National Sports

Canadians R. Stewart Thompson and Jason Neale are moving up in the soccer world. Peterborough United FC, the team they combined to buy a 50-per-cent share of in March 2018, has won promotion to England's second-tier.

Wayne Gretzky is entering the hockey broadcasting world. The NHL's all-time leading scorer signed a multi-year deal to become a studio analyst with American-based Turner Sports on Wednesday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Gunfire erupted Wednesday at a railyard in San Jose and a sheriff’s spokesman said there were multiple fatalities and injuries and that the suspect is dead.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Actor and professional wrestler John Cena has apologized to fans in China after he called Taiwan a country in a promotional interview for his upcoming film and became the latest celebrity to face the fury of Chinese nationalists

CHICAGO (AP) — No arguing this: Cowboy Joe is No. 1 on the chart. Joe West set baseball's umpiring record when the Chicago White Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL — Alex Galchenyuk had plenty of memorable nights inside the Bell Centre.

CALGARY — Ann-Sophie Bettez scored once and set up two more as part of a four-goal third period, and Team Bauer pulled away to beat Team Scotiabank 6-1 on Tuesday at the Secret Cup women's hockey tournament in Calgary.

NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Matz returned to New York with his finest outing in two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league-leading 16th home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-2 Tuesday night.

Andrew Wiggins' announcement was perfectly understated: a photo of himself, head bowed, during the national anthem posted on his Instagram page. "Team Canada" was written across it in block letters. The former No.

EDMONTON — A day after a triple-overtime loss ended their season in an unexpected fashion, the Edmonton Oilers were trying to move on.