National Sports

PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek is so efficient, so smooth, with a racket in her hand, seemingly never flustered a bit and, for months now, never beaten.

PARIS (AP) — France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped his appeal against a conviction for complicity in blackmail in a sex-tape case that rocked French soccer, his lawyer said Saturday.

Many veterans on the Montreal Canadiens consider Carey Price to be the backbone of their team and felt he was deserving of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy he received yesterday.

VANCOUVER — On a team loaded with veterans, rookie Quincy Mauger made the play of the game for the B.C. Lions on Friday night.

EDMONTON — Dedrick Mills had two touchdown strikes as the Stampeders improved to 2-0 in pre-season play Friday night with a convincing 37-7 victory over the Edmonton Elks.

GUELPH, Ont. — The second time was the charm for Boris Bede. Bede's 33-yard field goal on the final play earned the Toronto Argonauts a comeback 18-17 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the final exhibition game for both teams Friday night.

EDMONTON — The Seattle Thunderbirds scored the first two goals on Friday night and then hung on to defeat the host Edmonton Oil Kings 2-1 in the first game of the Western Hockey League's championship series.

A teenage Jamie Nicholls was working part-time at the Toronto Racquet Club in 1997 when he got a first-hand look at soon-to-be Canadian squash royalty. Coach Mike Way was guiding a who's who of domestic talent on the courts at the downtown facility.

Montreal Alouettes' fourth-string quarterback Davis Alexander was tasked with the final drive to pull off a comeback pre-season victory on Friday.

TORONTO — For a few innings Friday night, it looked like the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays were going to have a back-and-forth slugfest with the ball carrying in the spring air at Rogers Centre.