National Sports

GLENDALE, Colo. — The Canadian women's team kicked off this season's World Rugby Sevens series on Saturday with a pair of victories and a draw in the preliminary round of the opening tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals.

The Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated the Carleton Ravens 32-10 in Saturday's Panda Game between longtime rivals in the nation's capital. A sellout crowd of 24,000 took in the action at TD Place Stadium.

STUTTGART, Germany — The Canadian women's artistic gymnastics team has qualified a full four-person squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after finishing fifth in the qualifying round in the team event Saturday at the artistic gymnastics world championsh

THE COLONY, Texas — Jaye Marie Green opened with eight birdies in 10 holes and made two big putts late for a 7-under 64 that gave her a one-shot lead Saturday going into the final round at the Volunteers of America Classic.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact will close out a disappointing regular season on Sunday against the New York Red Bulls before the focus turns to what could be an off-season of significant change for the Major League Soccer team.

HOUSTON — Asked what went wrong for his Tampa Bay Rays, manager Kevin Cash invented a word. "We got Verlandered," Cash said.

ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine is unhappy with Kent State's investigation of a decision to cut short a tied women's field hockey game to make way for fireworks for a football game.

LAWRENCE, Kan.

VANCOUVER — Heading into their final game of the season, the Vancouver Whitecaps aren't ready to quit fighting.

LOS ANGELES — The bullpen gate swung open and out trotted ... Max Scherzer? Yep, Washington's ace surprised the Los Angeles Dodgers and even a few teammates in the eighth inning Friday night.