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MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens were buoyed by scoring more than four goals in a game for the first time in over a month, while the Winnipeg Jets continued to leak confidence Friday.

Melanie Bedard couldn't sleep. It was 4 a.m. and her two kids — Connor and Madisen, aged 15 and 17 — were flying to Sweden in two days. In the middle of a pandemic. "I sat up and thought, 'I don't think I can do this,'" she recalled.

Toronto FC has loaned Canadian midfielder Liam Fraser to Columbus Crew SC for the rest of the MLS season.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays say they are severing all ties with Roberto Alomar after the Hall of Famer was placed on Major League Baseball's ineligible list following an investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct.

When Djordje Mihailovic was coming up through the Chicago Fire youth academy ranks, the nearby Columbus Crew was a natural rival.

Vancouver Whitecaps defender Derek Cornelius vividly remembers the last time he prepared to take on the Colorado Rapids. It was mid-March 2020 and he was driving to training with some teammates when news came that the game had been called off.

ZURICH — The 2021 women's world hockey championship has been rescheduled to Aug. 20-31 at a location yet to be named.

Kyle Baillie, Eric Howard and Lockie Kratz are flying the Canadian flag in Louisiana for Major League Rugby's NOLA Gold.

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — Woodbine Entertainment rescheduled the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup until September due to the COVID-19 pandemic Friday. The race was originally scheduled for June 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park but will now be run Sept. 11.

At 29 and in his eighth season in Major League Soccer, forward Patrick Mullins has seen and learned a few things. And like fellow veteran Jozy Altidore, he is happy to share that knowledge with Toronto FC's young talent. "Absolutely.