National Sports

SAN DIEGO — Daria Kasatkina took less than an hour on Tuesday to end Leylah Fernandez's singles experience at the WTA San Diego Open. The eighth-seeded Russian bounced the Montreal athlete 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the WTA 500 Series event.

CHICOUTIMI, Que.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are bidding to host the Canadian Football League Grey Cup championship in either 2024 or 2025, and the Manitoba government is offering up to $5.5 million to help the bid.

NEW YORK (AP) — Here's the Nielsen company's list of the 20 most-watched prime-time television programs for the week of Oct. 3-9: 1. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Baltimore, NBC, 15.88 million. 2. “NFL Pregame,” NBC, 11.85 million. 3. NFL Football: L.

CALGARY — AthletesCAN is asking Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton to outline a clear election process after the national federation abruptly adjourned a heated annual general meeting last month.

Hockey Canada's under-fire leadership finally stepped aside amid blistering and unwavering criticism over the embattled organization's handling of sexual assault allegations.

JACKSON, Miss.

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes, last season's NBA rookie of the year, has been slowed by an ankle issue that has affected his conditioning, according to Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse.

TORONTO — Just a few days after an epic Game 2 collapse knocked his team out of the playoffs, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said the emotions from the loss "were difficult" for everyone involved.

TORONTO — Back in the day, a basketball player might sneak into a gym to work on his shot late at night. Now a Toronto Raptor can do it and have a machine verbally and visually track his shot. And then file it away for future comparison.