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MONTREAL — Nearly one year after being released from the practice roster, James Morgan is the quarterback Montreal will lean on to stop the bleeding.

It's the lone blemish on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' season to date. Saskatchewan (8-1) visits Calgary (6-3) on Saturday looking to not only create more separation in the West Division standings but avenge its only loss of the year.

MISSISSAUGA — Alena Sharp isn't done just yet. The 44-year-old is playing in her 20th CPKC Women's Open this week at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johan Oviedo earned his first major league win since 2023 and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday to take the three-game series.

MISSISSAUGA — Brooke Henderson has played in more than a dozen CPKC Women's Open tournaments, winning the national women's golf championship in 2018. And she's loved every moment.

CALGARY — Calgary Wild FC has extended the contract of captain Meggie Dougherty Howard to 2028. The 30-year-old midfielder from Largo, Fla.

TORONTO — Defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor of the Miami Hurricanes was ranked No. 1 on Wednesday in the CFL Scouting Bureau's fall edition of the top-20 prospects for the league's 2026 draft.

TORONTO — Toronto FC continued its rebuild Wednesday, selling defensive midfielder Deybi Flores to Al-Najma SC of the Saudi Pro League.

On the eve of the tournament, Rugby Canada has announced it has reached 95 per cent of its $1 million target for its "Mission: Win World Cup 2025" fundraising campaign.

A basketball player growing up in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, Que., 125 kilometres northeast of Montreal, Alex Tessier didn't pick up a rugby ball until she moved to Montreal for school.