National Sports

Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones has shuffled the deck for Saturday's Pacific Nations Cup test match against host Fiji at ANZ Stadium in Suva. The Canadian men are coming off a 47-19 loss to the U.S. in Glendale, Colo.

MONTREAL — Impact coach Remi Garde saw something special in his team last week when Montreal recorded its biggest win of the season. Now he wants to see it again.

Coach Greg Vanney recalls the first time he saw Jacob Shaffelburg training with the Toronto FC first team. Defender Chris Mavinga went to retrieve a ball with Shaffelburg, playing on his wrong wing, steaming towards him from distance.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have agreed to buy out Michael Stone's contract after the defenceman clears waivers. Stone, 29, had a US$3.5 million cap hit in 2019-20, the final year of a three-year deal. According to capfriendly.

Jake Peacock wasted little time in his pro kickboxing debut earlier this year.

VANCOUVER — Coach Marc Dos Santos says his Vancouver Whitecaps have finally regained their identity as a committed squad after slogging through a dismal losing skid.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts swung a leg out of the 0-6-0 hole they had dug themselves, but they did it the hard way Thursday. McLeod Bethel-Thompson hit S.J.

Thursday's Games CFL Toronto 28 Winnipeg 27 Saskatchewan 24 Hamilton 19 --- MLB American League Toronto 11 Baltimore 2 Houston 7 Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 9 Boston 4 National League Philadelphia 10 San Francisco 2 St.

REGINA — If Cody Fajardo didn't have the confidence of his teammates before, he does now.

LIMA, Peru — Wes Darvill of Langley, B.C., hit a grand slam in a six-run sixth inning and Canada moved a step closer to defending its Pan American Games baseball title with a 10-3 win over Colombia on Thursday.