National Sports

VANCOUVER — Playoff pressure is building for the Vancouver Whitecaps as September comes to an end. With just 10 games to go in the Major League Soccer's regular season, the 'Caps (7-8-9) sit four points out of the post-season picture.

Toronto FC's game in Colorado on Saturday will be part reunion, albeit with three points on the line. The Rapids are full of TFC connections starting with head coach Robin Fraser, a former TFC assistant who took over the Colorado team in August 2019.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will get a home-field advantage boost when they return to Rogers Centre next week.

TORONTO — Ontario is opening the door wider for fans at sporting events, just in time for the NHL season and baseball's stretch drive.

OBERSTDORF, Germany — Roman Sadovsky earned a second spot for Canada in the men’s singles figure skating competition at the 2022 Beijing Olympics by placing eighth at the Nebelhorn Trophy on Friday. The 22-year-old from Vaughan, Ont.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts will be minus quarterback Nick Arbuckle and Canadian linebackers Henoc Muamba and Cameron Judge for their game Friday night against the Montreal Alouettes.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia — Canada's men open against Germany and the women's first opponent is Switzerland in Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. The International Ice Hockey Federation announced schedules Thursday at its semi-annual congress in St.

Phil Berna took close to a month off after the Tokyo Olympics and then the competitive juices started flowing again. "I called myself back into training," said the 25-year-old from Vancouver.

LONDON (AP) — Oleksandr Usyk is giving up 19 pounds (9 kilograms) on world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for their fight on Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Gordon drove in four runs and Michael Pineda won his third straight start as the Minnesota Twins beat Toronto 7-2 on Thursday night to bump the Blue Jays back in the AL wild-card race.