National Sports

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Newcomer Steven Matz pitched three scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in pre-season action on Tuesday.

TORONTO — The RBC Canadian Open has been pulled from the PGA Tour schedule for the second straight year, marking one of the first cancellations of a major annual Canadian sports event in the summer of 2021.

CALGARY — They have just three wins in their last 10 games, but Darryl Sutter isn't expecting to make wholesale changes with the Calgary Flames.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury has captured his second world title in as many days. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que.

DOHA, Qatar — Vasek Pospisil set up an all-Canadian clash with Denis Shapovalov at the Qatar Open with a first-round win Tuesday. Pospisil, from Vancouver, beat Australian qualifier Christopher O'Connell 6-3, 6-4 at the ATP Tour 250 event.

TORONTO — Canada and the U.S. will renew their cricket rivalry this summer in the Auty Cup, which was first contested in 1844.

World Rugby made it official Tuesday, ratifying a recommendation to postpone the 2021 women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand until next year, The recommendation was made by World Rugby's executive committee.

BERLIN — Germany coach Joachim Löw will step down after this year's European Championship, bringing forward his previous plan to quit after the next World Cup.

A bout of bronchitis has forced Canadian rider Michael Woods out of the Tirreno-Adriatico race in Italy.

Vancouver Canucks forward Adam Gaudette wasn't overly concerned that he hadn't been scoring much this season. Still, it felt good to snap the scoring slump Monday with an extremely timely goal. With just 40.