National Sports

A roller-coaster rugby sevens season that started with a player strike ended in Olympic qualification for Canada's men Sunday.

TORONTO — Trent Thornton bounced back from the worst outing of his career in a big way.

LYON, France — Megan Rapinoe stood on the field, arms outstretched, striking her now trademark victory pose symbolizing the confidence of a U.S. team that celebrated and savored each triumph at the Women's World Cup.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Evan Dunfee rewrote one of his own Canadian race walk records on Sunday. The 28-year-old from Richmond, B.C., raced to a time of 38 minutes 54.2 seconds to win the B.C. Championships, breaking the previous mark of 39.21.

PHILADELPHIA — Canadian Marial Shayok signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Shayok, from Ottawa, was selected by the 76ers with the No. 54 overall pick at the NBA draft last month.

HERAKLION, Greece — Filip Petrusev scored a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds as Serbia downed Canada 110-92 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA under-19 World Cup.

REGINA — Nick Arbuckle took a page from Cody Fajardo’s book and ran with it.

Saturday's Games CFL British Columbia 18 Toronto 17 Calgary 37 Saskatchewan 10 --- MLB American League Minnesota 7 Texas 4 Baltimore 8 Toronto 1 Boston 10 Detroit 6 Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 Houston 4 L.A.

Saturday's Games CFL British Columbia 18 Toronto 17 Calgary 37 Saskatchewan 10 --- MLB American League Minnesota 7 Texas 4 Baltimore 8 Toronto 1 Boston 10 Detroit 6 Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 Houston 4 L.A.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — The Canadian women's squad couldn't hold on before eventually falling against England 19-17 on Saturday at the Rugby Super Series. Paige Farries paced the way with two tries for the No. 4 Canadians, who led 12-0 against No.