National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Croatia's Mate Pavic will not defend their Australian Open mixed doubles title.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Guinean international winger Alhassane Bangoura on a one-year loan from Spanish La Liga club Rayo Vallecano. The Whitecaps made the move with the use of targeted allocation money.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadian Milos Raonic is done at the Australian Open — and now is facing another health concern.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Four times, Serena Williams was only one point — a single point — from closing out a victory in the Australian Open quarterfinals. On the first such chance, at 5-1, 40-30 in the third set, she turned her left ankle awkwardly.

LONDON — The search to find missing Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot resumed Wednesday with authorities in the Channel Islands looking at whether the pair may have landed safely and been unable to make contact.

Larry Walker will have to wait for his final year on the ballot to potentially claim a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Those who know Walker aren't concerned that time is running out for the 1997 National League MVP from Maple Ridge, B.C.

Mariano Rivera sailed into the Hall of Fame without a single dissenting vote. Next year, it's Derek Jeter's turn — and don't expect much opposition then, either.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadian Milos Raonic is done at the Australian Open.

CALGARY — A lot of heavy lifting done on their NHL season, the Calgary Flames start an extended rest vowing to come back as strong. Calgary (33-13-5) heads into the all-star break the No. 1 team in the NHL's Western Conference.

Tuesday's Games NHL San Jose 7 Washington 6 (OT) Arizona 3 Ottawa 2 Chicago 3 N.Y.