National Sports

LONDON (AP) — Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape, British police said Friday. Partey has also been charged on one count of sexual assault, with the alleged offenses taking place between 2021-22.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed free agent forward-centre Sandro Mamukelashvili, the team announced Friday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Mamukelashvili averaged 6.3 points and 3.1 rebounds in 61 games with San Antonio last season.

CALGARY — Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the Stampeders had a sense of occasion in Calgary's first "Stampede Bowl" with a 37-16 win over the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.

Thursday's Scoreboard CFL Calgary 37 Winnipeg 16 --- MLB American League Toronto 8 N.Y. Yankees 5 Kansas City 3 Seattle 2 National League N.Y.

TORONTO — Derek Slywka is paid to break up passes and prevent touchdowns. He also knows what to do when the football is in his hands.

TORONTO — George Springer smacked a pair of two-run homers to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 win and a four-game series sweep over the New York Yankees on Thursday.

NEW YORK — Toronto FC, in its first outing since buying out the contacts of Italian designated players Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, was beaten 3-1 by New York City FC in the lone MLS game Thursday.

MONTREAL — The Canadian men's national soccer team will host Australia in its first match in Montreal since 2017 on Oct. 10 at Stade Saputo.

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Doug Ghim holed out for eagle on the par-4 sixth hole and kept bogeys off his card on a day of low scoring Thursday. He opened with a 9-under 62 in a bid to become the latest first-time PGA Tour winner at the John Deere Classic.

SIBIU — Canadian cyclist Riley Pickrell won the first stage of the Sibiu Cycling Tour on Thursday. Riding for the Israel-Premier Tech team, the 23-year-old from Victoria covered the 215.