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Salah poses for celebration selfie with Liverpool fans during title-winning Tottenham match
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah posed for a selfie with Liverpool fans as the Merseyside club headed toward securing the Premier League title on Sunday. Salah had just fired Liverpool into a 4-1 lead against Tottenham at Anfield when he took a phone from a fan sitting in the stadium’s famous Kop stand. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man City beats Forest 2-0 to reach FA Cup final and keep trophy hopes alive
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Manchester City reached the FA Cup final for the third year in a row by beating Nottingham Forest 2-0 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday to maintain a chance of ending a dismal season with a trophy. City scored early in each half as Rico Lewis put his team ahead in just the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pickard gets nod to start Game 4 for Oilers in series versus Kings
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
EDMONTON — Calvin Pickard got his second straight start for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings. Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed the 33-year-old from Moncton would be in net for the Oilers trailing 2-1 in the series. Pickard had 24 saves in Edmonton’s 7-4 win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool wins Premier League for record-equaling 20th top-flight title
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool was crowned Premier League champion on Sunday after a 5-1 win against Tottenham. The Merseyside club’s record-equaling 20th English league title matched the achievement of its great rival Manchester United. Liverpool fans partied inside and outside its famous Anfield Stadium as coach Arne Slot sealed a remarkable first year in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mets Class A prospect turns heads with a pitch clocked at 104.5 mph
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Raimon Gomez still has a long way to go to reach the major leagues. His fastball velocity, however, would fit in just fine. Gomez, a Class A prospect for the New York Mets, had a pitch clocked at 104.5 mph while pitching for St. Lucie on Saturday. That’s faster ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wrexham is one step from the Premier League. How will it make the biggest leap yet?
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
The next step is the biggest one yet for Wrexham. The Premier League is in sight for the Welsh soccer team transformed by Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney after successive promotions from non-league to playing in the second tier of English soccer next season. But making a further leap from the Championship to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salah poses for celebration selfie with Liverpool fans during Tottenham match
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah posed for a selfie with Liverpool fans as the Merseyside club headed toward securing the Premier League title on Sunday. Salah had just fired Liverpool into a 4-1 lead against Tottenham at Anfield when he took a phone from a fan sitting in the stadium’s famous Kop stand. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marco Penge is back from betting ban and wins his first European tour title
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) — Marco Penge of England closed with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for a three-shot victory in the Hainan Classic for his first European tour title, coming just two months after he returned from a ban for betting on golf. The win capped off a wild six months for Penge, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pistons’ Stewart is out for Game 4 with knee injury, Knicks’ Robinson is available after an illness
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons will be without center Isaiah Stewart for a third straight game because of a knee injury and the New York Knicks say center Mitchell Robinson is available to play Game 4. Robinson had been listed as questionable for Sunday’s game because of an illness. He was held out of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mets reliever A.J. Minter goes on the injured list with a strained left lat
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Mets reliever A.J. Minter was put on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a left lat strain, a day after leaving a 2-0 win against the Washington Nationals. The 31-year-old left-hander was facing James Wood with one out in the eighth inning when he appeared to wince after a 3-1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cycling star Pogačar wins Liège–Bastogne–Liège for third time. Kim Le Court takes women’s race
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
Cycling star Tadej Pogačar launched one of his trademark uphill attacks to win the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic race for the third time on Sunday. The defending champion made his move some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the end of the undulating 252-kilometer (156-mile) trek to open up a gap of 10 seconds at the top, and ... Read More »
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