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SASKATCHEWAN 36 TORONTO 10 TORONTO - Kory Sheets and Weston Dressler scored third-quarter touchdowns to power the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a decisive 36-10 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Monday.

WINNERS MARATHON: Thomas Omwenga, 2: 20: 41 Hallie Janssen, 2: 47: 03 HALF-MARATHON: Rutto Kibet, 1: 04: 27 Natasha Fraser, 1: 14: 06 8K: Chris Winter, 24: 13 Rachel Cliff, 27: 43 Alittle bit of spoked-wheel encouragement helped carry defending champ

Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth won Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, where a last-lap crash turned defending NASCAR champion Tony Stewart upside down.

Terry Francona is getting back with one of his baseball families.

You don't need to remind Steve Smith about the importance of beating Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks today. "It's beyond important - it's essential," Smith said.

VICTORIA 4 TRI CITY 3 It's a hoary sports cliché, but simply can't be avoided when describing the Victoria Royals in the early going of the 2012-13 Western Hockey League season. Just call them the Comeback Kids, Island version.

Teammate Webber places second

POWELL RIVER 6 VICTORIA 2 If Friday night proved anything at Bear Mountain Arena it was that Ryan O'Byrne is no jinx.

Milos Raonic of Canada ousted top-seeded Andy Murray to move into the final of the Japan Open, edging the defending champion 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Thornhill, Ont.

In the most famous race Nathan Cullen ran, he finished third. The winner was Thomas Mulcair.