Olympics
Canada starts the day with 16 medals including 4 Gold Medals
Canada’s Damian Warner ran an Olympic decathlon record of 13.46 seconds in the 110-metre hurdles & had a 3rd place finish in discus
Warner a commanding lead going into the final 3 events today; pole vault, javelin and the 1,500 metres.
Canada’s 4×100 relay advanced to the final which is set for tomorrow.
Yesterday, Andre De Grasse won Gold in the Men’s 200 metre.
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe won silver in the Women’s C-1 200-metre race.
Brooke Henderson had a 68 in Olympic Women’s Golf to move into a tie for 34th.
Alena Sharp shot a 71 in Round 2 and is tied for 46th.
Ontario Senior Women’s Golf Championship
at Spring Lakes Golf Club ( South Course ), Stouffville
Judith Kyrinis of the The Thornhill Club leads by 7 strokes after 2 rounds
Kim Legge from Saugeen Golf Club had an 82 in Round 2 and is 6th after 2 days of play
Kathie Houghton from the Georgian Bay Club is 10th while Catherine Butler, also of the Georgian Bay Club is tied for 17th.
Ontario Junior Girls Golf Championship
at Brockville Country Club
Vanessa Borovilos of Weston Golf & Country Club had a 1 stroke lead after 3 rounds
Ontario Juvenile and Bantam Qualifier for Girls & Boys
at Batteaux Creek, Nottawa
Belfon, Kennedy & Bridget Yu from Golf Canada Club both shot an 80 and are the only two Girls to earn the right to advance
Matthew Rastogi of Meadowbrook Golf Club had a 5 under 67 to lead the Boys Division
Rastogi was one of 10 players to earn a berth at the Provincial Final
The Ontario Juvenile & Bantam Championship begins August 23rd at Roseland Golf & Curling Club.
Major League Baseball
American League
Toronto Blue Jays 8 Cleveland Indians 6
Tampa Bay Rays 4 Seattle Mariners 3
Boston Red Sox 4 Detroit Tigers 1
New York Yankees 10 Baltimore Orioles 3
Kansas City Royals 9 Chicago White Sox 1
Los Angeles Angels 2 Texas Rangers 1
National League
New York Mets 5 Miami Marlins 3
Philadelphia Phillies 9 Washington Nationals 5
Atlanta Braves 7 St.Louis Cardinals 4
Milwaukee Brewers 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Chicago Cubs 3 Colorado Rockies 2
San Francisco Giants 7 Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Interleague
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Houston Astros 5
Oakland Athletics 5 San Diego Padres 4 ( 10 innings )
Cincinnati Reds 6 Minnesota Twins 5
Grey Bruce Ladies Fastball League
Tara Ladies 7 Bears 7
Intercounty Fastball League
Glen Williams Stars 7 Rockwood Rush 1
Major League Soccer
Philadelphia Union 3 Toronto FC 0
FC Montréal 2 Atlanta United FC 2
New England Revolution 0 Nashville SC 0
DC United 4 Columbus Crew 2
Chicago Fire 0 New York City 0
New York Red Bulls 0 FC Cincinnati 0
Orlando City 1 Inter Miami 1
Austin FC 3 Houston Dynamo FC 2
Seattle Sounders 1 FC Dallas 1
LA Galaxy 1 Real Salt Lake 0
Sporting Kansas City 4 LAFC 1
Portland Timbers 1 San Jose Earthquakes 1
Major Series Lacrosse Classic
at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre, Oakville
Owen Sound Majors 10 Six Nations Chiefs 9