National Sports

EDMONTON — Playing from behind and taking untimely penalties, like they did in a recent 20-17 loss to the Toronto Argonauts, have become bad habits for the Edmonton Eskimos.

TORONTO — Canadians of Croatian descent are eagerly anticipating the World Cup final that will see Croatia go up against France, saying the game will mark a moment of immense pride for fans of the team.

TORONTO — Max Chilton and Jordan King's despair was Sebastien Bourdais' delight.

WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck is cashing in after a breakout season that saw him emerge as one of the top goaltenders in the NHL.

TORONTO — Henoc Muamba has emerged as one of the CFL's top defensive players, but he didn't always enjoy the physical nature of football. In fact early on, the Montreal Alouettes star linebacker went to great lengths to avoid contact.

TORONTO — Paul Tracy has never been one to pull his punches.

MOSCOW — Croatia's legs seemed heavy, burdened by the accumulated toll of consecutive penalty-kicks wins needed to get this far.

Wednesday's Games World Cup Semifinal in Moscow Croatia 2 England 1 (extra time) --- MLB American League Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 2 Minnesota 8 Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 9 Baltimore 0 Boston 4 Texas 2 Oakland 8 Houston 3 Seattle 3 L.A.

ATLANTA — Ozzie Albies' first career multihomer game was special. Making his mother's wish come true was even better.

KING CITY, Ont. — Canadian cricketers are viewing the Global T20 league as an opportunity to improve their play at a high level. If they can see some game action, that is.