National Sports

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Canadian Premier League revealed its newest franchise on Wednesday night — Vancouver FC. Afshin Ghotbi was also named the franchise's first head coach. Vancouver is set to take to the pitch for the upcoming 2023 season.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hammered the night before, Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros desperately needed to figure how to keep Bryce Harper and the Phillies in the ballpark.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 22 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in just 28 minutes, and the Toronto Raptors beat depleted San Antonio 143-100 on Wednesday night, the Spurs’ worst home loss in franchise history.

TORONTO — John Tavares helped ease some of the pressure on his under-fire head coach. At least for a few days.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Jakub Brabenec scored two goals and added one assist as the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-3 on Wednesday.

SARNIA, Ont. — Sasha Pastujov scored the game winner and Dixon Grimes made the game-sealing save in the shootout as the Guelph Storm defeated the Sarnia Sting 6-5 on Wednesday.

TORONTO — League passing leader McLeod Bethel-Thompson and CFL outstanding player award winner Zach Collaros top the respective divisional all-star teams.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies' 7-0 win over Houston in Game 3 of the World Series was seen by 11,162,000 viewers on Fox, down 2.7% from last year's third game. Atlanta's 2-0 victory over the Astros last season was seen by 11,469,000.

CALGARY — Getting to B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke on Sunday requires taking care of a first order of business, according to Calgary Stampeders sack specialist Shawn Lemon. "We've just got to be disruptive," the Calgary defensive end declared.

The NHL's digitally enhanced dasherboards are here to stay. And additions are coming to a system that currently showcases advertisements. The league launched the new look on NHL game broadcasts this season.