National Sports

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Carson Branstine upset women's top seed Liudmila Samsonova while fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo downed men's eighth seed Jordan Thompson on Wednesday at the Libema Open grass-court tennis tournament. Branstine, ranked No.

TORONTO — Coach Jesse Marsch has a message for Vancouver ahead of Canada’s Gold Cup opener against Honduras next week: We need your support.

MONTREAL — Montreal's Lance Stroll has been cleared to race in this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix after missing the Spanish GP due to pain in his hand and wrist.

EDMONTON — More often than not, lifelong Edmonton Oilers fan Jacob Golka can be seen on game nights with his back to the screen and his hands hard at work.

VICTORIA — Summer McIntosh came within a blink of an eye of breaking swimming’s oldest women’s world record at the Bell Canadian Swimming Trials on Tuesday night.

TORONTO — It was a draw, a loss and a win — all in one. But when the dust settled, Canada emerged victorious at the inaugural Canadian Shield Tournament.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andrés Giménez and Alejandro Kirk each homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 on Tuesday night. Chris Bassitt (7-3) gave up four runs on six hits in seven innings for the Blue Jays.

SEATTLE (AP) — Elly Garcia-Dudek can’t help but gaze out toward the ice during hockey practices at the Kraken Community Iceplex.

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Oilers were keen to turn the page. Then they had to pivot.

HALIFAX — The Halifax Tides have finally hit the win column in the Northern Super League.