National Sports

TORONTO — Tommy Nield's first CFL touchdown catch was certainly a dramatic one. The 23-year-old Guelph, Ont.

BOUCTOUCHE, N.B. — It seemed fitting, if not cruel, that the Montreal Canadiens would lose their final game of the NHL pre-season to the Ottawa Senators.

COLUMBUS — Goals by Canadians Jacen Russell-Rowe and Ryan Telfer helped Columbus Crew 2 win the inaugural MLS Next Pro Cup with a 4-1 win over St. Louis City 2 on Saturday. The game at Lower.

CALGARY — Atletico Ottawa clinched the Canadian Premier League regular-season title Saturday thanks to Pacific FC's 1-0 loss at Cavalry FC. It's a worst-to-first story for Ottawa, which finished in the eight-team league's basement in 2021 at 6-14-8.

The visiting Seattle Mariners, who were down 8-1 in the fifth inning today, came all the way back to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 to win their best-of-three American League wild-card playoff series in two straight games.

Toronto Arrows flanker Lucas Rumball leads Canada's 32-man roster for the new Americas Rugby Trophy competition scheduled for later this month in Brazil.

LODZ, Poland — Canada ended its run at the FIVB women's world volleyball championship with a 3-2 victory over the Dominican Republic on Saturday.

DORTMUND, Germany — Canadian star Alphonso Davies had to leave Bayern Munich's game against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday with a suspected concussion after taking a boot to the face.

Toronto FC will be without at least four starters, including Italians Lorenzo Insigne and Domenico Criscito, for Sunday's MLS regular-season finale at the Philadelphia Union.

CALGARY — When Darryl Sutter accepted the head coaching job with the Calgary Flames in March 2021, it came with a promise to straighten out the team for the long run.