• Sports

    Blue Jays earn franchise record-tying 10th straight home win, complete sweep of Giants

    Bo Bichette had two doubles and two runs batted in, George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger each homered and the Blue Jays swept the visiting San Francisco Giants with an 8-6 victory on Sunday afternoon. Guerrero and Alejandro Kirk added RBI singles for Toronto, which posted its franchise record-tying 10th consecutive home win at Rogers Centre. Starter Jose Berrios pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on 89 pitches. Berrios allowed eight hits and walked one batter while striking out five. Yariel Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth in relief to earn the save. Robbie Ray made his…

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    Trump’s latest demand: Washington football, Cleveland baseball teams should change names back

    President Donald Trump wants Washington’s football franchise and Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to their former names. Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social site that “The Washington `Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past. Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a…

  • Political news

    U.S. commerce secretary dismisses question that free trade with Canada is dead

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is dismissing the question of whether U.S. free trade with Canada is dead, calling the notion “silly” and saying a substantial amount of Canadian goods enter the U.S. tariff-free under the current North American free trade deal. “We have a plan called [the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement], virtually 75 per cent of all goods coming from Mexico and Canada are already coming tariff-free,” Lutnick said in an interview on Face the Nation that aired Sunday morning on CBS. But in the same breath, Lutnick suggested tariffs on Canada are here to stay, for now. “The president understands that…

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    Pato O’Ward takes Toronto race for 9th career IndyCar victory

    Sports·New Pato O’Ward has won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto over Rinus Veekay and Kyffin Simpson. Colton Herta was the defending champion and held pole position for today’s race but finished fourth. Lone Canadian Devlin DeFrancesco 8 laps behind following accident in 37th lap The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 20, 2025 2:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago Mexico’s Pato O’Ward, a seven-year IndyCar Series veteran, was the fastest to complete 90 laps around the 11-turn, 2.874-kilometre street course at Toronto’s fairgrounds on Sunday. (Sammy Kogan/Canadian Press) Pato O’Ward has won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy…

  • Golf News

    Scheffler cruises to British Open title, has U.S. Open left to complete career Grand Slam

    Scottie Scheffler had all the time in the world to celebrate his latest major title. This British Open was never in doubt Sunday as golf’s No. 1 player delivered another dominant performance to win his second major this year and grab the third leg of the career Grand Slam. Scheffler began with a shot into 10 inches for birdie. One hour into the final round, his lead already was seven shots and no got closer than four the rest of the way at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. He closed with a 3-under 68 for a four-shot victory, sending him…

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    Canada comes up short of bronze against Spain at FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup

    Sports·New Somtochukwu-Blessed Okafor hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:17 left as Spain spoiled Canada’s effort to repeat as a bronze medallist with a 70-68 win at the FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup. Okafor hits go-ahead 3 late to deny Canadians repeat bronze in narrow 70-68 loss The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 20, 2025 1:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago Canada’s Syla Swords, seen during a game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, led the team with 20 points in its 70-68 loss to Spain in the bronze match of the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup on…

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    Novak Djokovic, top-ranked Jannik Sinner withdraw from Toronto’s National Bank Open with injuries

    Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner, 24-time Grand Slam title winner Novak Djokovic and No. 5-ranked Jack Draper all withdrew Sunday from the National Bank Open in Toronto, citing injuries. The Masters 1000 tournament runs from July 26 to Aug. 7 at Sobeys Stadium. The No. 1-ranked Sinner blamed his right elbow, which he hurt in a fall in the fourth round at the All England Club on the way to his first title there and fourth major trophy. He won his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto in 2023. “Winning that title in Toronto two years ago was the start of a really…

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    ‘Pay us what you owe us’: WNBA All-Stars make statement with warmup shirts over CBA

    The WNBA All-Stars wanted to send a clear message to the league on the game’s brightest stage. All of the players on Team Clark and Team Collier warmed up for Saturday night’s WNBA All-Star Game in shirts that read “Pay us what you owe us.” “We get a very tiny percentage of all the money that’s made through the WNBA, which obviously is made through the entertainment we provide,” said Napheesa Collier on the decision to wear the shirts. “So we want a fair and reasonable percentage of that.” The idea was hatched Saturday morning at a players meeting. The…

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    Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak notified of anti-doping rules violation

    Swim star Penny Oleksiak of Toronto has been notified of an apparent anti-doping rule violation by the International Testing Agency. According to the ITA, Oleksiak committed three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period between October 2024 and June 2025. The three-time Olympian has been made aware of the case and has accepted a voluntary provisional suspension pending the resolution of the matter. She has the right to provide her explanations for each of the three whereabouts failures. Given the case is underway, there will be no further comments from the ITA, World Aquatics or Oleksiak during the ongoing proceedings. That…

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    Shapovalov wins Mifel Tennis Open in straight sets for 2nd title of season

    The tropical area at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula is best known for its beaches, resorts and sport fishing. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., reeled in a big catch of his own Saturday with a victory in the men’s singles final of the Mifel Tennis Open in one hour 11 minutes. Shapovalov defeated seventh-seeded American Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-2 to win the ATP 250 event at the Cabo Sports Complex. The first set took only 35 minutes to complete. Shapovalov led most categories in the final. He had six aces, won 20 points while receiving, won three…