National Sports

REGINA — Zach Collaros is happy to ride the whirlwind. A Winnipeg Blue Bomber for less than six weeks, the quarterback helped his new team to a 20-13 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Sunday's West final and to a berth in the Grey Cup.

HAMILTON — It's taken five years but Brandon Banks and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are returning to the Grey Cup.

EDMONTON — Canada's women's basketball team put its depth on display Sunday in a dominant 110-60 victory over the Dominican Republic in the final game of the FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying tournament.

TORONTO — Mats Sundin knows what life's like when things are going well for the Maple Leafs. Players feel as if they're on top of the world, seemingly unable to do any wrong.

HAMILTON — The Edmonton Eskimos offered no excuses Sunday, paying tribute to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after a 36-16 loss in the CFL East Division final. "We just got beat by a better team today," said Edmonton coach Jason Maas.

LONDON — Three years after coming to the ATP Finals as a hitting partner to the top pros, Stefanos Tsitsipas is leaving the tournament as champion.

SAO PAULO — Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Formula One’s Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday for his eighth career victory in a race which ended badly for both Ferrari drivers.

VANCOUVER — Lily Copeland felt she had found her purpose in life when she joined the University of Victoria rowing team.

MINSK, Belarus — Canada's Ivanie Blondin won gold in the mass start race on Sunday, the final day of action at the speedskating World Cup. The Ottawa native finished in eight minutes 22.630 seconds to earn 60 sprint points.

VANCOUVER — He was frustrated that a game that looked like a sure win was pushed into overtime, so Nathan MacKinnon took matters into his own hands.