National Sports

TORONTO — Scott Dixon joked all week that Honda Indy Toronto is his home race because Canada is part of the Commonwealth of Nations, making it as close as IndyCar gets to his native New Zealand.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy .

DEBRECEN, Hungary — Canada's under-17 women's basketball team dropped an 84-82 decision to France on Sunday, to finish fourth at the FIBA World Cup.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Pierre Engvall to a one-year contract extension. The average annual value is US$2.25 million.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Mattias Janmark to a one-year, US$1.25-million contract.

TORONTO — Before he boarded a plane for Los Angeles, Alejandro Kirk continued to demonstrate why he will be among the best at the MLB All-Star game at Dodger Stadium this week.

Canada had the better of the U.S. en route to winning Olympic gold in Tokyo last summer. Now the Canadian women look to build on that success by taking the CONCACAF title away from the top-ranked Americans.

COPENHAGEN — Canada's Jessica Macaulay climbed the medal podium for the first time this season, winning bronze at the third stop of the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on Sunday. The 29-year-old high diver from Montreal scored 328.85 points.

DINGWALL, United Kingdom — William Akio is leaving Winnipeg's Valour FC to join Scotland's Ross County.

The feeling-out process between quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and receiver Brandon Banks continues.