National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Canadian women's soccer team got a pep talk from newly appointed Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough before training Sunday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Justin Gaethje knocked out Dustin Poirier with a head kick one minute into the second round to win the main event lightweight bout at UFC 291 on Saturday night.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fight itself didn't match the hype, but Terence Crawford's performance exceeded it. He knocked down Errol Spence Jr.

SYDNEY (AP) — Some of the biggest names in soccer have yet to show up at the Women's World Cup . That's literally been the case of Australian star Sam Kerr, who missed the first two games with a calf injury.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Canadian men's 4x100-metre relay team received its Olympic silver medals Saturday at the Canadian national trials in a medal reallocation ceremony.

SATURDAY'S SCOREBOARD WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Preliminary Round Sweden 5 Italy 0 France 2 Brazil 1 Jamaica 1 Panama 0 --- CFL Toronto 31 Saskatchewan 13 B.C. 27 Edmonton 0 --- MLB American League Toronto 6 L.A. Angels 1 N.Y.

EDMONTON — Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the Edmonton Elks. Dane Evans completed a pair of touchdown passes as the B.C.

MONTREAL — The Canadian duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson picked a fine time to be beasts on the beach.

HALIFAX — For the second straight Touchdown Atlantic game, the Toronto Argonauts have defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders, this time 31-13, in front of another sold-out Nova Scotia crowd.

ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Céline Boutier carded a 4-under 67 in the third round of the Évian Championship on Saturday to increase her lead to three shots going into the final day.