Olympics
Canada starts the day with 19 medals, 5 of which are Gold.
Evan Dunfee won a Bronze Medal in the 50km race walk,
Dunfee finished in 3 hours 50 minutes and 59 seconds.
In Women’s Golf, Brooke Henderson had a 71 yesterday and is tied for 40th going to today’s 4th round.
Alena Sharp had a 69 in Round 3 and sits alone in 44th
Women’s Soccer Gold Medal
Canada vs Sweden
8am this morning
Canada also has entries in Diving, Artistic Swimming, Canoeing, Water Polo, Women’s Golf plus a variety of track & field events including the Men’s 4 X 100 relay.
Canadian Football League
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 6
Kenny Lawler caught a pair of touchdown passes for the Bombers.
Winnipeg native Brady Oliveira rushed 22 times for 126 yards in the victory.
Tonight
B.C. Lions at Saskatchewan Roughriders
9:30 pm
Major League Baseball
American League
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Cleveland Indians 0
Bo Bichette hit a 2 run homer in the 4th inning and added run-scoring single in the 6th,
Ross Stripling went 6 innings had 6 strikeouts & allowed 3 hits
Toronto has won 3 in a row, 7 of their last 8 + are 6 & 1 since returning to Canada to play home games at the Rogers Centre.
Detroit Tigers 8 Boston Red Sox 1
New York Yankees 5 Seattle Mariners 3
Kansas City Royals 3 Chicago White Sox 2
Minnesota Twins 5 Houston Astros 3
Los Angeles Angels 5 Texas Rangers 0
National League
Miami Marlins 4 New York Mets 2
Philadelphia Phillies 7 Washington Nationals 6
Atlanta Braves 8 St.Louis Cardinals 4
Cincinnati Reds 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Colorado Rockies 6 Chicago Cubs 5
San Francisco Giants 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 4
Today
Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
Nathan Eovaldi ( 9 & 6 ) vs Alek Manoah ( 3 & 1 )
7:07 pm
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs 2:20 pm
Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 7:05 pm
Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees 7:05 pm
New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies 7:05 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 pm
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians 7:10 pm
Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves 7:20 pm
Minnesota Twins at Houston Astros 8:10 pm
San Francisco Giants at Milwaukee Brewers 8:10 pm
Kansas City Royals at St.Louis Cardinals 8:15 pm
Miami Marlins at Colorado Rockies 8:40 pm
Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics 9:40 pm
Los Angeles Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres 10:10 pm
Intercounty Fastball League
Arthur Merchants 18 Rockwood Rush 8
Minor Softball Events
The OASA Under 10 West qualifier is in Tara this weekend
The 4 team round robin will determine seeding for the provincial championships next weekend in Drumbo and Princeton.
The teams competing are Tara Twins, New Hamburg Major Thunder, New Hamburg Minor Thunder and the Elmira Heat.
Entry is $5 for the day. Covid protocols will be in place.
The Under 12 Tara Twins are hosting a double header against the PDP Lightning Saturday in Wiarton at Bluewater Park
They play at 11 and 1 as a tune-up for the provincial championships also next weekend in Drumbo and Princeton.
The Under 14 Tara Twins are in New Hamburg this weekend at their provincial qualifier.
This tournament determines seeding for the Under 14 Provincial championships next weekend in Napanee. After that tournament, the Under 14 Twins are heading to New Brunswick for the Eastern Canadian Championships August 19-22.
Exhibition Junior B Lacrosse
Owen Sound Junior North Stars 6 Guelph Regals 4
Joel Coghlin scored twice for the North Stars
Trent Beisel, Brayden Krueger, Hayden Coulter and Dominic Millman also scored in the victory.
The Junior NorthStars will be in Port McNicoll tomorrow afternoon to face Orillia.
Coulter Claimed By Canada East
The World Junior Lacrosse Championship will be staged August 12th-14th at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg,
Hayden Coulter who played for the Owen Sound Junior NorthStars is a member of Canada East
Canada East will meet Canada West August 12th, 13th & 14th
Major Series Lacrosse Classic
at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre, Oakville
Cobourg Kodiaks 13 Oakville Rock 12
Coboug is 1 & 2 while Oakville falls to 2 & 1
Wednesday, the Kodiaks will meet the Owen Sound Majors who are also 1 & 2
PGA World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
at TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
Harris English opened with a 62 yesterday
His round of 8 under par is good for a 2 stroke lead
Corey Conners of Listowel shot a 67 and is 13th going to Round 2
This morning, Conners is scheduled to tee off at 11:54 am
Ontario Senior Women’s Golf Championship
at Spring Lakes Golf Club, Stouffville
Judith Kyrinis won the event with a 3 round score of 210 which was good for a 14 stroke victory
Kathie Houghton of the Georgian Bay Club was 8th at the event after posting an 83 in her final round yesterday
Kim Legge from Saugeen Golf Club finished 11th and Georgian Bay Club member Catherine Butler was 18th
Ontario Junior Girls Golf Championship
at Brockville Country Club
Peyton Costabile from Whistle Bear Golf Club had a 4 round score of 296 and won the event by 3 strokes
Ujiri Extended & Expanded
The Toronto Raptors announced that Masai Ujiri has signed a multi-year contract.
The contract will expand his role from president to vice-chairman,
Ujiri has overseen the most successful era of the Raptors history which included a 2019 NBA title.