National Sports

CALGARY — René Paredes resumed his reliability for the Calgary Stampeders with game-winning field goals in the team's two comeback wins to start the CFL season.

TORONTO — Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines the 16-player roster for next week's Canadian men's national team training camp ahead of the third window of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 qualifiers.

BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Canada's Bianca Andreescu reached her first final in more than a year after Simona Halep withdrew ahead of their semifinal at the Bad Homburg Open on Friday with a neck injury.

LONDON — Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime has been given the sixth seed in men's competition as four Canadians are set to compete in the main singles draws at Wimbledon.

The Stanley Cup will be in the building tonight when the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to Denver's Ball Arena for Game 5 of the NHL final.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors believe they have filled a need by drafting Christian Koloko. The Raptors took Koloko 33rd overall on Thursday with Toronto's only pick in this year's NBA Draft. The seven-foot-one centre averaged 12.6 points, 7.

Thursday's Scoreboard CFL Montreal 37 Saskatchewan 13 --- MEMORIAL CUP Round-Robin (At Saint John, N.B.) Shawinigan 3 Hamilton 2 --- MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 1 Cleveland 0 Seattle 2 Oakland 1 N.Y.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Canadians Bennedict Mathurin and Shaedon Sharpe took very different paths to the NBA, but their pro dreams were realized just minutes apart on Thursday.

MONTREAL — Alouettes kick returner Chandler Worthy made a spectacular first impression on the Montreal crowd Thursday.

EDMONTON — Olympic triathlete Paula Findlay has a new title — Canadian road cycling champion. The 33-year-old finished first in the elite women's time trial race at the Canadian Road Championships on Thursday with a time of 44 minutes 40.4 second.