National Sports

Damon Allen will work with the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders' coaching staff as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. It's the same program former CFL quarterback Henry Burris participated in last year with the Chicago Bears.

LONDON (AP) — British police opened investigations Monday into the racist abuse of three Black players who missed penalties in England's shootout loss to Italy in the European Championship final.

Tyler Black became the first Canadian chosen in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft on Sunday. Black of Stouffville, Ont., was selected 33rd overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in the competitive balance round A.

WINNIPEG — Austin Ricci scored the game’s only goal and Jonathan Sirois earned another clean sheet as Valour FC regained top spot in the Canadian Premier League standings with a 1-0 victory over defending champions Forge FC.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For once, John Herdman didn't mind his team going behind early. In fact he called it. A defensive error led to a 10th-minute goal by Martinique in Canada's Gold Cup opener Sunday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks made the NBA Finals' return to Milwaukee a slamming success. The way the Greek Freak is going, the party might just be getting started.

LONDON (AP) — Three Black players who missed penalty kicks for England in the decisive European Championship shootout against Italy on Sunday night were subjected to racist abuse online, prompting the English Football Association to issue a statement

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jim Furyk put his name alongside some of golf's greats Sunday once he recovered from a rough start in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open.

LONDON (AP) — So close. It took just a few weeks to undo decades of pessimism for England fans, persuading millions that the team could defy decades of disappointment and win a major international soccer tournament for the first time since 1966.

LONDON (AP) — Italian soccer’s redemption story is complete. England’s painful half-century wait for a major title goes on. And it just had to be because of a penalty shootout.