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MONTREAL — The Alouettes defied critics and expectations in the first half of the year. Now they want to prove their record is more than just a fluke.

TORONTO — A career performance could've been so much more for Justin Herdman-Reed. The five-foot-10, 223-pound linebacker registered his first two career sacks and a team-high eight tackles Monday in the Toronto Argonauts' 38-27 road loss Hamilton.

TORONTO — Teenager Jonathan David has started this season as he finished the last — on target.

TOKYO — South Korean Olympic officials have called on Japan to ban its "rising sun" flag at the 2020 Tokyo Games after claiming it represents a "militaristic and imperial past.

DONGGUAN, China — Canada's men's basketball team finally has a World Cup victory — and some positive momentum in a FIBA World Cup tournament that had been a non-stop narrative of disappointment. Cory Joseph will take it.

NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal kept pulling away in his U.S. Open quarterfinal, then getting reeled back in by Diego Schwartzman. In the first set, Nadal led 4-0 before Schwartzman got to 4-all.

Wednesday's Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 4 Texas 1 Cleveland 8 Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 6 Minnesota 2 Kansas City 5 Detroit 4 Oakland 4 L.A. Angels 0 National League Wednesday's Games N.Y.

Wednesday's Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 4 Texas 1 Cleveland 8 Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 6 Minnesota 2 Kansas City 5 Detroit 4 Oakland 4 L.A. Angels 0 National League Wednesday's Games N.Y.

NEW YORK — Bianca Andreescu, the Canadian comeback kid, was at it again Wednesday night. And it earned her a spot in the U.S. Open women's singles semifinals. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

NHL players have yet to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement with less than two weeks before the deadline to do so.