National Sports

NEW YORK — Hamilton's Kia Nurse has been named as one of the starting guards for the WNBA All-Star Game. Nurse is averaging 16 points, 2.1 assists, 2.7 rebounds and one steal over 15 games, all starts, for the New York Liberty this season.

TORONTO — IndyCar rookie Santino Ferrucci will be looking to repeat the success he found eight years ago when he raced on the Honda Indy Toronto track for the first time. He'll have to follow the rules this time though.

WIMBLEDON, England — Hours before her Wimbledon semifinal, Serena Williams spent some time deep in thought and arrived at a couple of conclusions.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have officially signed forward Stanley Johnson and guard Terence Davis. The team did not release terms of the contracts. The Athletic last week reported Johnson's contract to be a two-year deal worth US$7.5 million.

Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd says she is fighting for her legacy when she defends her Bellator featherweight title for a third time Friday night against unbeaten Israeli (Big Bad) Olga Rubin.

Canada has been handed a marquee matchup to open the FIFA U-17 World Cup — against host Brazil on Oct. 26. The young Canadian men were matched with Brazil, New Zealand and Angola in Group A at Thursday's draw at FIFA headquarters in Zurich.

YORK, Pa. — "Robot umpires" have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Star Game.

Wednesday's Games Canadian Soccer Championship Third round, first leg Ottawa (USL) 3 HFX Wanderers (CPL) 2 Montreal (MLS) 2 York 9 (CPL) 2 Vancouver (MLS) 0 Cavalry (CPL) 0 --- Thursday's Games (All Times Eastern) CFL Edmonton at British Columbia, 10

Wednesday's Games Canadian Soccer Championship Third round, first leg Ottawa (USL) 3 HFX Wanderers (CPL) 2 Montreal (MLS) 2 York 9 (CPL) 2 Vancouver (MLS) 0 Cavalry (CPL) 0 --- The Canadian Press

HALIFAX — Thiago De Freitas scored twice in the first half to help the Ottawa Fury to a 3-2 win over the HFX Wanderers on Wednesday night in the third round of the Canadian Championship.