National Sports

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire thrived in a star grouping Thursday with an 8-under 62 for a two-shot lead over defending champion Sei Young Kim in the Pelican Women's Championship. Maguire played alongside Kim and Lexi Thompson.

HOUSTON (AP) — Marc Leishman, Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List shared the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Houston Open, with List still on the course when darkness stopped play.

OTTAWA — Defenceman Nikita Zaitsev was placed by the Senators into the NHL's COVID-19 protocol late Thursday, the third Ottawa player to be added to the list in one day.

This is pretty much how Ryan Dinwiddie saw his first regular season as a CFL head coach winding down. The Toronto Argonauts (8-4) host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-5) on Friday night at BMO Field.

John Herdman inherited a men's team ranked 94th in the world when he took over from the fired Octavio Zambrano in January 2018.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions know what's at stake this week — win and the team's faint playoff hopes glimmer on, lose and they'll officially be snuffed out.

HELSINKI — Mélodie Daoust scored the winning goal as Canada downed host Finland 4-2 in women's hockey Thursday. Victoria Bach, Marie-Philip Poulin and Jocelyne Larocque also scored for Canada, while Rebecca Johnston had two assists.

Toronto FC's Nick DeLeon and Tsubasa Endoh and Vancouver's Tosaint Ricketts and Andy Rose are among the 127 MLS players eligible for free agency. All four are out of contract.

Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders can extend their season Friday night while effectively putting an end to the B.C. Lions' 2021 campaign. Calgary (6-6) visits B.C.

STOCKHOLM — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinal of the Stockholm Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Botic van de Zandschlup of the Netherlands on Thursday.