National Sports

TORONTO — Ben Rice's ninth-inning home run helped the New York Yankees salvage a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Jazz Chisholm Jr.

TORONTO — Max Scherzer has never been one to make excuses.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — by a

SEATTLE (AP) — Forward Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday with an average annual value of $4.525 million. The Kraken acquired the 24-year-old Kakko from the New York Rangers on Dec.

TORONTO — Felix Auger-Aliassime feels for Canadian tennis fans who are disappointed by the withdrawals of big-name players from the National Bank Open. Top ranked Jannik Sinner, world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and former world No.

WASHINGTON — Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the third round of the Citi Open hard court tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan on Tuesday.

GENEVA (AP) — England is living on the brink and survived another near-inevitable elimination all the way to another Women's European Championship final.

Tournament director Karl Hale is excited to watch the talent on display at this year’s National Bank Open, even though some big names will be missing in action.

The bye week comes at an opportune time for Dru Brown and the Ottawa Redblacks. Ottawa (1-6) will have time to recover from its 30-15 loss Sunday to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

A chunk of an Olympic and Paralympic athlete's life is spent telling drug testers where they will be every day and every night.