National Sports

OTTAWA — The federal government will issue a travel exemption to allow the winner of the NHL's all-Canadian North Division and an American counterpart to cross the border during the third and final rounds of the playoffs.

Jose Altuve led off the game with a home run, rookie Luis Garcia earned his fifth straight win and the Houston Astros beat Toronto 6-3 Sunday, finishing the Blue Jays' first homestand of the season in Buffalo.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Stephen Ames edged fellow Canadian Mike Weir by one stroke to win the Champions Tour's Principal Charity Classic. Ames, from Calgary, shot a final round of 5-under 67 to move up eight spots into first at 12 under.

RIMINI, Italy — The Canadian women's volleyball team gave up a two-set lead in a 3-2 loss to Poland on Sunday in Volleyball Nations League action.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trae Young put an early smackdown on Philly and again rose to the occasion in the playoffs for a Hawks team that wasted no time grabbing control of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

MARIETTA, Ga. — Josh Furno scored two tries and Joe Pietersen kicked 16 points to lead the San Diego Legion to a 40-30 victory over the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play Sunday.

Like many visitors to Las Vegas, Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser leaves a loser. But the Alberta heavyweight likely deserves better. The 29-year-old from Bonnyville, Alta.

NEW YORK (AP) — It's almost time for all those famous Kardashians to shuffle off to Hulu and new projects as their 20-season reality TV mainstay comes to an end.

SAINT LUCIE, Fla. — Canada's men's baseball team missed out on a spot in the Tokyo Olympics after a 6-5 loss to the Dominican Republic on Saturday at the Baseball Americas Qualifier.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Canada made short work of Aruba on Saturday night, rolling to a 7-0 victory to set the stage for a showdown with Suriname on Tuesday.