Today's Sports Headlines

[View Web Version]( [Star Logo] Sports Headlines [Canada exits Women’s World Cup after crushing loss to Sweden]( [Stina Blackstenius scores lone goal in 55th minute on a Swedish counterattack from a Janine Beckie giveaway in Paris.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Raptors’ Siakam aims higher after NBA most improved player award]( [Pascal Siakam beats out Brooklyn’s D’Angelo Russell and Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox for the Raptors’ first major individual award since 2015.]( [Read More [arrow]]( Climate change is already changing Canada. Find out how in Undeniable, a new, limited-run newsletter from Star reporters covering climate change's cross-country impact. [Sign up for the Undeniable newsletter here]( to follow along. [Feature Seperator] ANALYSIS [Push for Kawhi Leonard to sign with Clippers moves to billboards]( [A pair of digital billboards wooing the MVP, who becomes a free agent on June 30, went live over the weekend in Southern California.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Gregor Chisholm: Sanchez unravels and Blue Jays drop series opener in the Bronx]( [Starter Aaron Sanchez hasn’t won in two months, while the Yankees tied the major-league record for consecutive games with at least one homer.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] OPINION [Gregor Chisholm: Save a pitcher and support a universal designated hitter]( [Sorry, traditionalists, but the case for a universal designated-hitter rule has become as clear as the shiner on Max Scherzer’s face. Meanwhile, about the Mets ...]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] OPINION [Damien Cox: Leafs’ Stanley Cup outlook is brighter with cap in hand]( [Giving up a first-rounder to shed Patrick Marleau’s contract might not come back to bite the blue and white, and drafting smallish prospects is nothing new for the Leafs. Their game plan remains the same, and any NHL team that gets a handle on its salary-cap situation has a shot, Damien Cox writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Raptors coach Nurse hopes for encore with Canadian national team]( [Canada Basketball announced the hiring Monday, less than two weeks after Nurse guided the Raptors to their first NBA championship.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [First NBA MVP trophy takes Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo to another level]( [Greek Freak beats James Harden and Paul George for league’s top individual award at Monday’s ceremony.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [U.S. holds off Spain to reach Women’s World Cup quarterfinals]( [The Americans will face host France on Friday night for a spot in the semis.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Feature Seperator] [Shoulder injury forces Bianca Andreescu to pull out of Wimbledon]( [Andreescu’s withdrawal leaves Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., as the only Canadian in the women’s singles main draw, which starts July 1.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [✉ Like this? Click to sign up for more newsletters]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( Download our FREE mobile app [android]( [ios]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000. If you no longer wish to receive Sports Headlines emails, please [click here to unsubscribe](. To see our Privacy Policy, [click here](.