National Sports

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Ruth Hamblin scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Canada opened the FIBA women's AmeriCup with an 81-35 victory over Cuba on Sunday.

MIAMI — New Los Angeles Clippers centre Willie Reed was jailed Sunday in Miami on a battery charge.

TORONTO — American Varvara Lepchenko downed top-seeded qualifier Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-5, 6-0 on Sunday to advance to the main draw of the Rogers Cup.

LONDON — The American sprinter took a mighty tumble. Nobody, however, has fallen harder than Jamaica so far at this year's world championships. The evening after Usain Bolt's improbable loss to a pair of U.S.

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros continue to find ways to win, with their latest victory coming thanks to a player who was called up from the minors just a day earlier.

LONDON — Down two of its biggest stars, and now battling a stomach bug. Through three days of the world track and field championships, luck hasn't been on the beleaguered Canadian team's side.

HALIFAX — Sidney Crosby is welcoming the Stanley Cup to his native Nova Scotia for a third time. Phil Pritchard, the Cup's keeper, tweeted a photo Saturday night of Crosby hoisting the trophy above his head beside an airplane in Halifax.

MONTREAL — Javier Gomez Noya eased up to wave to the crowd as he cruised through the final 100 metres to win the ITU Montreal World Triathlon Series race on Sunday.

LONDON — Running on empty, Canada's Eric Gillis only had 30 kilometres in him on Sunday. The victim of a stomach virus that has struck Canada's team at the world track and field championships, the 37-year-old from Antigonish, N.S.