National Sports

MONTREAL — Felix Auger-Aliassime has dreamed of walking onto centre court at the Rogers Cup in his hometown. His singles debut at the tournament very nearly turned into a nightmare.

HAMMONDS PLAINS, N.S. — Norway's William Buhl fired 4-under-par 68 on Tuesday to take a two-stroke lead at the 115th Canadian Men's Amateur Championship.

TORONTO — Ashleigh Barty of Australia is in danger of losing her world No. 1 ranking after falling 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to American Sofia Kenin in second-round play Tuesday at the Rogers Cup. Barty wasn't thinking about that during the match, though.

LIMA, Peru — The Canadian women's field hockey team knocked the Americans off their perch as Pan Am Games champions on Tuesday night. One more win and the national side will have what it really wants: Lima gold and a ticket to Tokyo.

VANCOUVER — Felipe Martins says his time with the Vancouver Whitecaps was a roller coaster. The 28-year-old midfielder joined the club in 2018 after stints with the Montreal Impact and New York Red Bulls. On Tuesday, the 'Caps dealt Martins to D.C.

TORONTO — Pulling on the Canada jersey never gets old for Cory Joseph.

COLOMIERS, France — Canadian teenager Jordyn Huitema scored 14 minutes into her debut for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, coming off the bench to head in the winner in a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the Women's French Cup tournament.

TORONTO — Caroline Wozniacki's father used to tell her not to whine whenever she had to face an opponent with a hard serve during her junior career. It could be worse, the then pre-teen Dane was told.

Veteran Canadian lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi has been forced to pull out of his scheduled bout against American Devonte (King Kage) Smith later this month at UFC 241 in Anaheim. A UFC official said the withdrawal was health-related.

TORONTO — Canada will play a scheduled CONCACAF Nations League away match against Cuba next month in the Cayman Islands rather than in Havana.