National Sports

PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Ireland confirmed a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal after blitzing Scotland by six tries and 36-14 on Saturday.

KLINGENTHAL, Germany — World champion ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt fell well short of a victory on Saturday but still managed to become the first Canadian to climb onto the overall podium in the Grand Prix Summer Series.

OSTRAVA, Czechia — Team Canada will face off against the United States for a gold medal in Sunday's championship game at the 2023 International Para Hockey Cup. Canada advanced to the title game with a 4-1 win over Team IPH in Saturday's semifinal.

TORONTO — John Schneider will return to manage the Toronto Blue Jays next season, even though general manager Ross Atkins revealed it was Schneider's decision to remove starter Jose Berrios in the game that abruptly ended the underachieving team's se

The NHL's head coaching carousel continued to spin in the off-season with six teams making hires. Four organizations, meanwhile, have new general managers ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.

The NHL saw plenty of movement this summer as players said emotional goodbyes, forced moves out of town, signed on with new teams, and returned to old haunts.

XI'AN — Canada dropped a four-set loss (14-25, 25-22, 28-30, 16-25) to Belgium on Saturday to fall to 4-2 at the men's volleyball Olympic qualification tournament.

The influence of the international game in the NBA is nothing new and definitely no secret.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Gavin McKenna completed his hat trick in overtime as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Swift Current Broncos 8-7 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.

VANCOUVER — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and their travelling fans, erupted in cheers as B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. tried one last deep throw in overtime, only to see it fall incomplete.