National Sports

SYDNEY (AP) — Swimming Australia has fired coach Michael Palfrey over comments made at the Paris Olympics where he said he hoped a South Korean athlete would beat Australian swimmers .

MADRID (AP) — With his 900th career goal, Cristiano Ronaldo got the best of Luka Modric in the duel of veterans in the Nations League on Thursday.

FORT ERIE, Ont. — Midnight Mascot has been installed as the early 5-2 favourite for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The second jewel of the OLG Triple Crown will be run Tuesday at Fort Erie Racetrack. Midnight Mascot received the No.

PARIS — Canada earned three medals, with two golds courtesy of two of its biggest names at the Paralympic Games on Day 8.

MONTREAL — B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell believes Nathan Rourke is just getting rolling since returning from the NFL last month.

The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society introduce new rules for the '25 Elite Series season and US$1-million Bassmaster Classic, including the reduction of live sonar transducers to just one mounted to the trolling motor at the bow of the boat.

Jeff Gustafson is good with the Elite Series' new forward-facing sonar (FFS) rules but remains unsure about the impact they'll have on pro bass fishing's premier circuit.

PARIS — Brent Lakatos got the gold. The veteran wheelchair racer from Dorval, Que., owns fistfuls of Paralympic medals, but not quite enough gold for his liking kept the 44-year-old racing to Paris.

PARIS — It was an unreal feeling for Aurelie Rivard. The 28-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the women's S10 400-metre freestyle with a time of four minutes 29.20 seconds on Thursday at the Paralympic Games.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Marshall Rifai to a two-year contract extension, the club announced Thursday. The deal begins in 2025-26 and carries an average annual value of US$775,000.