National Sports

There seemed to be no route to goal for Mohamed Salah when he received the ball at a standing start just inside the area with three opponents around him.

A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup — and a big crowd in rainbow colors to cheer them on.

BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland scored twice on his return for Borussia Dortmund to beat Mainz 3-1 and move to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday.

WATFORD, England (AP) — With a deft touch, a roll of the ball with his studs, a dummy and then a sublime finish into the bottom corner, Mohamed Salah produced another goal-of-the-season contender to headline Liverpool’s 5-0 win at Watford in the Prem

Friday's Games MLB post-season American League Championship Series Houston 5, Boston 4. (First game of best-of-seven series) --- CFL Winnipeg 26 Edmonton 16.

EDMONTON — Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the first CFL team to secure a playoff berth. Collaros threw two touchdown passes Winnipeg defeated the Edmonton Elks 26-16 on Friday night.

Arshdeep Bains scored three goals and added an assist to power the Red Deer Rebels past the Calgary Hitmen 8-1 in WHL action Friday night. Red Deer led 3-1 after the first period before putting the contest away with four goals in the second.

Julien Anctil's goal at 18:16 of the third period earned the Sherbrooke Phoenix a 7-6 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in QMJHL action Friday night.

Marco Costantini stopped 36 shots to lead the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 4-0 win over the Niagara IceDogs in OHL action Friday night. Mark Duarte, George Diaco, Avery Hayes and Jonathan Melee had the goals for Hamilton (3-0).

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller scored shootout goals and Vancouver scored four times in the second period to lead the Canucks past the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Friday night.