National Sports

MONTREAL — While there's no love lost between the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders, neither team is looking for a repeat of last game's fireworks.

Toronto FC goes into the final weekend of the MLS regular season knowing it is playoff-bound but uncertain of where and against who. Currently sixth in the MLS Eastern Conference, Toronto (12-10-11) could finish anywhere from fourth to seventh.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have exercised the fourth-year team option on the rookie-scale contract of OG Anunoby. The forward is now signed through the 2020-21 season.

BEIJING — After a thrilling quarterfinal at the China Open, Bianca Andreescu and Naomi Osaka embraced at the net and exchanged compliments. It could be the first of many similar moments between two of the top players in women's tennis.

TORONTO — Having endured 17 surgeries during a distinguished career, veteran Toronto Wolfpack forward Jon Wilkin knows all about the physical toll of playing rugby league for a living.

After enduring a 63-0 beating at the hands of three-time champion New Zealand, things don't get any easier for Canada at the Rugby World Cup in Japan with two-time winner South Africa up next.

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have signed Brayden Schenn to an eight-year contract extension worth $52 million, locking up one of their top centres after their run to the Stanley Cup championship last season.

Canadian Chase Claypool is living up to the lofty billing of No. 1 receiver for the University of Notre Dame. The six-foot-four, 229-pound native of Abbotsford, B.C.

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers overpowered the Nationals on the mound and at the plate, extending the dominance that led to a franchise-record 106 victories in the regular season right on into the playoffs.

DENVER — Mikko Rantanen missed training camp and the preseason, yet showed he hasn't missed a beat after a summer of uncertainty.