National Sports

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.

TORONTO — CFL stars James Wilder Jr., Mike Reilly and Brandon Banks are all fathers, so they know the value of a stable environment for children.

GLASOW, Scotland — Glasgow Rangers have confirmed the signing of Canadian international midfielder Scott Arfield.

WINNIPEG — The president of the Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Junior Football League has resigned after writing a Facebook post that made reference to Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban.

Canada's Denis Shapovalov cracked the top 30 in the ATP World Tour men's singles rankings for the first time Monday after his strong performance at the recent Madrid Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., rose 14 spots to No.

BERLIN — Germany has appealed to the Russian government to let in a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics and was denied entry to Russia to report on the upcoming World Cup.

JERUSALEM — Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem says it wants to add "Trump" to the team's name. The club's social media accounts say the team "from now on will be called 'Beitar Trump Jerusalem.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An expedition organizer says an Australian mountaineer has scaled Mount Everest to become the fastest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents.

Sunday's Games NHL Playoffs Washington 6 Tampa Bay 2 (Washington leads series 2-0) --- NBA Playoffs Boston 108 Cleveland 83 (Boston leads series 1-0) --- IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Czech Republic 6 France 0 Sweden 5 Switzerland 3 At Hernin

Sunday's Games NHL Playoffs Washington 6 Tampa Bay 2 (Washington leads series 2-0) --- NBA Playoffs Boston 108 Cleveland 83 (Boston leads series 1-0) --- IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Czech Republic 6 France 0 Sweden 5 Switzerland 3 At Hernin