National Sports

LONDON — One final time, Usain Bolt peered down the last 50 metres of his lane and saw sprinter upon sprinter running footsteps ahead of him.

MONTREAL — Canadian Frank Dancevic moved one step closer to a berth in the Rogers Cup main draw, defeating Marius Copil in a Saturday qualifier at Uniprix Stadium. Dancevic, from Niagara Falls, Ont.

TORONTO — Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova, the top seed in Rogers Cup women's qualifying, moved on to the second round of qualifiers on Saturday with a victory over Japan's Kurumi Nara.

LONDON — More bad news for Canada at the world track and field championships. Derek Drouin, the reigning world and Olympic champion in high jump, announced he was withdrawing with an Achilles tendon injury.

Oakland outfielder Matt Joyce received a two-game suspension without pay Saturday for directing a gay slur toward a fan in Anaheim and he will take part in a public outreach initiative with PFLAG, a family and ally organization supporting the LGBTQ c

MONTREAL — Ashleigh Gentle of Australia posted her first World Triathlon Series victory, but Joanna Brown of Ottawa may have celebrated just as much for finishing fourth.

HAYWARD, Calif. — Stephen Curry missed the cut Friday night against professional golfers one notch below the PGA Tour.

LONDON — Crystal Emmanuel knew little about longtime sprint star Marita Payne-Wiggins, other than as the name listed alongside a Canadian record she had been diligently chasing.

PARIS — With fireworks exploding around him, Neymar emerged on the pitch to present fans with the sight they had been anticipating: the world's most expensive player in a Paris Saint-Germain kit.

VIENNA — Canada's team of Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes finished fourth at the FIVB beach volleyball world championship on Saturday, losing 2-1 to Brazil in the bronze-medal match.