National Sports

IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Lauren Coughlin rolled in a bending, 20-foot putt as part of three birdies on the closing stretch Saturday to cap off a 6-under 66 in the Women's Scottish Open and give her a one-shot lead over Megan Khang at Dundonald Links.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama felt his lower back starting to act up. On a whim, he decided to put a new putter in his bag for the start of the PGA Tour postseason.

CALGARY — Australian Richard Green fired 11 birdies on Saturday to vault to the top of the Rogers Charity Classic leaderboard.

WADDINGTON — Another first for Canadian Chris Johnston. The Peterborough, Ont., native clinched the Elite Series overall title Saturday, becoming the first Canadian to win angler-of-the-year honours.

TORONTO — The King's Plate has been cancelled. Woodbine Entertainment made the announcement Saturday on X, formerly known as Twitter, pointing to the weather as the reason.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ homered in the first inning and Michael Busch added a two-run triple as the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday.

CINCINNATI — Canada's Leylah Fernandez suffered a 7-5, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3) defeat at the hands of American Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open on Saturday.

WILLIAMSPORT — Canada earned its first win of the Little League World Series on Saturday with a 12-5 victory over Puerto Rico. After going down 3-0 following the first inning, the Canadians poured in 12 runs in the second.

VANCOUVER — Quarterback Nathan Rourke will pick up his CFL career where it left off when the BC Lions host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday afternoon. The Victoria native’s last game with BC was a 28-20 loss to the Bombers in the 2022 West Final.

ROTTERDAM — Canada's batting attack, after a fast start, crumbled in a 63-run loss to the Netherlands in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play Saturday. Dutch pace bowler Paul van Meekeren did most of the damage, taking five wickets in 9.