National Sports

MONTREAL — Demi Chalkias grew up in the country, on the outskirts of Stouffville, Ont. The family had no cable or internet, but there were plenty of dirt bikes, ATVs and tractors to play with. "I loved driving anything with an engine," she said.

Greg Vavra is firmly in B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke's corner. Rourke, a 24-year-old from Victoria, accounted for five touchdowns (three passing, two rushing) in B.C.'s season-opening 59-15 home victory over the Edmonton Elks on June 11.

Introducing young hockey players to bodychecking at an early age doesn't protect them from injury as they move into older, harder-hitting leagues, new research has concluded.

TORONTO — The Canadian Hockey League announced a new point system for the Memorial Cup hours before the start of the 2022 tournament.

(Editor's Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Canada will return home from the Under-18 women's Americas Championship with a silver medal, but there were moments on Sunday when the basketball squad looked like it had a chance to upset the powerhouse U.S. squad.

POZNAN, Poland — Canada's return to the World Cup rowing circuit after a three-year pause proved to be a successful one, with four top-six finishes in Poland over the weekend.

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — After missing a 2-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff, Jennifer Kupcho won the LPGA Meijer Classic on Sunday when Leona Maguire's 3-foot birdie try lipped out on the second extra hole.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler stood in the eighth fairway at The Country Club and waited for his ball to stop rolling. When it did, he took a few steps to his left and tried for a third time to summit the false front protecting the pin.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A playoff was looming Sunday in the U.S. Open, just like it always does at The Country Club, when Matt Fitzpatrick sized up his shot from a bunker left of the 18th fairway.