National Sports

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ernie Els won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth career PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 7-under 65 at Wakonda Club to beat defending champion Stephen Ames of Calgary by two strokes.

HAMILTON — Robert MacIntyre could not have won the RBC Canadian Open without his father.

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The first Filipina to win the U.S. Women's Open, and now the first from Japan. Sweetest of all for Yuka Saso was sharing the biggest prize in her sport with countries of both her parents.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed quarterback Dakota Prukop, the CFL club announced Sunday. The veteran returns for a second stint with Edmonton after being released by the B.C. Lions in late May.

HAMILTON — Mackenzie Hughes had the dream scenario of winning the RBC Canadian Open in his hometown within reach but then it all slipped away.

TORONTO — Blue Jays manager John Schneider tinkered with his lineup on Sunday — notably moving Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from first to third base — in an attempt to get more power in the batting order.

HAMILTON — Al Riddell was going to go have a quiet Sunday afternoon coffee with his family when his dad asked if he had heard that Mike (Fluff) Cowan, C.T.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Montreal's Audrey Lamothe helped Canada win three medals Sunday on the final day of competition at a World Cup artistic swimming event. Lamothe teamed with Jacqueline Simoneau for silver in the women duet free competition.

ARLINGTON — Attackers Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, B.C., and Alexa Gray of Calgary each had 13 points as Canada beat South Korea 3-0 Sunday in women's Volleyball Nations League action.

MADRID — A dismal season ended in relegation for Canada's rugby sevens men on Sunday, beaten 22-14 by Spain in a win-or-bust match that dropped the loser out of the elite HSBC SVNS circuit.