National Sports

TORONTO — RJ Barrett couldn't help but take a friendly jab at his father when asked about his impact on his basketball career.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao's contentious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn has confirmed the outcome in favour of the Australian former schoolteacher.

MIAMI — There are two major hurdles standing in the way of Major League Baseball possibly returning to Montreal: Oakland and Tampa Bay.

CALGARY — A chuckwagon horse was euthanized by a veterinarian after it was injured following the fifth heat of the Rangeland Derby at the Calgary Stampede on Sunday evening.

LONDON — Rafael Nadal kept getting pushed to the brink of defeat. He kept resisting. He dropped the first two sets, then won the next two. He erased two match points in the riveting fifth set's 10th game, then another two in its 20th game.

CALGARY — Maleki Harris had yet to enter this world the last time a Calgary Stampeder had a fumble recovery for a touchdown and an interception for a touchdown in the same season.

TRENTON, N.J. — With a new poll showing voters are disgusted and outraged that Gov.

MONTREAL — It was coincidence that Major League Soccer's mid-season break came just as the Montreal Impact reached the half-way point of their regular season. Most of the other teams have played two or three more games.

TORONTO — CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie isn't easing into his new position. Ambrosie officially began his tenure Monday less than a week after being hired to replace the departed Jeffrey Orridge.

LONDON — Canada's Milos Raonic is through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals after posting a 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Germany's Alexander Zverev on Monday. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont.