National Sports

SAO PAULO — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was fined 50,000 euros ($57,200) by stewards Saturday at the Brazilian Grand Prix after video taken from the grandstands at Interlagos showed the Formula One championship leader touching the rear wing of riv

FLORENCE, Italy — Italy lost three more players on Saturday ahead of its final World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back Zack Moss was cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol on Saturday. Moss was listed as questionable for Sunday's game at the New York Jets.

CINCINNATI — Christian Pulisic sent a message — with his head and his undershirt. Take that, Mexico. Pulisic and the Americans are back atop the region.

BRUSSELS — Canada survived an early red card to defeat a young Belgium side 24-0 Saturday, evening its record on its two-game European rugby tour.

VANCOUVER — The Calgary Stampeders have clinched their spot in the playoffs, but head coach Dave Dickenson says there's still lots of work to be done. “We’re not even close to the team we can be.

EDMONTON — Before the Canadian men's national soccer team faced Costa Rica on Friday, coach John Herdman passed on some wisdom he'd received earlier in the week from NBA coaching legend Phil Jackson — "play the game, not the occasion.

TORONTO — Kurleigh Gittens Jr. and the Toronto Argonauts will carry home-field advantage into the CFL playoffs.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews knew his stick was damaged as he moved in alone on an overtime breakaway Friday. The Maple Leafs sniper fired into the pads of Flames backup goalie Dan Vladar before promptly heading to the bench to reload.

OTTAWA — Canada Soccer says it has hired a firm to review its investigation into allegations of misconduct levied against the former head coach of the national women's under-20 team.