National Sports

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Brooke Henderson made it a special Father's Day.

LOS ANGELES — Diana Taurasi became the WNBA's career scorer leader, passing Tina Thompson's mark of 7,488 on Sunday against Los Angeles.

ANTWERP, Belgium — Canada's men's volleyball team has advanced to the Final Six in just its first year in the FIVB World League's top group.

EDMONTON — A boxer who had been in critical condition since a fight in Edmonton on Friday night has died, his sister says. Jackie Neil says in a statement on behalf of her family that Tim Hague died on Sunday.

TORONTO — Russell Martin's seventh home run of the season barely made it over the wall, but like most of his homers this year, his timing was impeccable. Martin hit a deep fly ball to centre field that Willy Garcia had to play right to the wall.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan just missed the podium at a beach volleyball World Tour event on Sunday. Toronto's Humana-Paredes and Pavan, from Kitchener, Ont.

A stiff breeze may have kept sprint star Andre De Grasse from a Canadian record. But with his blistering victory in the 100 metres at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm on Sunday, the 22-year-old from Markham, Ont.

The salary cap is going up after all in the National Hockey League. The NHL and NHLPA announced an upper limit of US$75 million for the 2017-18 season — up from $73 million last season.

TORONTO — Two shots, two goals. Jordan Hamilton has made the most of his 64 minutes of league action with Toronto FC this year. The latest was a delightful glancing header that sealed Toronto's 2-0 win over D.C. United on Saturday night.

VANCOUVER — Cristian Techera added a silver lining to the Vancouver Whitecaps' roller-coaster week. The pint-size Uruguayan scored on a beautiful free kick in the 74th minute as Vancouver fought back to draw FC Dallas 1-1 on Saturday night.