National Sports

Born in Canada and raised in Australia, Aaron Zimmerle is back for a second stint as coach of the Canadian men's rugby league team. There is unfinished business.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Canada's Brooke Henderson withdrew from the LPGA Tour's Cambia Portland Classic on Monday due to poor air quality.

PARIS — Canada's Eugenie Bouchard has received a wild card into the main draw of the French Open after reaching the final of the Istanbul Tennis Championship on Sunday. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que.

Toronto Wolfpack players, who have not been paid since June 10, have received a second "hardship payment" from English rugby league authorities.

TORONTO — NHL general managers left their annual March meetings in Florida filled with optimism. The salary cap was projected to hit at least US$84 million in 2020-21 — a bump of $2.

Hamilton's Forge FC will learn its path in the 2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF League next Monday at the tournament draw in Miami. The 22-team competition is a feeder event that will send six clubs to the 2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.

VANCOUVER — Samuel Piette says his Montreal Impact teammates showed "a lot of character" in a feisty battle against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday.

SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy — Simon Yates held off a final-stage challenge from Geraint Thomas to win the eight-day Tirreno-Adriatico race Monday and set himself up as one of the favourites for the Giro d'Italia.

Sunday's Games NHL Eastern Conference Final Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 1 (Lightning lead series 3-1) --- NBA Western Conference Semifinals Denver 111 L.A.

NEW YORK — A U.S. Open unlike any other finished unlike any other — with an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker as Dominic Thiem became the first man in 71 years to win the tournament final after dropping the opening two sets.