National Sports

WASHINGTON — Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu advanced to the women's quarter-finals at the Citi Open with a huge 6-2, 6-3 upset of second-seed Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday. Andreescu, a 17-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

SOMERSET WEST, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius was taken from prison to a public hospital on Thursday with chest pains and will stay overnight for observation. "He's fine now," Pistorius spokesman Johan van Wyk told The Associated Press.

PARIS — Six years after taking over perennial underachiever Paris Saint-Germain, the French club's wealthy owners finally got what they wanted by hiring Neymar — a player they believe will bring them Champions League glory.

MONTREAL — Kirsten Kasper competes for the United States, but probably knows the city better than even some of the Canadians entered in this week's Montreal International Triathlon.

TORONTO — Mark Anscombe's tenure as Canadian men's rugby coach ended abruptly Thursday when the New Zealander was fired after just 16 months on the job.

Nashville Predators forward Mike Fisher has retired in what he calls the hardest decision he's had to make, leaving the defending Stanley Cup finalists in need of a new captain.

MONTREAL — The signing of Canadian national team midfielder Samuel Piette adds to the growing local flavour on the Montreal Impact. The native of Repentigny, Que.

OTTAWA — With a 1-4-1 record the Redblacks hardly look like a team in position to contend for the East Division, but just three points separate Ottawa from the first place Toronto Argonauts.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos' bid to stay perfect in 2017 will be put to the test Friday against the desperate, winless Hamilton Tiger-Cats, given Edmonton must do it while dealing with a tsunami of injuries that has sidelined 15 starters.

WARSAW, Poland — Masked soccer hooligans attacked staff members travelling with an Israeli soccer team following a friendly match in Poland, in what the Israeli Embassy said Thursday was an "anti-Semitic incident.