National Sports

LONDON — With the same aura, bravado and even the lacklustre start, Usain Bolt stuck to tradition Friday in his farewell championships.

After winning 15 straight games to begin their rugby league life, the Toronto Wolfpack showed last week they could lose with class. "An absolutely incredible game.

It's first against worst Saturday as league-leading Toronto FC travels to D.C. United. But Greg Vanney's team will be mindful of having dropping two points in a 1-1 tie with lowly Colorado recently as it prepares to face a slumping D.C.

MONTREAL — If the Montreal Impact are going to turn their season around, now is the time.

TORONTO — Having canned its men's national team coach, Rugby Canada is now embarking on a makeover midway through a World Cup qualification campaign.

TORONTO — He's leading the CFL in rushing and helped the Calgary Stampeders get on a nice roll but the bye week comes at a great time for Jerome Messam.

PARIS — Neymar opened a new extravagant chapter in soccer history Friday as the game's costliest player by fending off questions about his financial motivations as deftly as he repels opponents on the pitch.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts continued assessing quarterback Ricky Ray's right shoulder injury Friday and expect to know his status when they reconvene Sunday.

NEW YORK — Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley has reached a deal with prosecutors who charged him with striking a security guard at Madison Square Garden. The Daily News (http://nydn.

CALGARY — A December 2018 trial date has been set for a man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player last year.