National Sports

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Martin Flores is the kind of golfer who likes to attack a golf course. Get after every hole, take chances. The unusually soft greens and fairways at Glen Abbey Gold Course are playing right to that instinct.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — A string of birdies on Nos. 15, 16, and 17 at Glen Abbey Golf Club on Friday made it clear that Graham DeLaet has finally found his stroke at the RBC Canadian Open. DeLaet, from Weyburn, Sask.

GATINEAU, Que. — Canada has reached the final four at the Pan American Cup.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Brent McLaughlin is no longer acting as tournament director at the RBC Canadian Open, a Golf Canada spokesperson confirmed on Friday.

CALGARY — Clutching his new souvenir football, Jerome Messam wasn't about to fumble.

Fredy Montero smiled and let out an exaggerated sigh. What will it take, he was asked, for the Vancouver Whitecaps to finally end their road misery against FC Dallas? "Oh God," the star striker responded. "It's going to be a tough game.

TORONTO — Now that his father Bob Bradley is the first coach of the Los Angeles Football Club, Michael Bradley has a second MLS team to cheer for.

MONTREAL — It's time to see if all the fuss and bother created by the inaugural Hydro-Quebec Montreal ePrix electric car race was worth it.

UDINE, Italy — Canada has clinched a spot in the semifinals of the FIBA women's U19 World Cup. Laeticia Amihere of Mississauga, Ont., scored 21 points to lift the Canadians to a 68-65 victory over China in Friday's quarter-finals.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Star Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak won't have a world title to go with her Olympic gold in the 100-metre freestyle but she and teammate Kylie Masse smashed more national records at the FINA world championships Friday.