National Sports

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will be making a donation to the Canadian Red Cross hurricane relief efforts across the Caribbean and the United States.

ALTO DE L'ANGLIRU, Spain — Chris Froome effectively sealed his first Spanish Vuelta title after maintaining the overall lead on the final competitive stage of the grand tour on Saturday.

OTTAWA — When it comes to winning over Canadian golfers, it helps to know someone. Ed Byman has that covered.

VANCOUVER — A man of considerable faith, B.C. Lions head coach and general manager Wally Buono wrote a message to Jonathon Jennings containing a bible verse after he benched the struggling quarterback in the wake of three straight losses.

VANCOUVER — Travis Lulay placed his crutches by his locker and turned to face the media.

NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal went into his U.S. Open semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro with a relatively simple game plan: Stay away from the big guy's flat, fearsome forehand and instead go after his weaker backhand.

Friday's Games CFL B.C. 41 Montreal 18 --- MLB American League Detroit 5 Toronto 4 Boston 9 Tampa Bay 3 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 0 Texas 11 N.Y. Yankees 5 Minnesota 8 Kansas City 5 Oakland 9 Houston 8 Seattle 4 L.A.

REGINA — The playoff matchups are set at the Tour Challenge. Scotland's Eve Muirhead edged Julie Tippin of Woodstock, Ont., 5-4 on Friday in a tiebreaker to grab the last spot in the quarter-finals at the first Grand Slam event of the season.

CALGARY — Adam Sinagra threw three touchdown passes — including two to Karl Hunter — as the Calgary Dinos downed the Regina Rams 46-26 on Saturday in U Sports football action.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Canada is guaranteed to play for a medal at the under-18 baseball World Cup.