National Sports

Wednesday's Games (All times Eastern) MLB American League Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 0 Boston 5, Baltimore 1 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 6 Detroit 5, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 2 Houston 13, Oakland 5 National League Atlanta 2, N.Y.

MONTREAL — It hasn't been often this season that the Montreal Impact could say they played well at both ends of the field.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Diyaeddine Abzi scored in the added time of the first half as AS Blainville topped the Oakville Blue Devils 1-0 on Wednesday to win the qualifying round of the expanded Canadian Championship.

STUTTGART, Germany — Milos Raonic made a winning return to the court while Denis Shapovalov was upset by a qualifier Wednesday at the Stuttgart Open. Raonic, the seventh seed from Thornhill, Ont.

WINNIPEG — Andrew Harris is ready, willing and more than able to carry a heavier load to start the season.

CALGARY — World Cup matches and an Olympic Games would put Canada front and centre in the sports world in 2026.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Matt Duffy's RBI single with two outs in the ninth drove in the game's only run in the Tampa Bay Rays' 1-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Marlies plan to stick with goaltender Garret Sparks for Thursday's decisive Game 7 of the Calder Cup final against the Texas Stars.

TORONTO — The prospect of coaching a World Cup on home soil helped draw John Herdman to leave his New Zealand coaching job to take over the Canadian women.

TORONTO — For an upstart league looking to generate buzz ahead of its kickoff next spring, the timing of the 2026 World Cup host announcement appears to be ideal for the Canadian Premier League.