National Sports

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.

NEW YORK — The Montreal Impact's win streak has come to an end on the road. Ronald Matarrita had a goal and an assist to lead New York City FC to a 3-0 victory over the Impact on Wednesday night, snapping Montreal's run at four wins.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Nazem Kadri has always seen himself as a No. 1 centre, but he'd have no problem being No. 3 on the Toronto Maple Leafs' depth chart this season after the addition of John Tavares.

There's something about coming off a bye week that agrees with quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary (3-0) returns from the bye Thursday night in Ottawa against the Redblacks (2-1) in a matchup of division leaders.

TORONTO — When Formula One's Juan Pablo Montoya and NASCAR's Jeff Gordon famously swapped cars in a 2003 speed demonstration at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Robert Wickens and James Hinchcliffe were paying close attention.

MOSCOW — In a literal case of life imitating art, Mick Jagger went to see England and England lost. The Rolling Stones frontman was at the Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday to see Croatia beat England 2-1 in extra time in the World Cup semifinals.

LONDON — Battling both his opponent's powerful serve and his own injury-prone body, Canadian Milos Raonic made a quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon for the second year in a row. Raonic, the No.

LONDON — Roger Federer was a point away from a rather tidy, straight-set victory in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. One lousy point.