National Sports

TORONTO — Reinforcements are on the way for Toronto FC. And not just in the form of captain Michael Bradley, star striker Jozy Altidore and newly signed centre back Omar Gonzalez now that the Gold Cup is over.

TORONTO — Nick Nurse will make his Canadian basketball coaching debut at home next month as the men's senior team hosts Nigeria in a two-game exhibition series ahead of the FIBA World Cup.

Sunday's Games Women's World Cup Final United States 2 Netherlands 0 --- MLB American League Toronto 6 Baltimore 1 Boston 6 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 2 N.Y. Yankees 1 Houston 11 L.A.

A roller-coaster rugby sevens season that started with a player strike ended in Olympic qualification for Canada's men Sunday.

TORONTO — Trent Thornton bounced back from the worst outing of his career in a big way.

LYON, France — Megan Rapinoe stood on the field, arms outstretched, striking her now trademark victory pose symbolizing the confidence of a U.S. team that celebrated and savored each triumph at the Women's World Cup.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Evan Dunfee rewrote one of his own Canadian race walk records on Sunday. The 28-year-old from Richmond, B.C., raced to a time of 38 minutes 54.2 seconds to win the B.C. Championships, breaking the previous mark of 39.21.

PHILADELPHIA — Canadian Marial Shayok signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Shayok, from Ottawa, was selected by the 76ers with the No. 54 overall pick at the NBA draft last month.

HERAKLION, Greece — Filip Petrusev scored a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds as Serbia downed Canada 110-92 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA under-19 World Cup.

REGINA — Nick Arbuckle took a page from Cody Fajardo’s book and ran with it.