National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — When Taylor Fritz, a 26-year-old from California, and Frances Tiafoe, a 26-year-old from Maryland, strode under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights Friday night for the first U.S.

MONTREAL — William Stanback had his Montreal return marked on his calendar — and it showed. Stanback led the way on a strange night for quarterback Nathan Rourke as the B.C. Lions defeated the league-leading Montreal Alouettes 37-23 on Friday.

BOGOTÁ — Needing just a draw to ensure advancing at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Canada's road to the knockout round grew more complicated after a 2-0 loss to Brazil on Friday in the teams' final Group B game.

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried pitched seven strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night. Atlanta remained tied with the Mets for the final NL wild-card spot as New York beat Cincinnati 6-4.

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner finished off a 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Jack Draper to reach his first final at the U.S.

WINNIPEG — There is some extra fire for when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the annual Banjo Bowl at Princess Auto Stadium on Saturday.

PARIS — Canada has surpassed its total medal count and gold medal count from the Tokyo Paralympics with two days remaining in Paris.

PARIS — Canadian wheelchair racer Cody Fournie doesn't love the limelight, but he raced into it at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

After finishing fourth in a deep Copa America run, coach Jesse Marsch and the 40th-ranked Canadian men now get to test themselves against the three top-ranked teams in CONCACAF. The run of friendlies starts Saturday against the 16th-ranked U.S.

PARIS — Canadian swimmer Sebastian Massabie set a new world record while claiming gold at the Paralympics on Friday. Massabie, 19, who was born in Toronto but now lives in Surrey, B.C., finished with a time of 35.