by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport on Thursday for an anti-doping rule violation.

Canadian sprinter Almond Small didn't expect to be at this point. It wasn't until he was in Grade 12 at Toronto's Northern Secondary School that he thought he could go somewhere in track and field.

HAMILTON — Taylor Powell was the definition of calm Thursday. The rookie quarterback will make his first CFL start Friday night when Hamilton (2-3) hosts the archrival Toronto Argonauts (4-0).

Caeli McKay’s bronze-medal performance at the World Aquatics Championships is still sinking in. "I woke up this morning, I was like, 'did I dream that? Or did I actually do that yesterday?'” said the Canadian diver. “It was a crazy feeling.

Cycling Canada says athletes will be able to compete according to their currently identified gender for the rest of the year in Canadian competitions that are not sanctioned by the world cycling governing body.

Felix Augier-Aliassime admits his tennis season hasn’t gone the way he wanted. Illness, injuries and early round exits have all played a role. But he says he feels in a good space mentally and is ready to turn his season around.

The Blue Jays director of amateur scouting feels that Toronto struck an important balance at this year's Major League Baseball draft.