National Sports

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers can become the first two CFL teams to secure post-season berths this week. Toronto (9-1) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (6-5) at BMO Field on Saturday afternoon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don’t think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at U.S. Open matches make their frequent requests for “new balls please.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Germany will play the United States in the semifinals of the Basketball World Cup, a rematch of an exhibition matchup from earlier this summer where the Americans needed a big rally to win.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former Athletics ace Chris Bassitt allowed one run in eight strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays took sole possession of the third American League wild-card playoff berth with a 7-1 win over Oakland on Tuesday night.

Tuesday's Scoreboard MLB American League Toronto 7 Oakland 1 Houston 14 Texas 1 Minnesota 8 Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 8 Boston 6 (11 innings) N.Y. Yankees 5 Detroit 1 Kansas City 7 Chicago White Sox 6 Baltimore 5 L.A.

NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff glanced up at one of the 35-foot-wide video boards high atop Arthur Ashe Stadium during a U.S. Open match last week and caught a glimpse of celebrity couple Justin and Hailey Bieber.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian bantamweight Serhiy Sidey won a UFC contract Tuesday by stopping American Ramon (The Savage) Taveras in the first round on "Dana White's Contender Series." "A dream come true," said the 27-year-old from Burlington, Ont.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — It is next to impossible to replace all that Shohei Ohtani can do when standing on a baseball field, although the Los Angeles Angels did their best for a few minutes Tuesday.

OTTAWA — A trio of Canadian Olympic gold medallists were the first players to sign with the Professional Women's Hockey League's team in Ottawa.

MADRID (AP) — The coach of Spain's World Cup-winning women's soccer team was fired Tuesday, less than three weeks after the victory celebration that led to the suspension of the country's soccer federation president for kissing a player.