National Sports

ROTORUA, New Zealand — Canada's women's rugby team ran in seven tries en route to a 45-5 victory over Australia on Friday in their final game of the International Women's Rugby Series.

Hamilton's starting quarterback Zach Collaros is eager to start the regular season healthy. Collaros got the start on Friday as his Tiger-Cats fell 23-16 in pre-season action against the Toronto Argonauts at Tim Hortons Field.

TORONTO — Normally Joe Biagini is the comedian of the Blue Jays clubhouse.

ERIN, Wis. — An 11-year-old golf course shaped from Wisconsin pastureland was sure to bring something different to the U.S. Open. This might have been more than anyone was expecting.

Months removed from sports hernia and hip surgeries, Claude Giroux still didn't feel like himself. The Philadelphia Flyers' captain finally got back to normal by the end of the season, roughly nine months after going under the knife.

ANTWERP, Belgium — Stephen Maar produced 24 points and 19 spikes as Canada held on to beat Belgium in five sets on Friday in FIVB World League Group 1 play. Canada came out on top 25-23, 25-13, 24-26, 22-25, 15-10.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Brooke Henderson bogeyed the final two holes for a 4-under 67, leaving the 19-year-old Canadian with a two-stroke lead Friday in the Meijer LPGA Classic. Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., had seven birdies — four in a row on Nos.

FORMOSA, Argentina — Taryn Todd led a balanced attack as Canada advanced to the semifinals at the 2017 FIBA Americas under-16 championship with an 80-43 win over Venezuela on Friday. Todd, from Vaughan, Ont.

CHICAGO — Baby boomer and tennis great Billie Jean King had some good things to say about millennials in a speech to Northwestern University graduates.

NEW YORK — Sheanon Williams has been suspended indefinitely by Major League Soccer after the Vancouver Whitecaps defender was charged with assault in connection with an alleged domestic incident.