National Sports

TORONTO — Leylah Fernandez had an opening. Trailing her second-round match 5-4 in the first set at the National Bank Open, the Canadian tennis star had worked hard to secure five break-point opportunities.

Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens during and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88.

MONTREAL — The first full day of seeded players seeing action at the National Bank Open produced some surprising upsets. Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev lost 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 to Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina while No.

ALAJUELA — Alyssa McLeod scored in a losing cause Thursday as Canada fell 3-1 to Mexico in its final group game at the CONCACAF Girl's U-15 Championship.

TORONTO — Brian Ramsay is stepping down as executive director of the CFL Players' Association, the union announced Thursday. The CFLPA said Ramsay "is pursuing a new opportunity," and will leave the organization at the end of September.

Maude Charron lifted 106 kilograms in the snatch and 130 kilograms in the clean and jerk for a total of 236 kilograms to win Canada's 20th medal at the Paris Games.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Colombian youth international wingback Edier Ocampo in a transfer from Colombia's Atletico Nacional.

TORONTO — There's no place like home for Ryan Dinwiddie and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (4-4) faces Calgary (4-4) at BMO Field on Friday night.

PARIS — Canada's Skylar Park has won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris. The 25-year-old from Winnipeg defeated Lebanon's Laetitia Aoun 2-0 in the women's 57-kilogram division.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event Thursday morning on a Texas lake.