National Sports

LONDON — Liverpool went from dishing out a humiliation to being on the receiving end of one. A 5-0 loss at Manchester City on Saturday handed Juergen Klopp his biggest loss in two years managing Liverpool.

WINNIPEG — There's not much that can stop a football team, let alone two of them, but a roaming moose nearly delayed kickoff for the sold-out Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg on Saturday. Winnipeg Police Const.

NEW YORK — U.S. Open finalists Rafael Nadal and Kevin Anderson are both professional tennis players who were born in 1986. Not much else in common.

LEICESTER, England — Chelsea ordered its fans to stop singing a song about striker Alvaro Morata containing an anti-Semitic lyric that was heard during Saturday's game at Leicester.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will be making a donation to the Canadian Red Cross hurricane relief efforts across the Caribbean and the United States.

ALTO DE L'ANGLIRU, Spain — Chris Froome effectively sealed his first Spanish Vuelta title after maintaining the overall lead on the final competitive stage of the grand tour on Saturday.

OTTAWA — When it comes to winning over Canadian golfers, it helps to know someone. Ed Byman has that covered.

VANCOUVER — A man of considerable faith, B.C. Lions head coach and general manager Wally Buono wrote a message to Jonathon Jennings containing a bible verse after he benched the struggling quarterback in the wake of three straight losses.

VANCOUVER — Travis Lulay placed his crutches by his locker and turned to face the media.

NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal went into his U.S. Open semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro with a relatively simple game plan: Stay away from the big guy's flat, fearsome forehand and instead go after his weaker backhand.