National Sports

LONDON — Canada has drawn into a group with Spain and Poland at the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup finals. The international women's team tennis tournament held its draw on Wednesday.

PARIS — Canada's Carol Zhao was eliminated from the women's French Open qualifying tournament with a 6-4, 6-1 loss to Czechia's Sara Bejlek on Wednesday. Bejlek won 73 per cent of first service points and 67 per cent of points on second serve.

DALLAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights kept their composure and got the best payback after an ugly hit early against their captain.

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars could be without captain Jamie Benn for more than all of that time he missed in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final after being ejected for his ugly hit early against Vegas captain Mark Stone .

MIAMI (AP) — Down nine early in the third quarter, down 3-0 in the series, the Boston Celtics knew their season was completely on the brink. Three minutes later, everything looked different.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays dugout got a laugh when slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. struck out against a position player. Given a second chance against Luke Raley, Guerrero hit his fourth career grand slam.

VALLADOLID, Spain — Canadian forward Cyle Larin scored a goal and added an assist to help Real Valladolid move out of La Liga's relegation zone with a 3-1 upset win over champion Barcelona on Tuesday. The 28-year-old from Brampton, Ont.

RIGA, Latvia — Tyler Myers scored the winning goal just over four minutes into the third period as Canada ended preliminary-round play at the men's world hockey championship Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Czechia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays made five roster moves ahead of Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

TORONTO — Hey Toronto sports fans: don't let the disappointment, underperformance and unsettling times with your city's professional teams get you down. At least the Grey Cup champion Argonauts will soon be back in action.