National Sports

ANTALYA — Canada's men's volleyball continued its preparations for the Paris Olympics with a 3-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday in Volleyball Nations League action. Eric Loeppky of Steinbach, Man.

PARIS — Marina Stakusic's bid for her first entry in a Grand Slam main draw has fallen just short. The 19-year-old tennis player from Mississauga, Ont.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — First, he wanted out. Then he opted to stay. Finally, Barcelona said enough is enough and decided to part ways.

CALGARY — Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson wants more interceptions out of his team this CFL season. Demerio Houston intends to oblige him.

SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. — Tyson Philpot looks around training camp and sees an opportunity to be the Montreal Alouettes' No. 1 receiving option.

MILAN, Italy (AP) — AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli is leaving the Italian club at the end of the season after a near five-year stint that included the 2022 Serie A title.

Connor McDavid redirected a pass from Evan Bouchard 32 seconds into double OT as Edmonton defeated Dallas 3-2 to grab a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference final.

DETROIT (AP) — Replay reviews were unavailable to the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers throughout much of their game Thursday night at Comerica Park because of a technical issue that affected both team broadcasts.

DETROIT (AP) — Kevin Gausman struck out a season-best 10 in six innings, Daulton Varsho hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Toronto Blue Jays pulled away for a 9-1 victory over the skidding Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.

VANCOUVER — The Whitecaps say Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is not expected to be in Inter Miami CF's lineup when the two clubs face off in Vancouver on Saturday.