National Sports

TORONTO — Alistair Johnston and Nichelle Prince have been named Canada Soccer’s players of the month for September.

TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League has confirmed its playoff format for late November. The top team in the regular-season standings will play No. 4 while No. 2 meets No. 3 in one-game playoffs Nov. 20 or 21. The two winners will then meet Nov.

MONTREAL — U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez will lead Canada's team into the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup women's international tennis tournament.

Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo have been named to Canada men's hockey team for the Beijing Olympics. General manager Doug Armstrong confirmed the news in an interview with the NHL's official website.

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Michael Stone and Glenn Gawdin scored 5:41 apart in the second period to push the Calgary Flames past the expansion Seattle Kraken 4-1 in NHL pre-season on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — Seeing fans in the stands at Rogers Arena Sunday night was fuel for Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat.

TORONTO — It was a Breeders' Stakes to remember for jockey Patrick Husbands and unheralded British Royalty.

TORONTO — In a matter of minutes, the final day of the Blue Jays' dramatic 91-win season went from cloud nine to crashing down to earth.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rafael Devers and the rest of the Boston Red Sox knew going into the regular season's final day that they were in a win-and-in scenario for the playoffs.

MADRID (AP) — After its third stumble in a week, there's suddenly cause for concern at Real Madrid. Madrid lost 2-1 at Espanyol on Sunday to see its 25-game unbeaten streak in the Spanish league come to an end.