National Sports

MONTREAL — Lance Stroll hears the criticism, but he says he pays it no mind.

WINNIPEG — Brady Oliveira is ready to help prove Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo is wrong.

PARIS (AP) — With the insouciance of a 17-year-old having the time of her life in Paris, Mirra Andreeva says she and her coach work out a game plan before a tennis match — and then she forgets all about that, preferring to just wing it.

Checking her email regularly has paid off for Canadian golfer Maddie Szeryk. The native of London, Ont.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers know what to expect from the Florida Panthers. Lots of hits. Scrums after the whistle. A mix of skill and willpower. But the Oilers say they’re not intimidated by the physical challenges posed by the Panthers.

Brady Oliveira has a tough act to follow.

NEULISE — Canadian rider Derek Gee, who started the day wearing the leader's yellow jersey, dropped to fourth overall after Wednesday's time trial at Criterium du Dauphiné.

BOSTON (AP) — Luka Doncic didn’t stay up all night to watch NBA Finals games as a kid. They usually started at something like 3 a.m. in his native Slovenia. He had school to get to a few hours later. He’d wake up and find out who won.

Canada has been drawn in Group B with France, Brazil and debutante Fiji for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The draw for the newly expanded 24-team tournament, which runs Aug. 31 to Sept. 22 in Colombia, was held Wednesday in Bogota.

Jesse Marsch likes what he's seen at his first camp in charge of the Canadian men's soccer team.