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TORONTO — It's first against worst Saturday as the league-leading New England Revolution visit Toronto FC. New England (12-3-4) comes into the game with 40 points, 25 ahead of 27th-place Toronto (3-9-6).

More than 18 months after joining the Canadian Premier League, Atletico Ottawa finally gets to play at home Saturday.

CALGARY — A game-time decision to start for the B.C. Lions on Thursday, quarterback Mike Reilly led his team to a 15-9 win over the Calgary Stampeders.

ESPN will be using young broadcasters as part of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The first of two KidsCast presentations will be the MLB Little League Classic between the Los Angeles Angels and Cleveland Indians on Aug.

Canada's Bianca Andreescu had a few words for the woman who ended her quest to defend her National Bank Open title on Thursday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani pitched six innings of three-hit ball to win his third consecutive start, and he also doubled and scored an early run in the Los Angeles Angels' 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — As the bus carried the New York Yankees through the cornfields blanketing this serene, rolling farmland of northeast Iowa, Aaron Judge noticed a difference from the usual arrival in the next city.

TORONTO — Team Canada's athletes are being welcomed home now that the torch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been extinguished.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC opened its Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign Thursday with a comfortable 3-1 victory over El Salvador's CD FAS.

TORONTO — Thirty-six cricketers will be looking to make their mark at the 2021 Canadian National Women’s Championships, the first edition of the tournament since 2018.