National Sports

TOKYO — Moments after Julia Grosso's kick deflected off the hands of the Swedish keeper and into the goal, her Canadian teammates charged onto the pitch at Tokyo Stadium in jubilation.

TOKYO — Andre De Grasse ran a blistering anchor leg, and Canada's men's 4x100 relay team won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics. It's the third medal of the Games, and sixth Olympic medal overall, for De Grasse. The 26-year-old from Markham, Ont.

YOKOHAMA, Japan — The Canadian women's soccer team is celebrating an Olympic title at the Tokyo Games. Canada defeated Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks to win the gold medal after the teams finished extra time tied at one.

TOKYO (AP) — Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team earned an encore performance in qualifying Friday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed Sheeran will perform in a concert to kickoff the NFL season opener in Florida next month. The NFL announced Friday that Sheeran will headline a pregame concert Sept. 9 at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida.

TOKYO — Canada's Moh Ahmed has won a silver medal with a gutsy effort in the men's 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics.

WINNIPEG — Kenny Lawler may have caught two touchdown passes, but running back Brady Oliveira felt he really scored big after the Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19-6 Thursday in the 2021 CFL season-opener.

Thursday's Games CFL Winnipeg 19 Hamilton 6 --- MLB American League Toronto 3 Cleveland 0 Detroit 8 Boston 1 L.A. Angels 5 Texas 0 N.Y. Yankees 5 Seattle 3 Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 2 Minnesota 5 Houston 3 National League Miami 4 N.Y.

CALGARY — Canada's national women's hockey team is out for redemption at the upcoming world championship being held later this month in Calgary.

TORONTO — Ross Stripling demonstrated for the second straight outing he wants to stay in the Toronto Blue Jays rotation.