National Sports

Canada's Bianca Andreescu had a few words for the woman who ended her quest to defend her National Bank Open title on Thursday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani pitched six innings of three-hit ball to win his third consecutive start, and he also doubled and scored an early run in the Los Angeles Angels' 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — As the bus carried the New York Yankees through the cornfields blanketing this serene, rolling farmland of northeast Iowa, Aaron Judge noticed a difference from the usual arrival in the next city.

TORONTO — Team Canada's athletes are being welcomed home now that the torch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been extinguished.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC opened its Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign Thursday with a comfortable 3-1 victory over El Salvador's CD FAS.

TORONTO — Thirty-six cricketers will be looking to make their mark at the 2021 Canadian National Women’s Championships, the first edition of the tournament since 2018.

Canadians Alex Cataford and James Piccoli have been named to the Israel Start-Up Nation team for the Spanish Vuelta. It's the second Grand Tour event for both. Piccoli, a 29-year-old from Montreal, took part in last year's race.

CALGARY — Mike Weir made history at the 1999 Air Canada Championship at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey, B.C. More than 20 years later, the 51-year-old golfer from Sarnia, Ont.

It's been some eight weeks since Rory (The Red King) MacDonald lost to Gleison Tibau, and the Canadian welterweight still can't believe it.

TORONTO — After practice Thursday, Nick DeLeon emerged from the gym at Toronto FC's training centre with a smile and a bag of ice on his left knee. Just "normal" maintenance, the veteran midfielder explained.