National Sports

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LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Canada's Tyler Tardi is one win away from repeating as junior world curling champion. Tardi and his B.C. rink downed Norway 7-5 on Friday in the semifinals at the world junior curling championship.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Kainoa Llyod had three first-half tries and Andrew Coe added three more after the break as Canada easily defeated Chile 56-0 on Friday in the Americas Rugby Championship.

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard played spoiler on DeMar DeRozan's emotional return to Toronto on Friday. And exacted a measure a revenge against his former team a few weeks after he was furiously jeered on his former home floor.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Jaume Munar of Spain 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Friday to reach the semis at an ATP tournament for the first time in his young career.

TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan called it his "last little piece of closure." Unfortunately his return to Toronto did not come with a win.

OTTAWA — Matt Duchene was appreciative of how short the walk was to join his new team Friday afternoon.

SYDNEY, N.S. — There will be a new champion at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the playoff picture finally became clear Friday night with the completion of the championship round.

CALGARY — Canada's Mirela Rahneva won a World Cup women's skeleton race on home ice Friday, posting the fastest time in both heats to prevail by about a half-second over Germany's Tina Hermann.

SYDNEY, N.S. — With several simmering issues steadily moving to the front burner, the Canadian curling scene appears headed for a crossroads at the elite level. Pick the subject. Residency. Merchandise. Sponsorship. Championship setups.