National Sports

BUFFALO, United States — The Toronto Blue Jays showed Wednesday night why they could be a dangerous wild-card team in the playoffs.

HARRISON, N.J. — Alex Bono tied a club record with his 28th clean sheet and Alejandro Pozuelo showed off his mastery over New York City FC from the penalty spot in a 1-0 Toronto FC win Wednesday.

EDMONTON — Steven Stamkos scored on his first shot since February, left with injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept dominating without him, blowing the Dallas Stars out of an empty arena with a 5-2 rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesda

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry did not mince words when he assessed his team's performance Wednesday night. "We refused to play, that's unfortunate," he said. "We're going to try to lift up our spirits and continue.

When Chicago Bears teammates Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of different colours shared accommodations on the road, it hardly looked like a good fit.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Aces have signed former England youth international Jake Moore from Whitehaven RLFC. Moore joined the Wigan Warriors academy in 2014, spending three years with the club.

HAMILTON — Bobby Smyrniotis' beard is staying.

Rob Howley, a former star scrum half for Wales and the British and Irish Lions whose coaching career was derailed by a betting scandal, has returned to rugby as senior assistant coach for the Canadian national men's team.

There is only one name before Janine Beckie, Kadeisha Buchanan, Gabrielle Carle and the rest of the alphabetized Canadian women's soccer roster on the Canada Soccer website. Quinn. No first name. Just Quinn.

PARIS — Toronto's Steven Diez is one win away from a spot in the French Open men's main draw. Diez advanced to the final round of qualifying with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win over Chris Eubanks of the United States on Wednesday.