National Sports

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Canada captured bronze in the cross-country mixed relay at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday. The Canadians crossed the finish line third in the 4x2.5-kilometre race in 27 minutes 0.6 seconds. They were 1:01.

HOUSTON (AP) — Darwin Quintero scored a goal in each half to spark the Houston Dynamo to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS action on Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Upon adding yet another notch to her “Captain Clutch” nickname, and against the Americans yet again, Canadian Marie-Philip Poulin focused less on the past and more on the future in seeing a glimpse of what professional women’s hocke

QUINCY, Mass. — Brock Webster and Jack McRogers scored tries in a losing cause as the Toronto Arrows were beaten 21-15 by the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby play Saturday.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Zoe Burns and Florianne Jourde scored first-half goals as Canada dispatched Puerto Rico 2-0 Saturday in the third-place game at the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship to book its ticket to this summer's FIFA U-20 W

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The difficult start to the MLS season continued Saturday for Toronto FC and Bob Bradley in a 2-1 loss to the Columbus Crew.

LAS VEGAS — American J.J. Aldrich, able to keep the fight on the feet, won a unanimous decision over Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.

SINSHEIM, Germany — Bayern Munich says star fullback Alphonso Davies is at least three weeks away from returning, a prognosis that would rule him out of Canada's final three World Cup qualifying matches.

BEIJING — Alpine skier Mollie Jepsen, who captured gold for Canada's first medal of the Beijing Paralympics, will close the Games in spectacular fashion. The 22-year-old from West Vancouver, B.C.

It was a happy coincidence that Brian McKeever wore bib No. 16 on Saturday. Canada's cross-country skiing legend captured his 16th Paralympic gold medal, to tie German alpine skier Gord Schoefelder for the most victories by a male winter Paralympian.