National Sports

TORONTO — Canada will miss the podium at the men's under-23 world wheelchair basketball championship after a 58-45 loss to Japan in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Wednesday's Games MLB American League Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 6 Arizona 2 Detroit 1 Seattle 6 Minnesota 4 Baltimore 10 Chicago White Sox 6 Houston 13 Texas 2 L.A. Angels 7 N.Y.

Regina's Wascana Country Club has been selected to host the 2018 CP Women's Open. It will mark the first time in history that an LPGA Tour event will be held in the province of Saskatchewan.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays didn't wait long to respond after Joe Smith blew his first save of the season Wednesday night. Tampa Bay scored three runs off the Toronto reliever to tie the game in the eighth inning.

WASHINGTON — The game will go on. The annual Congressional Baseball Game, which dates to 1909 and is a summertime tradition on Capitol Hill, will be played Thursday despite Wednesday's shooting at the GOP squad's practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

VANCOUVER — Jordan Harvey could barely hide his smile when the conversation turned to the slick structure beyond the lush soccer pitch over his right shoulder.

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. will come out of retirement to meet UFC star Conor McGregor in an Aug. 26 boxing match that will feature two of the top-selling fighters in the world.

A total of 20 Canadians were selected over the three-day MLB draft, including 16 on the final day on Wednesday. That number is down from 25 drafted in 2016. The record is 48 in 2002.

TORONTO — They called him "The Don," and with good reason. A larger-than-life character with a sharp wit who thrived in the spotlight, Don Matthews took wicked pleasure in keeping people around him on edge with his abrasive, no-nonsense style.

BARCELONA, Spain — Canadian swimming star Penny Oleksiak has another Canadian record to her name. The 17-year-old from Toronto set a Canadian record en route to winning silver in the women's 50-metre butterfly on the Mare Nostrum tour on Wednesday.