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TORONTO — Bo Bichette dropped to his knees and smashed his bat on the ground in anger after a 97.1 m.p.h. pitch hit his forearm and narrowly missed his head on Monday.

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette has been named the American League's player of the week. Bichette batted .500 (16-for-32) with 11 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, five home runs, 13 runs batted in and a 1.

MONTREAL — Several of Quebec's major party leaders say newly appointed Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki needs to learn French.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have reached a multi-year jersey partnership agreement with RBC on Monday.

CHENNAI, India — Canadians Rebecca Marino and Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open tennis tournament with wins on Monday.

MONTREAL — With a post-season spot assured and four games to spare, CF Montreal has turned its attention to securing home-field advantage in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs.

LONDON — Three English Premier League games scheduled for this weekend were called off on Monday on safety grounds while authorities make preparations for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

TORONTO — Elias (The Spartan) Theodorou, a charismatic mixed martial artist who campaigned successfully for the right to use medical marijuana as an athlete, has died. He was 34.

CALGARY — Fresh off winning a women's world hockey championship, Canada will host archrival U.S. in Kelowna and Kamloops, B.C. in November. Games Nov. 15 in Kelowna and Nov.

MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki is the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Coach Martin St-Louis made the announcement Monday morning as part of the team's annual golf tournament at the Laval-sur-le-Lac golf club.