National Sports

MONTREAL — It's a win that doesn't quite feel like a win for the Montreal Impact.

LIMA, Peru — Canadian decathlete Damian Warner lay on the pole vault mat for a good five seconds Wednesday night after missing a third and final attempt at a height he normally clears.

TORONTO — Nick Nurse is already leaving his stamp on Canada's national men's basketball team just one game into his tenure as head coach.

OTTAWA — Toronto FC is certainly in control heading back home for their Canadian Championship semifinal.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack has cut back on their television broadcasts to save money. The transatlantic rugby league team has been paying the production costs to air home and away games on Sky Sports in the U.K.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact have signed former Barcelona attacking midfielder Bojan Krkic through the end of the 2020 season.

Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson will look to run her UFC win streak to three fights Oct. 18 in Boston when she takes on American Maycee (The Future) Barber on a televised UFC card.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash was blunt after the Rays closed out a homestand against Miami and Toronto with a 3-2 record. "Not good enough," Cash said after a 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday.

BRECLAV, Czech Republic — Canada finished pool play at 3-0 after a 7-1 win over host Czech Republic on Wednesday at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup under-18 men's hockey tournament. Hendrix Lapierre of Gatineau, Que.

WINNIPEG — Linebacker Adam Bighill figures the Blue Bombers are catching a bit of a break since veteran Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell remains sidelined recovering from a shoulder injury.