National Sports

TORONTO — Canadian teenager Jacen Russell-Rowe showed off his skill and sense of occasion Wednesday. The 19-year-old forward from nearby Brampton, Ont.

HAMILTON — William Akio scored and a scrappy Valour FC topped Forge FC 1-0 in Canadian Premier League play on Wednesday. Akio put away the lone goal in the 61st minute on his team's only on-target shot of the night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion accused of trying to kill the man he claims molested his 4-year-old son, is suing the man and his family who own a day care where the alleged molestation occurred.

TORONTO — His activation not official until Wednesday, Blue Jays pitcher Sergio Romo watched from a stadium restaurant as his new team earned a walkoff victory over Boston a night earlier at Rogers Centre.

TORONTO — Tim Hortons and Imperial Oil have joined a growing list of corporations to pull sponsorship dollars in the wake of Hockey Canada's handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is asking a U.S.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Mia Vallée won Canada's second diving medal at the world aquatics championships with a bronze in the women's one-metre springboard Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Beaconsfield, Que., totalled 276.

The Players Championship was a trying week for all the golfers in the field with heavy rain and high winds forcing several delays at TPC Sawgrass in mid-March. However, Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have a major obstacle standing in their way as they chase their first win of the CFL season — Nathan Rourke and the powerful B.C. Lions offence.

Toronto FC filled another hole Wednesday, signing veteran Italian defender Domenico (Mimmo) Criscito. The 35-year-old former Genoa captain, out of contract after last season, was signed through 2023 using targeted allocation money.