National Sports

TORONTO — A 13-pitch, ninth-inning at-bat from rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. may have ended in a double play, but it had his Blue Jays teammates and manager filled with marvel on Sunday.

TORONTO — As soon as Bianca Andreescu heard that Serena Williams was retiring from their Rogers Cup final, she went to her opponent's bench, took a knee, and started consoling the veteran tennis player.

LIMA, Peru — Canada's archery team defeated Chile 5-4 in the men's team recurve final and Crispin Duenas added gold in the men's individual recurve — earning Canada a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the process — as competition at the 2019 Pan Ame

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United started its Premier League campaign with a morale-boosting 4-0 win over old rival Chelsea with the world's most expensive defender Harry Maguire impressing on his debut for the hosts.

NINGBO, China — Canada's men's volleyball team finished up its Olympic qualification tournament with a 3-0 win over Finland on Sunday. Set scores were 25-16, 26-24, 25-20 in a match that had no bearing on qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Games.

LIMA, Peru — Olympic fencing medallist Race Imboden took a knee in protest during his team's foil medal ceremony at the Pan American Games.

HAMILTON — Once again, diminutive Brandon Banks stood tall for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Dane Evans hit Banks on a 23-yard scoring strike with 1:02 remaining to rally Hamilton to a thrilling 35-34 home win over the B.C. Lions on Saturday night.

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Sebastian Schweinsteiger scored in the 88th minute to help the Chicago Fire beat the Montreal Impact 3-2 on Saturday night.

TORONTO — Turning a losing result into a draw typically would be cause for celebration. But with nine games remaining in the regular season and just three at home, Toronto FC wasn't smiling after rallying for a single point on Saturday.

MONTREAL — Adrenaline pumping through his veins following a gutsy quarterfinal victory, Gael Monfils was ready to head right back onto centre court and battle one of the game's greats under the Rogers Cup lights. His coach had other ideas.