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KAZAN, Russia -- Canada boosted its medal tally to eight at the Summer Universiade on Thursday as swimmer Katherine Savard won silver and weightlifter Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau captured bronze. Savard, from Pont-Rouge, Que., finished second in the womens 50-metre butterfly. The 20-year-old claimed her first international medal in a time of 26.05 seconds and broke her own Canadian record of 26.20 she set in June. "It was close," said Savard. "I beat my own record (so) I am more happy about that. Its a good feeling to race in the big pool in international events." Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus won in 25.84 seconds. Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., was eighth in 26.85. Beauchemin-Nadeau, from Candiac, Que., finished third in the minus 75-kilogram category. Its the second Universiade medal for Beauchemin-Nadeau, who also won bronze at the 2011 Games in Shenzhen, China. "My performance today wasnt as good as I had hoped but the goal was to win the bronze medal and I got it, so Im really happy about that," said the University of Sherbrooke medicine student. "This was kind of a test for me after moving up to 75 kilos. It was my first international competition in that category and overall it went well." The Canadian was third after the snatch with 103 kilograms and added 130 kilograms in the clean and jerk for a total of 233. Russias Olga Zubova (120-159-279) overcame teammate Nadezhda Evstyukhina (123-155-278) in the clean and jerk to win gold with a Universiade record of 279 kilograms. Canada is 22nd in the medal standings with one gold, three silver and four bronze. Elsewhere on Thursday, Kelly Aspinall just missed the podium in the 50-metre butterfly. The 23-year-old from Nanoose Bay, B.C., finished fourth in a Canadian-record time of 23.52 seconds, just .14 behind third place. "Its kind of bittersweet," said Aspinall, who has come close to breaking the record several times. "I wanted to get the medal first of all. To miss out on it by that much was kind of frustrating." Genevieve Cantin of Quebec City was fifth in the womens 200-metre backstroke (2:11.78), while Richard Funk of Edmonton was eighth in the mens 100 breastroke (1:01.35). In mens volleyball, the Canadians were facing a must-win in their Pool D finale against the Czech Republic and they delivered with a 26-24, 25-14, 21-25, 25-17 win. Canada (3-1) and will face undefeated Ukraine in Saturdays quarter-finals. In beach volleyball, Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg won three of four matches, the most important coming in the quarter-finals against Thailand. Humana-Paredes and Pischke face host Russia in the semifinals Friday. On the mens side, Grant OGorman of Toronto and Samuel Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., recovered from a morning loss with victories over China and Norway. Theyll play Germany in the quarter-finals Friday. In mens basketball, Canada (4-0) dominated the Czech Republic 87-56 and sits in first place in its group heading into Fridays game against the U.S. In womens shot put Julie Labonte of Sainte-Justine, Que., was sixth while Chelsea Whalen of Liverpool, N.S., finished 11th. In mens pole vault, Shawnacy Barber of Toronto finished 11th. Rachael McIntosh of Bridgewater, N.S., finished ninth in the heptathlon. In tennis, Isade Juneau of Repentigny, Que., and Dominique Harmath of Toronto reached the round of 16 in mixed doubles thanks to a 6-4, 6-2 win over their rivals from Madagascar. In womens soccer, Canada downed China 2-1 in its first match on the consolation side of the draw. Titans Jerseys China . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. Jeffery Simmons Jersey Large . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. 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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants have signed cornerback Coty Sensabaugh and linebacker Deontae Skinner.Sensabaugh was a free agent who was released by the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday, and Skinner was signed off the practice squad.To make room on the roster, the Giants released defensive tackle Montori Hughes and rookie cornerback Michael Hunter.Sensabaugh played in the first three games for the Rams, starting the first two at right cornerback.In four-plus seasons, Sensabaugh has played in 62 gammes with 29 starts.dddddddddddd. He has 176 tackles (141 solo), two interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, a sack, a forced fumble and three fumble recoveries.Skinner was originally signed to the Giants practice squad on Sept. 13. He entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with New England in 2014.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '