National Sports

PARIS — Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has earned a silver medal at the Paralympic Games. The Dorval, Que., native finished with a season-best time of 47.

PARIS — The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann.

PARIS — Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris. The 28-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., was second in the women's 100-metre freestyle to Emeline Pierre of France.

PARIS — Para cyclist Mike Sametz of Calgary withdrew from the Paralympic Games in Paris because of injury. The 28-year-old crashed in training for road races.

LOS ANGELES — Despite scoring first in a must-win game, Canada's men's rugby team lost its second straight Pacific Nations Cup match on Saturday, dropping a 28-15 decision to the United States.

Saturday's Games CFL B.C. 38 Ottawa 12 --- MLB American League Toronto 15 Minnesota 0 Houston 5 Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 5 Seattle 4 Detroit 2 Boston 1 Texas 3 Oakland 2 National League Chicago Cubs 5 Washington 3 L.A.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Lions were fed up.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday, Chris O'Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upset that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz .

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Pedro Vite scored his first goal of the season and Vancouver didn't concede a shot on goal Saturday night as the Whitecaps beat Austin FC 1-0.

TORONTO — Toronto FC's runway for making Major League Soccer's playoffs got a lot shorter on Saturday. Attacker Dominique Badji scored in the dying minutes as D.C. United cooled off Toronto FC with a 3-1 victory.