National Sports

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Once he finally secured tickets for his famous father, Will Wagner had a major league debut to remember.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bowden Francis pitched seven dominant innings and Will Wagner got hits in the first three at-bats of his major-league debut as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Monday night.

MONTREAL — Australia’s Alexei Popyrin, the No.

TORONTO — Jessica Pegula had just lost her first set of the National Bank Open.

The arrival terminals at airports in Toronto and Montreal were filled with cheers on Monday as fans and family gathered to give a hero’s welcome to Canadian Olympians returning home from the Paris Games with a record-breaking medal haul.

CBC says 27 million TV viewers tuned in to the Paris Games over 17 days of coverage on CBC and its broadcast partners, including Sportsnet, TSN and RDS.

PLATTSBURGH — Chris Johnston just missed out on his record second Elite Series win Monday. Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., had to settle for an agonizing second at the Series event on Lake Champlain.

The Paris Games are over and the Summer Olympics torch is moving on to Los Angeles in 2028.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have re-signed forward Adam Klapka and defenceman Yan Kuznetsov to one-year contract extensions, the NHL club announced Monday. Both are two-way contracts worth US$750,000 at the NHL level.

Ontaria Wilson has been quite a find for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The six-foot, 175-pound rookie is the CFL club's top receiver with 37 catches for 575 yards and two touchdowns at the halfway point of the season for Winnipeg (3-6).