National Sports

TROON, Scotland (AP) — Hands on his hips, Tiger Woods looked like a commuter whose train was late. Woods had sent his drive near the ScotRail line that runs along the 11th hole at Royal Troon. It summed up his opening round at the British Open .

GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament with a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Germany's Yannick Hanfmann on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer is modifying roster rules to give clubs more flexibility in how they build their rosters as well as providing more benefits when players are transferred or loaned to clubs outside of the league.

MONTREAL — Back from his appearance at the Copa America, Canadian international Mathieu Choinière is focused on giving his best effort for CF Montreal — as long as he’s here.

Canada moved up eight spots in the latest FIFA men's rankings after finishing fourth at the Copa America.

TROON, Scotland (AP) — So much for the British Open being one last stand for Rory McIlroy in the majors this year. His best hope now is getting beyond one more day. And he has company from U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau.

Evgeny Kuznetsov had his contract terminated Thursday after clearing unconditional waivers, bringing an abrupt end to the talented but inconsistent center's NHL career, at least for the time being.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will host a pre-season game against the Washington Wizards in Montreal as part of this year's NBA Canada Series. The game announced Thursday will take place Oct.

After outscoring three lesser opponents by a combined 15-0 in qualifying action, the degree of difficulty increases considerably for Canada when it opens play Saturday at the CONCACAF Men's U-20 Championship in Mexico.

VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini loved the way his team played Wednesday, for half of the game at least. Sartini's Vancouver Whitecaps smothered visiting Sporting Kansas City for the first 45 minutes of the match before faltering in the second half.