National Sports

NAPA, Calif. — Cameron Champ broke down in tears when it was over. Playing while his grandfather fights cancer in nearby Sacramento, the 24-year-old Champ won the Safeway Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title.

MONTREAL — Coach Wilmer Cabrera believes the Montreal Impact’s lack of offensive talent cost them a spot in the MLS playoffs.

TORONTO — Justin Smoak left the field to a standing ovation Sunday but didn't return for the customary curtain call that's become expected of a player who's likely played his final game in a team's uniform.

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Omar González had a goal and an assist to help Toronto to a 2-2 tie with the Chicago Fire on Sunday.

CALGARY — Kaillie Humphries and Canada's governing body of bobsled didn't quite call a truce, but they severed a relationship that was unsalvageable.

DOHA, Qatar — Canadian sprinters Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown won their men's 200-metre preliminary heats Sunday at the world track and field championships. A day after racing to bronze in the men's 100, De Grasse, from Markham, Ont.

FUKUOKA, Japan — Playing much better than it did against Italy is Canada's foremost goal heading toward the Rugby World Cup game against defending champion New Zealand on Wednesday in Oita.

Tracy Austin didn't experience the same level of fanfare after winning the 1979 U.S. Open that Bianca Andreescu did for her history-making victory at Flushing Meadows this year. But the former World No.

VANCOUVER — Coach DeVone Claybrooks has watched his B.C. Lions fall apart too many times this season. So when the squad held on for a 25-23 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday, the rookie bench boss was understandably pleased.

LANGLEY, B.C. — In five appearances since the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was launched in 2003, Canada has never gone home with anything less than a gold medal. In fact, the team has never lost a game at the event.