National Sports

WIDNES, England — The Toronto Wolfpack clinched the regular-season title in the second-tier Betfred Championship on Sunday, running its rugby league win streak to 16 games with a hard-fought 24-19 comeback victory over the Widnes Vikings.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The chants began even before baseball's greatest closer stood to make his speech. "Mariano! Mariano! Mariano!" The former New York Yankees reliever paused and smiled.

DETROIT — Nicholas Castellanos gave the Detroit Tigers a chance to enjoy the type of celebration that's been awfully rare of late at Comerica Park.

PORTRUSH, Ireland — The outcome was never in doubt to just about everyone but Shane Lowry. A year ago, he sat in the parking lot at Carnoustie and cried after missing the cut in the British Open for the fourth straight year.

NEWTON, Iowa — With his championship lead in danger, Josef Newgarden strengthened his hold on the title chase with yet another blistering run in Iowa.

NEWPORT, R.I. — Li Na has broken new ground at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The 37-year-old former Chinese star on Saturday became the first Asian-born player to be inducted.

BANGKOK — Taya Hanson had 19 points and six rebounds as Canada halted a late Mozambique comeback for a 60-59 victory on Sunday in round-robin play at the FIBA under-19 Women's World Cup.

MONTREAL — Potential Montreal Alouettes owner Jeffrey Lenkov says buying the troubled CFL team is a "once in a lifetime" opportunity.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps know their recent play simply hasn't been good enough, says the team's goalkeeper. "We all know it. We're not hiding.

Saturday's Games CFL Montreal 20 Edmonton 10 Saskatchewan 38 British Columbia 25 --- MLB American League Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 1 (11 innings) Toronto 7 Detroit 5 Boston 17 Baltimore 6 Houston 6 Texas 1 Kansas City 1 Cleveland 0 Oakland 5 Minn