National Sports

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Canada finished fourth at the under-18 baseball World Cup, falling 8-1 to Japan in the bronze medal game on Sunday.

Frank de Boer spoke of his "hope for the future" at Crystal Palace despite the team's record-setting fourth straight loss to open the English Premier League season. Whether he'll be part of that future remains to be seen.

TORONTO — Eric Perez recalls writing down his blueprint for rugby league in Canada on a fish and chips wrapper. Then he threw himself into reaching his five goals, with the main one bringing a team in Toronto.

Canada's men's soccer team will take on CONCACAF Gold Cup rival El Salvador in Houston next month in an international friendly. Canada Soccer said in a release Sunday that a portion of the net proceeds from the Oct.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Canada beat Hong Kong 38-0 on Sunday to finish seventh in the eight-team World Rugby under-20 Trophy.

CAIRNS, Australia — Canadian Miranda Miller won the elite downhill title at the mountain bike world championships on Sunday, giving Canada its second medal in as many days at the event. The Squamish, B.C.

TORONTO — Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse drew inspiration from Raptors legend Vince Carter to finish his university degree. The 22-year-old from Markham, Ont.

EDMONTON — Brazilian brawler Amanda Nunes played a tactical game Saturday night to defeat challenger Valentina Shevchenko by split decision and retain her bantamweight title, at UFC 215 at Rogers Place.

VANCOUVER — Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson likes to say — almost all the time, to anyone who will listen — that the strength and commitment of his squad top to bottom will determine how far Vancouver goes this season.

EDMONTON — On the same night UFC 215 was taking place at Edmonton's Rogers Place, there was another rather intense battle brewing down the road at Commonwealth Stadium.