National Sports

FORT LAUDERDALE — No Lionel Messi, no problem for defending champion Inter Miami, which showed it has plenty of quality other than the injured Argentine star in knocking Toronto FC out of the Leagues Cup on Thursday.

TORONTO — Leylah Fernandez had an opening. Trailing her second-round match 5-4 in the first set at the National Bank Open, the Canadian tennis star had worked hard to secure five break-point opportunities.

Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens during and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88.

MONTREAL — The first full day of seeded players seeing action at the National Bank Open produced some surprising upsets. Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev lost 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 to Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina while No.

ALAJUELA — Alyssa McLeod scored in a losing cause Thursday as Canada fell 3-1 to Mexico in its final group game at the CONCACAF Girl's U-15 Championship.

TORONTO — Brian Ramsay is stepping down as executive director of the CFL Players' Association, the union announced Thursday. The CFLPA said Ramsay "is pursuing a new opportunity," and will leave the organization at the end of September.

PARIS — Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her collection.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Colombian youth international wingback Edier Ocampo in a transfer from Colombia's Atletico Nacional.

TORONTO — There's no place like home for Ryan Dinwiddie and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (4-4) faces Calgary (4-4) at BMO Field on Friday night.

PARIS — Canada's Skylar Park has won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris. The 25-year-old from Winnipeg defeated Lebanon's Laetitia Aoun 2-0 in the women's 57-kilogram division.