National Sports

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The wind finally relented Friday in the PGA Championship. Will Zalatoris never did.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and style through his essays, humor pieces and editing, has died. He was 101.

OTTAWA — Nam Nguyen said the challenge of trying to make the Beijing Olympic team this year felt like "walking up Mount Everest.

TORONTO — SkyDome will always have a special place in Joey Votto's heart. And yes, the six-time all-star has to correct himself and say Rogers Centre when speaking about Toronto's ballpark.

MONTREAL — It was fun while it lasted, but the streak has come to an end. CF Montréal’s club-record eight game unbeaten run was ended on Wednesday in a 2-1 loss at Nashville.

JÖNKÖPING, Sweden — Canada advanced to the men's semifinals at the world junior curling championships with a 6-3 win over Sweden on Friday. Owen Purcell's Halifax rink won four straight games to finish at 6-3, good for third place in the round robin.

FIFA will announce its host cities for the 2026 World Cup on June 16 with Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver the three Canadian options waiting to hear their name.

TORONTO — Mike Morreale says as of late Thursday evening, there were "thousands and thousands and thousands" of people on the waiting list to buy tickets for the Scarborough Shooting Stars inaugural season.

ISTANBUL — Canada's Tammara Thibeault was golden at the women's world boxing championships on Friday. The 25-year-old from Regina won the middleweight category (70-75 kilograms) with a split-decision win (4-1) over Atheyna Bylon of Panama.

Rick Bowness will not return as head coach of the Dallas Stars after nearly three seasons in which he led them to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final and the playoffs again this year.