At the Olympics, Canada won a bronze medal in women’s rugby with a 33-10 win over Britain…..the Canadian women’s swimming team won its third medal with Kylie Masse taking bronze in the 100 metre backstroke. In women’s basketball, Canada rallied from 18 points down to defeat Serbia 71-69…Vasek Pospisil and Daniel Nestor have advanced to the quarterfinals of men’s doubles in tennis for Canada.
In the Majors, Devon Travis had a career high four hits, including the go ahead single in the seventh inning as the Blue Jays outlasted Tampa Bay 7-5 to move back into a tie with Baltimore for first in the American League East. The Orioles lost to Oakland 3-2. In other play from an abbreviated schedule, it was San Francisco 8 Miami 7 (14 innings)…..Atlanta 4 Milwaukee 3 (12 innings)…Minnesota 3 Houston 1…..St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 4 with five runs in the bottom of the 9th…..Texas 4 Colorado 3….Seattle 3 Detroit 0 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 9 Philadelphia 4.
Manchester United have finalised the long awaited signing of midfielder Paul Pogba from Juventus for a world record fee of 89 million pounds.
