National Sports

HAMILTON — Jamal Peters will host several friends and familiar faces Saturday night but won't exactly be feeling hospitable. Peters faces his former team for the first time when Hamilton (0-5) takes on archrival Toronto (3-2) at Tim Hortons Field.

VANCOUVER — After making it look easy the last few games, head coach Vanni Sartini expects things will get harder for the Vancouver Whitecaps as the race for the Major League Soccer playoffs heats up.

OTTAWA — Sports minister Carla Qualtrough announced Friday a group of 14 Canadian athletes who will form a Ministerial Athlete Advisory Committee.

GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (2) quarterfinal loss to Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Friday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are back home after a nine-game road trip and MLB all-star break.

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Ben Silverman birdied seven of his last nine holes and scored 19 points to take the lead Thursday in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers sent Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz on Thursday in a sign-and-trade deal for point guard Kris Dunn.

TORONTO — DaShaun Amos and Royce Metchie are together again on the football field. The two are back starting alongside each other in the Toronto Argonauts' secondary.

CASTIONS DI STRADA, ITALY — Larissa Franklin hit a walkoff home run in the seventh inning as Canada defeated the Netherlands 6-3 in the first game of the Softball World Cup super round Thursday. "I'm so proud of this team," Franklin said.

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Hye-Jin Choi birdied her final two holes late Thursday afternoon for a 7-under 64 and a one-stroke lead in the Dana Open for Children.