National Sports

It was a day of goalkeeping blunders in the English Premier League. Liverpool and Manchester City, seemingly set for another duel for the title, benefited from two of them in hard-fought away wins on Saturday.

DOHA, Qatar — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse has raced to a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres at the world track and field championships. More coming. The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Brock Boeser returned to the ice with his Vancouver Canucks teammates Saturday morning less than a week after suffering a concussion in pre-season play.

Montreal Impact coach Wilmer Cabrera refuses to lose hope despite facing overwhelming odds.

OBERTSDORF, Germany — Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen of Montreal earned their first international victory on Saturday, winning the ice dance event at the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact have named Olivier Renard as the club's sporting director. The Major League Soccer club announced the hiring of the 40-year-old Belgian on Saturday.

CHENGDU, China — Denis Shapovalov has been eliminated from the Chengdu Open after Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta defeated the Canadian 6-3, 6-4 in semifinal action Saturday. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

SHIZUOKA, Japan — Nobody seemed less surprised than Jamie Joseph and his Japan players after the Rugby World Cup hosts toppled Ireland 19-12 in one of the tournament's greatest upsets.

VANCOUVER — With a disappointing season nearly at its end, the Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping a strong finish can help create a solid foundation to build on next year.

Friday's Games CFL Hamilton 33 Winnipeg 13 --- NHL Pre-season New Jersey 2 Columbus 0 Toronto 4 Detroit 3 (SO) Nashville 2 Carolina 1 (OT) St.