National Sports

HAMILTON — If golf was a game of who has the biggest gallery, Nick Taylor, Taylor Pendrith, and Rory McIlroy would be the runaway leaders at the RBC Canadian Open.

MONTREAL — Cloé Lacasse wishes a professional women’s soccer league existed in Canada when she was younger. Growing up in Sudbury, Ont.

PARIS — Four Canadians advanced into the third round of the French Open with wins on Thursday.

OTTAWA — Ottawa Redblacks head coach Bob Dyce hopes he'll have to make some tough decisions heading into the CFL season. The Redblacks host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday in the pre-season finale for both teams.

GRAND PRAIRIE — Canada's final warm-up match ahead of Saturday's ICC Men's T20 World Cup opener was called off Thursday due to heavy rain in the Dallas area.

Canada steps onto the cricket world stage Saturday when it takes on the co-host U.S. in the opening match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Dallas.

SAGINAW — Matthew Savoie knew the trade was coming. The star centre had already shuffled between the NHL's Buffalo Sabres, their American Hockey League affiliate the Rochester Americans and then the Western Hockey League's Wenatchee Wild.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal assistant sporting director Vassili Cremanzidis is stepping down. Cremanzidis's departure from the Major League Soccer club comes three weeks after Montreal and sporting director Olivier Renard parted ways.

BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Marie Al-Ahmadieh has withdrawn from a last-ditch Olympic qualifier due to "unforeseen health-related issues," according to Boxing Canada.

While Canada's women battle for silverware this weekend in the HSBC SVNS season finale in Madrid, the men are fighting for survival on World Rugby's sevens circuit.