National Sports

MONTREAL — Coach Remi Garde felt it was appropriate to apologize to Impact fans for Montreal's "embarrassing" performance against Orlando City SC on Saturday.

MADRID — No tears of pain this time, just redemption for Mohamed Salah. Only 108 seconds were needed to banish the Champions League final heartbreak of a year ago.

Edmonton Eskimos wide receiver Anthony Parker didn't make it out of pre-season. The Eskimos announced on Saturday that Parker is out for the remainder of the 2019 CFL campaign after sustaining a ruptured right Achilles.

TORONTO — Nobody is painting murals of Fred VanVleet's three-point shot in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

NEW YORK — The Boston Red Sox have put World Series MVP Steve Pearce back on the 10-day injured list. Pearce is out with a low back strain. The Red Sox made the move Saturday, a day after he left a game against the New York Yankees.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are rugged and relentless, capable of punishing teams in transition any time they make a mistake.

TORONTO — Marc Gasol's highest-scoring game since joining the Toronto Raptors came at the perfect time — Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

PARIS — Maybe it was the daunting deficit Serena Williams faced in the French Open's third round. Maybe it was the way her 20-year-old American opponent, Sofia Kenin, was questioning line calls.

It seems Clifford Starke won't be the new owner of the Montreal Alouettes. A CFL source said Saturday the Montreal businessman is out of the running to purchase the Alouettes.

PARIS — Canada lost all three of its pool games Saturday in the Rugby Sevens World Series' last stop of the season. The Canadian men capped play with a 26-12 defeat to the United States.