National Sports

ISTANBUL — Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the second round of the Istanbul Tennis Championship. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., beat world No.

CALGARY — Canada's status as an international winter-sport host is taking a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW YORK — Canadian Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the U.S. Open. The 21-year-old Shapovalov was topped by Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday in the quarterfinals, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 0-6, 6-3.

NEW YORK — The disqualification of Novak Djokovic from the U.S.

EDMONTON — After running into a hot goalie late last round and being shut out in the opener of the Western Conference final, pressure mounted in the minds of the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gary Sánchez and the slumping New York Yankees lost their fifth in a row Tuesday night and fell for the 15th time in 20 games, again failing to get clutch hits in a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Never mind just squeezing into a wild-card spot. The Toronto Blue Jays might find themselves among the American League contenders at season's end if their strong run of play continues.

VANCOUVER — Canucks general manager Jim Benning has a long to-do list this off season and one of his first tasks is a real challenge — find a way to keep goalie Jacob Markstrom in Vancouver.

CANMORE, Alta. — Kate Boyd has been named high-performance director for the national governing body of cross-country and para-Nordic skiing. Boyd is the first woman to hold the position with Nordiq Canada.

Mark Recchi played and lifted the Stanley Cup with Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara and coached Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, so the Hockey Hall of Famer knows a thing or two about winning with stars.