National Sports

OTTAWA — Sunday’s game is as close to a must-win as you can get for the Ottawa Redblacks.

BRNO — Canada fell 87-75 to Australia in a semifinal of the under-19 women's basketball World Cup on Saturday. The Canadians will play Spain for the bronze medal Sunday.

LJUBLJANA — The Canadian men's volleyball team fell 3-1 to a Serbian team desperate to avoid relegation in Volleyball Nations League on Saturday.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The British Open at Royal Portrush has had its first hole-in-one. English golfer John Parry hit an 8-iron at the 192-yard No.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chicago Sky co-owner Nadia Rawlinson knew security concerns were serious.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy's third-round charge at the British Open was derailed in bizarre fashion Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole.

TORONTO — It's a path that's twice taken Mark Casse to the King's Plate winner's circle. Five of the 12-horses in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks on Sunday will be Casse trainees.

LONDON — Canadian middle-distance racer Marco Arop finished second in a Diamond League 800 metres Saturday. The 26-year-old from Edmonton posted a season-best one minute 42.22 seconds at London Stadium behind Kenyan victor Emmanuel Wanyonyi's 1:42.

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, France (AP) — Dutch rider Thymen Arensman won the Tour de France's toughest stage after a long solo effort over mammoth climbs and Tadej Pogačar increased his overall lead on Saturday.

EDMONTON — Spain's penalty kick on the final play of the game was enough to defeat the Canadian men's rugby team 24-23 in Friday's test match.