National Sports

TORONTO — Cricket Canada has high hopes for the Global T20 Canada tournament. "I believe this is a beginning of building Canada as a cricket nation," said Canada Cricket president Ranjit Saini.

FAIR LAWN, N.J. — The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested and charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the death of a 25-year-man whose body was found in the NFL player's New Jersey home.

YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Sweden was so dominant against Mexico at the World Cup that the best Mexican plays of the night were made 600 miles away by South Koreans.

MOSCOW — Worried no more, Brazil is through at the World Cup. Paulinho and Thiago Silva scored a goal each Wednesday to give the five-time champions a 2-0 victory over Serbia and first place in their group.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors extended qualifying offers to Fred VanVleet, Malcolm Miller and Nando De Colo on Wednesday to retain their free agent rights.

ATLANTA — A body found inside a beer cooler at the major league home of the Atlanta Braves belongs to a Minnesota inventor who was doing contract work at the stadium, police in Atlanta's suburbs said Wednesday.

KAZAN, Russia — Everyone was waiting for Germany to score another late World Cup-saving goal. It never came.

TORONTO — Jay Triano recalls a Canadian basketball team practice he was coaching in 2012. Steve Nash was at the opposite end of the court working with a 12-year-old boy and the scene caught Triano's eye. The boy was R.J. Barrett.

Home field is definitely an advantage for the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary (2-0) hosts the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday night having complied a stellar 40-6 record at McMahon Stadium over the last six seasons.

TORONTO — Disgraced former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith dominated talk Wednesday on the eve of the Global T20 Canada tournament.