National Sports

Quintero scores twice in Dynamo's 2-1 win over Whitecaps

HOUSTON (AP) — Darwin Quintero scored a goal in each half to spark the Houston Dynamo to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS action on Saturday.

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Poulin seals Canada's 4-3 OT win over US in Olympic rematch

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Upon adding yet another notch to her “Captain Clutch” nickname, and against the Americans yet again, Canadian Marie-Philip Poulin focused less on the past and more on the future in seeing a glimpse of what professional women’s hocke

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Toronto Arrows beaten 21-15 in tough conditions at the New England Free Jacks

QUINCY, Mass. — Brock Webster and Jack McRogers scored tries in a losing cause as the Toronto Arrows were beaten 21-15 by the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby play Saturday.

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Canada downs Puerto Rico 2-0 to book its ticket to this summer's FIFA U-20 World Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Zoe Burns and Florianne Jourde scored first-half goals as Canada dispatched Puerto Rico 2-0 Saturday in the third-place game at the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship to book its ticket to this summer's FIFA U-20 W

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Early-season pain continues for understrength Toronto FC in 2-1 loss at Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The difficult start to the MLS season continued Saturday for Toronto FC and Bob Bradley in a 2-1 loss to the Columbus Crew.

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Canada's Gillian (The Savage) Robertson loses via decision on UFC Fight Night card

LAS VEGAS — American J.J. Aldrich, able to keep the fight on the feet, won a unanimous decision over Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.

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Bayern Munich says Alphonso Davies' return to action still several weeks away

SINSHEIM, Germany — Bayern Munich says star fullback Alphonso Davies is at least three weeks away from returning, a prognosis that would rule him out of Canada's final three World Cup qualifying matches.

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Alpine skier Mollie Jepsen to carry Canada's flag in Paralympics closing ceremony

BEIJING — Alpine skier Mollie Jepsen, who captured gold for Canada's first medal of the Beijing Paralympics, will close the Games in spectacular fashion. The 22-year-old from West Vancouver, B.C.

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Canada's cross-country legend McKeever makes history with 16th Paralympic gold medal

It was a happy coincidence that Brian McKeever wore bib No. 16 on Saturday. Canada's cross-country skiing legend captured his 16th Paralympic gold medal, to tie German alpine skier Gord Schoefelder for the most victories by a male winter Paralympian.

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Defending champion NYCFC beats CF Montreal 4-1 for 1st win

NEW YORK (AP) — Santiago Rodriguez delivered a pivotal goal in a 4-1 win for New York City FC over CF Montreal on Saturday. Rodriguez's goal put NYCFC (1-1-1) ahead for good at 2-0 in the 20th minute.

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