National Sports

TORONTO — The pride in playing for Canada was nurtured from a very early age, says veteran forward Natalie Achonwa.

VIERA, Fla. — Taiwan erased an early four-run deficit to defeat Canada 6-4 on Thursday in the super-round finale for both teams at the women's baseball World Cup.

MONTREAL — Max Pacioretty's agent has denied a report saying his client has asked to be traded. Agent Allan Walsh said Tuesday on his verified account on Twitter that the Canadiens captain has repeatedly expressed his wish to stay in Montreal.

The Toronto Blue Jays' top prospect is heading to the Arizona Fall League following his triple-A season. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was named to the Surprise Saguaros roster on Thursday along with former double-A teammates Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio.

MAYNOOTH, Ireland — Canada made up a big move up the leaderboard in the second round of the world amateur women's team golf championship. Jaclyn Lee of Calgary, Naomi Ko of Victoria and Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont.

TORONTO — Tennessee defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo was named the top prospect for the 2019 CFL draft Thursday in the league scouting bureau's first top-20 list. The native of Surrey, B.C.

Los Angeles FC knows that to apply the brakes to Toronto FC, you've got to disrupt Michael Bradley. And no one knows the TFC midfield general better than Bob Bradley, his father and LAFC coach.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University says the NCAA has cleared it of any rules violations in the Larry Nassar sexual-assault scandal.

NASEBY, New Zealand — Canadian curlers Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing are off to a winning start to the season.

TORONTO — Ask Steven Beitashour about the advantages of playing for Los Angeles FC and the former Toronto FC fullback reels off a shopping list of reasons. Weather. LAFC's state-of-the-art facilities. Proximity to his family.