National Sports

ANCASTER, Ont. — Golf Canada's plans to elevate the RBC Canadian Open have paid off.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are one win away from their first NBA Championship in franchise history. One win away from upending two-time defending champs Golden State.

PARIS — For a few, fleeting moments Sunday, Rafael Nadal found his French Open supremacy seemingly threatened by Dominic Thiem, a younger, talented opponent challenging him in the final for the second consecutive year.

TORONTO — Fred VanVleet will begrudgingly use a mouthguard the next time he steps on the floor in the NBA Finals. For how long? The scrappy Raptors guard isn't making any promises.

Raptors fans across Canada — and beyond — are gearing up for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5 in Toronto.

TORONTO — Kevin Durant was playing basketball on Sunday. The Golden State Warriors hope he will again on Monday.

TORONTO — Raptors star Kawhi Leonard says he has not purchased a home in Toronto. A report surfaced last week that the player, who becomes a free agent next month, had bought a house in the city. "No, it didn't.

MONTPELLIER, France — Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller is urging his players to enjoy the moment as they take the field Monday against Cameroon in their Women's World Cup opener. "Being from Denmark, I know what it's like not to qualify.

MONTPELLIER, France — At 181 and counting, Christine Sinclair has goals aplenty to choose from when it comes to favourites.

MONTPELLIER, France — A look at Canadian captain Christine Sinclair, from Burnaby, B.C. — Sinclair has scored 181 goals in 282 international games. Abby Wambach's world record is 184 goals.