The Winnipeg Goldeyes season will be on the line Friday night at Blue Cross Park. The Fish were held to just five hits and lost 5-0 to the Canaries Wednesday night at Sioux Falls Stadium in game one of the American Association's best-of-three West Division semifinal. Edwin Arroyo and Jake McMurray had two hits each for the Goldeyes. Winnipeg starter Joey Matulovich took the loss. He went four innings, allowed four hits, three earned runs and struck out five.
Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros was on the practice field with the rest of his Blue Bombers teammates Wednesday, just three days after getting knocked out of the game late in the second quarter of the Labour Day Classic in Regina. Collaros took a hit to the helmet from Saskatchewan defensive lineman Miles Brown and did not play in the second half. The Blue Bombers beat the Roughriders 35-33 and moved into a tie with the B.C. Lions for first place in the CFL West. Both teams have 6-6 records but Winnipeg owns the tie-breaker. The Bombers will host the Riders in the Banjo Bowl Saturday afternoon.
Canadian athletes won two gold and two silver medals on day seven at the Paralympic Games in Paris. Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C. captured gold in the 200-metre individual medley two days after winning the 100-metre breaststroke. He also has a silver in the 200 freestyle. Bennett is the first Canadian male Para swimmer to win multiple gold medals at a single Games since 2004. Reid Maxwell of St. Albert, Alberta earned a silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle. Greg Stewart of Victoria won gold in shot put and Nathan Clement of West Vancouver cycled to silver in Men's T1-2 individual road time trial. Canada has won a total of 17 medals, including four gold, six silver and seven bronze. Alison Levine and Iulian Ciobanu will play for the bronze medal in the BC4 pairs event after falling in the boccia semifinals 6-4 to Hong Kong’s Cheung Yuen and Leung Yuk Wing. Canada is through to the women’s wheelchair basketball semifinals thanks to a 71-53 victory over Germany. Canada’s women’s goalball team is going home with a fifth-place finish, closing out its Paris 2024 tournament with a 1-0 victory over Japan.
Alexis Galarneau will replace Milos Raonic on the Canadian team at next week's Davis Cup group stage in Manchester, England. Tennis Canada says Raonic is unable to play due to a broken toe. Galarneau joins a lineup that includes Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo and Vasek Pospisil. Canada will open Group D play in Manchester against Argentina on Tuesday.