National Sports

FUKUOKA, Japan — Summer McIntosh became a double gold medallist at the world aquatics championships with Sunday's victory in the women's 400-metre individual medley.

The Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets, an all-in move for the surprise AL West leaders.

COURCHEVEL, France — Canada's world champion ski jumper Alex Loutitt claimed a second bronze medal in as many days in the ski jumping Grand Prix Summer Series.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen emphatically won the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday for an eighth straight win and 10th overall of a crushingly dominant season.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A look at the permutations in Group B at the FIFA Women's World Cup ahead of Monday's final group games (top two teams advance to knockout round of 16): Nigeria (1-0-1, four points, plus-one goal differential, three goals score

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Canadian women's soccer team got a pep talk from newly appointed Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough before training Sunday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Justin Gaethje knocked out Dustin Poirier with a head kick one minute into the second round to win the main event lightweight bout at UFC 291 on Saturday night.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fight itself didn't match the hype, but Terence Crawford's performance exceeded it. He knocked down Errol Spence Jr.

SYDNEY (AP) — Some of the biggest names in soccer have yet to show up at the Women's World Cup . That's literally been the case of Australian star Sam Kerr, who missed the first two games with a calf injury.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Canadian men's 4x100-metre relay team received its Olympic silver medals Saturday at the Canadian national trials in a medal reallocation ceremony.