National Sports

OTTAWA — Marnie McBean is ready to inject some confidence into Canada's Olympic team. McBean was named Canada's chef de mission for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games on Monday as part of the Canada Day festivities at Parliament Hill.

TORONTO — Canadian Marie-Soleil Beaudoin has been appointed to referee Wednesday's Women's World Cup semifinal between the Netherlands and Sweden in Lyon, France.

BROCKVILLE, Ont. — A hydroplane racer from Quebec is dead after a crash on the St. Lawrence river in eastern Ontario. The Hydroplane Racing League says Mathieu Daoust from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.

Sunday's Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 12 Boston 8 Cleveland 2 Baltimore 0 Kansas City 7 Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 6 Texas 2 Houston 6 Seattle 1 Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota 3 Oakland 12 L.A.

Sunday's Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 12 Boston 8 Cleveland 2 Baltimore 0 Kansas City 7 Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 6 Texas 2 Houston 6 Seattle 1 Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota 3 Oakland 12 L.A.

NEW YORK — Kevin Durant is headed to the Brooklyn Nets, leaving the Golden State Warriors after three seasons.

LIMA, Peru — The Canadian women's team has qualified for next year's FIVB Volleyball Nations League after winning the Women's Challenger Cup on Sunday.

JEFFERSON, Iowa — Toronto coach Nick Nurse's improbable path to the NBA title began as a guard for Carroll Kuemper High in the middle of Iowa way back in the 1980s.

TORONTO — Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez remains positive that he will find a way out of a two-month slump that has seen him fail to record a victory in his last 12 starts.

MONTREAL — Andrew Shaw is heading back to the Windy City. The Chicago Blackhawks reacquired the winger from the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday in exchange for second- and seventh-round picks in the 2020 NHL draft and a third-rounder in 2021.