National Sports

TORONTO — The Blue Jays continue to live by the home run this season as late-game bombs from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Marcus Semien kept their near-death playoff hopes alive on Friday.

Vancouver and Edmonton stops later this month on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will feature both men's and women's play, World Rugby announced Friday.

Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos will cross the finish line of an excellent but exhausting Tokyo Paralympics in the men's marathon Sunday. But his job won't be done quite yet. The 41-year-old from Dorval, Que.

VANCOUVER — When Thomas Hasal last made a start for the Vancouver Whitecaps, the team was at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, desperate to turn its season around.

Toronto FC midfielder Ralph Priso has undergone surgery for a season-ending ankle injury. The MLS club said the operation took place Thursday at Toronto Western Hospital. Priso was injured Aug.

PARIS (AP) — Monaco’s Princess Charlene is in “reassuring” condition after being suddenly hospitalized with complications from a serious sinus infection, the principality’s palace said Friday.

NHL players are set to return to the Olympics in Beijing this winter after reaching an agreement with international officials.

While moving one step closer to Rugby World Cup qualification is the ultimate goal, Canada can climb the world rankings if it avoids defeat in the first leg of its World Cup qualifying series against the U.S. Eagles on Saturday in St, John's, N.L.

The tears flowed well before "O Canada" played Friday. Danielle Dorris captured a gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly at the Tokyo Paralympics in spectacular fashion, breaking the world record twice.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators announced Friday they've agreed to a six-year, US$29.85-million contract with forward Drake Batherson. Batherson, 23, was Ottawa's fourth-leading scorer last year with 34 points (17 goals, 17 assists).