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Toronto FC is coming home Thursday, at least to train and sleep in its own beds. But head coach Chris Armas won't be making the trip, paying the price for Saturday's humiliating 7-1 loss at D.C. United and the string of defeats that preceded it.

Toronto FC president Bill Manning says he is optimistic the MLS team will soon be able to play games back at BMO Field. Toronto, which finished out the 2020 campaign in East Hartford, Conn.

CHICAGO (AP) — The United States’ first home World Cup qualifier, against Canada on Sept. 5, will be at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The venue for the match, announced Sunday, will follow the Americans’ opener at El Salvador on Sept.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Austin Meadows had three hits, including two RBI doubles, and the Tampa Bay Rays ended their 10-game road losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

STOCKHOLM — Canada's Marco Arop raced to a silver medal in the 800 metres at the Stockholm Diamond League meet on Sunday. The 22-year-old from Edmonton crossed in a personal best time of one minute 44 seconds.

Benedict Mathurin poured in 30 points to lead Canada to a 100-75 victory over Japan at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup on Sunday.

MONTREAL — The Canadiens have overcome wave after wave of adversity in 2021.

Saturday's Games NBA Best-of-Seven Conference Finals Milwaukee 118 Atlanta 107 (Milwaukee wins series 4-2) --- MLB American League Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 6 Minnesota 3 Detroit 11 Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 3 Cleveland 2 Oakland 7 Boston 6

HARRISON, N.J. — Mathieu Choiniere's smile said it all. The homegrown CF Montreal player was grinning from ear to ear after scoring his first Major League Soccer goal in a 1-0 triumph over Inter Miami Saturday night at Red Bull Arena.

WINNIPEG — Raphael Ohin and Moses Dyer scored to lead Valour FC over Atletico Ottawa 2-0 Saturday in Canadian Premier League play. First-place Valour improved to 3-0-0 to continue its perfect start to the new CPL season.