National Sports

INDIANAPOLIS — Simon Pagenaud has won the Indianapolis 500. More coming. The Canadian Press

Bart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America's most popular sport.

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard has been showcasing his many talents throughout the NBA playoffs. He has also given us a glimpse of something new — a smile. The stoic Raptors star usually shows little emotion. On the court, he is relentless.

PARIS — Roger Federer entered a refurbished Court Philippe Chatrier for his first French Open match since 2015, greeted by the sun peeking through the clouds and the full-throated support of spectators in their designer sunglasses, straw hats and swe

The first NBA game was in Toronto. And now, the NBA Finals are headed there. Finally.

GOTZIS, Austria — Canadian decathlete Damian Warner became the third athlete to win five career titles at the prestigious Gotzis Hypo-Meeting as he rolled to victory on Sunday. The 29-year-old from London, Ont.

LONDON — Canada tied for seventh at the HSBC London Sevens after losing both matches Sunday at Twickenham Stadium. The performance matched the Canadian men's best on the World Rugby Sevens Series this season.

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has agreed to coach Canada's men's basketball team at the 2019 FIBA World Cup — and possibly beyond.

PARIS — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime called his decision to pull out of the French Open one of the more difficult he's had to make in his young tennis career.

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