National Sports

LANGFORD, B.C. — Canada is into the Cup quarterfinals of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series after posting a 2-1 record on Saturday at Westhills Stadium.

TORONTO — Ten games into the season and Toronto FC is very much still a work in progress. Greg Vanney's team can score (22 goals) but a penchant for losing the ball in bad places is making life difficult on defence (17 goals conceded).

LOS ANGELES — A person familiar with the search says the Los Angeles Lakers have hired Frank Vogel as coach and Jason Kidd as an assistant.

TORONTO — Marcus Stroman wasn't pleased to see manager Charlie Montoyo heading to the mound on Saturday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have shored up their injury-riddled starting rotation by acquiring right-hander Edwin Jackson from the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Kaapo Kakko scored a hat trick to lift Finland to a 4-2 win over host Slovakia at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.

CINCINNATI — Allan Cruz and Fatai Alashe scored Saturday to help expansion FC Cincinnati end a five-game losing streak in interim coach Yoann Damet's debut, a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Impact.

TORONTO — Kyle Lowry had a massive Game 7 against the Miami Heat in 2016, scoring 35 points and flirting with a triple-double to carry the Raptors to their first appearance in the Eastern Conference finals.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs say centre John Tavares is expected to return to his full off-season training program in a month after suffering an oblique injury. The team announced the news Saturday.

BEIJING — Canadian teams will play for all three championships at the Curling World Cup Grand Final.