National Sports

PARIS — Canada's Gabriel Diallo rallied but fell just short, losing 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-5 to Japan's Kei Nishikori on Sunday in first-round men's singles action at the French Open.

PRAGUE — Canada will be leaving the world hockey championship empty-handed. Sweden scored three unanswered goals in the third period to earn a 4-2 comeback win over Canada and claim bronze on Sunday.

DETROIT (AP) — Matt Vierling homered twice, including a tiebreaking, three-run drive off Jordan Romano in the ninth inning that gave Detroit a wild 14-11 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday after the Tigers wasted a five-run lead and recovered f

DALLAS — Connor McDavid didn't have an answer.

ROME (AP) — Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday with the race’s biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades — earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles.

LONDON (AP) — Southampton secured an immediate return to the Premier League on Sunday by beating Leeds 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in the Championship playoff final, the richest one-off match in world soccer.

DALLAS — Kris Knoblauch would have happily taken a split earlier in the week.

VANCOUVER — Missing soccer icon Lionel Messi wasn't an issue for Inter Miami on Saturday. Even without the World Cup-winning superstar, Miami (10-4-2) cruised to a 2-1 victory over the slumping Whitecaps (5-5-4) in Vancouver.

TORONTO — High-flying FC Cincinnati demonstrated why it is a contender again this season in Major League Soccer. Toronto FC showed it is headed in the right direction, but isn't quite there yet.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have a lot of roster decisions to make before the start of the regular season, and their pre-season opener didn’t help narrow many down.