June 25th, 2025

National Sports

Atlanta and Indiana face off for conference showdown

By Canadian Press on June 9th, 2025

Indiana Fever (4-4, 4-4 Eastern Conference) at Atlanta Dream (5-3, 2-3 Eastern Conference) College Park, Georgia; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Indiana Fever faces Atlanta Dream for an Eastern Conference matchup. Atlanta finished 8-12 at home and 7-13 in Eastern Conference play during the 2024-25 season. The Dream averaged 77.0 points per game while ... Read More »

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McIntosh sets Canadian record in 800M freestyle

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

VICTORIA — Two Canadian Olympic medallists went head-to-head in a nail-biting 100-metre butterfly race, while Summer McIntosh of Toronto set a Canadian record in the 800-metre freestyle on Sunday at the Bell Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria. Ilya Kharun of Montreal and Josh Liendo of Toronto squared off in the same race that saw them ... Read More »

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Brown, Milam drive in 4 runs each, LSU beats West Virginia 12-5 to clinch 20th CWS berth

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jake Brown hit a home run and had four RBIs, Steven Milam had two doubles and also drove in four runs and LSU beat West Virginia 12-5 on Sunday night to sweep the best-of-three Baton Rouge Super Regional. No. 6 seed LSU (48-15) clinched the program’s 20th berth in the ... Read More »

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Caraway’s grand slam helps Oregon State beat Florida State 14-10, advance to CWS

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Trent Caraway hit a grand slam and Gavin Turley added a two-run home run in the third inning to help No. 8 seed Oregon State beat Florida State 14-10 on Sunday night to win the best-of three Corvallis Super Regional. The Beavers (47-14-1) advance to the College World Series for the ... Read More »

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets help in Game 2 as Thunder roll past Pacers to even NBA Finals

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got some much-needed assistance from his teammates in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder evened the series against the Indiana Pacers with a 123-107 victory on Sunday night. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points in Game 1, but his supporting cast couldn’t get it going, and ... Read More »

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Thunder open another big lead and keep control, topping Pacers 123-107 to even NBA Finals

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — This has been Oklahoma City’s formula all season: Lose one game, respond in the next. That’s exactly what the Thunder did in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, Alex Caruso added 20 off the bench and the Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 123-107 on Sunday ... Read More »

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Sports scoreboard for Sunday, June 8, 2025

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

Sunday’s Scoreboard NBA Final Oklahoma City 123 Indiana 107 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1) — WNBA Washington 104 Connecticut 67 Minnesota 81 Dallas 65 — Canadian Elite Basketball League Vancouver 101 Saskatchewan 76 Niagara 94 Brampton 80 Calgary 107 Ottawa 93 — AHL Western Conference Final Abbotsford 4 Texas 2 (Abbotsford wins best-of-seven series 4-2). — ... Read More »

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Denis Bouanga’s 1 goal, 2 assists help LAFC beat Sporting KC 3-1

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga had a goal and two assists, Eddie Segura scored his first goal since 2020 and Los Angeles FC extended its unbeaten streak to nine games with a 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City on Sunday night. Bouanga converted from the penalty spot in the 59th to give LAFC (7-4-5), ... Read More »

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Saudi Arabia’s World Cup hopes hinge on a near-impossible task against Australia

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

A Saudi squad that has scored six goals through nine qualifying games needs to beat Australia by a five-goal margin to earn a direct spot at the 2026 World Cup. Head coach Herve Renard knows it’s an extremely unlikely outcome for his Saudi team, but he’s urging his players to go all in Tuesday in ... Read More »

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Jeevan Badwal scores 1st MLS goal, Whitecaps beat short-handed Sounders 3-0

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jeevan Badwal scored his first career goal in the 40th minute, Daniel RĂ­os added his first goal of the season and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 on Sunday night to extend their unbeaten streak to 10 games. Nouhou Tolo — known simply as “Nouhou” — and Jon ... Read More »

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Resilient Vancouver Whitecaps blank nine-man Seattle Sounders 3-0 to set club record

By Canadian Press on June 8th, 2025

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps overcame a string of adversity to blank their regional rivals, the Seattle Sounders, 3-0 on Sunday. The result extended the ‘Caps (10-1-5) unbeaten streak in Major League Soccer play to a club record 11 games. Homegrown talent Jeevan Badwal notched his first MLS goal in the 40th minute, Mexican striker ... Read More »

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