National Sports

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.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts are both looking to rebound from disappointing losses last week when they square off Saturday afternoon at TD Place.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps will be without several veterans for their Major League Soccer match against Dallas FC Saturday. But what some people may see as an adversity, Vancouver head coach Vanni Sartini calls an opportunity.

PARIS — Canadian wheelchair racer Cody Fournie has won his second gold medal at the Paralympic Games. The 35-year-old from Victoria won the men's T51 100 metres at Stade de France in a Paralympic-record time of 19.63 seconds.

PARIS — The work that produced Nicholas Bennett's first gold medal of the Paralympic Games was the key to his second.

Veteran forward Tyson Beukeboom, who won a record 68th cap for Canada in May, leads coach Kevin Rouet's 35-player training squad ahead of the WXV women's rugby tournament that kicks off later this month.