National Sports

CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco smiled when asked about his overpowering performance against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. It's easy to see why.

TORONTO — Expanding opportunities for Toronto's youth was the focus of a meeting between prominent black business leaders and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday.

SAN ANTONIO — Si Woo Kim's narrow miss of a second hole-in-one on consecutive days at the Valero Texas Open was deceiving.

CALGARY — Jennifer Abel capped a golden Saturday for Canadian divers at the Canada Cup. The native of Laval, Que., captured the third gold medal of the day for the home country by winning the women's three-metre event. "Feels good," Abel, 27, said.

TORONTO — Four races. Four gold medals. Markus Thormeyer and coach Tom Johnson drew up a plan for the Canadian swimming trials months ago, and the 21-year-old swimmer executed it to perfection.

MINNEAPOLIS — The longest active streak of missing the NBA playoffs belongs to Sacramento, where general manager Vlade Divac has been trying to return the Kings to the league's elite over the last four seasons.

Toronto's perfect start to the MLS season ended Saturday in a 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire. It was an uneven performance against a Chicago team that stacked its defence and looked to counter-attack. Toronto dominated the first half, when it had 75.

TORONTO — Four players from the Toronto-based Don Mills Flyers were selected in the top 10 picks at the Ontario Hockey League draft on Saturday.

ESPOO, Finland — The United States exploited moments of poor puck management by Canada in a 3-2 win in the group stage at the women's world hockey championship Saturday.

NEW YORK — Evan Bush had four saves for his first shutout of the season to help the Montreal Impact to a 0-0 tie with New York City FC on Saturday.