National Sports

Former swim champion Benoit Huot has been named Canada's chef de mission for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Commonwealth Sport Canada made the announcement Tuesday on the two-year countdown to the Birmingham Games.

WASHINGTON — Hayden Bluth is just one of at least 41,313 Washington-area baseball fans who weren't allowed inside the gates Monday at Nationals Park. But he's the only one who showed up anyway. Bluth, a New York Mets fan from the nearby D.C.

WASHINGTON — PRELEDE FOR TUESDAY AM Hayden Bluth is just one of at least 41,313 Washington-area baseball fans who weren't allowed inside the gates Monday at Nationals Park. But he's the only one who showed up anyway.

NHL hockey returns today after a months-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON — Because of injuries, the can't-play-in-Toronto Blue Jays were without their leadoff hitter and their closer against the Washington Nationals on Monday night. The two guys who took over those jobs came through.

Monday's Games (All Times Eastern) MLB Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 0 Toronto 4 Washington 1 Atlanta 14 Tampa Bay 5 Kansas City 14 Detroit 6 Houston 8 Seattle 6 N.Y. Mets 7 Boston 4 Milwaukee 6 Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 8 Cincinnati 7 N.Y.

ST. CATHERINES, Ont. — Xavier Moon and Jordan Baker combined for 44 points in an 89-82 Edmonton Stingers victory over the Ottawa Blackjacks Monday in the Canadian Elite Basketball League Summer Series.

WASHINGTON — Top Toronto Blue Jays prospect Nate Pearson will make his major-league debut Wednesday night in Washington against the Nationals.

WASHINGTON — Nine months after bearing witness to a thrilling World Series, the stands at Nationals Park stood desolate and deserted Monday as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the reigning champs and Major League Baseball's pandemic-racked season lurch

Dozens of Canadian university football players facing an abbreviated career because of the COVID-19 pandemic have been given a reprieve.