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Water polo players briefly leave the pool after shots fired near Under-20 World Cup game in Brazil
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police said Monday there were no injuries after shots were fired near an Under-20 World Cup women’s water polo game between China and Canada in the city of Salvador. China won 12-8 on Sunday — the opening day of the tournament — but footage showed the game being briefly interrupted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flying High: First-place Toronto Blue Jays return home with reinforcements coming
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
TORONTO — It was feast or famine for the Toronto Blue Jays on their recent road trip that included a record-breaking beatdown of the Colorado Rockies and a series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The first-place team is back home for a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs starting Tuesday night at Rogers Centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa Senators, NCC finalize land deal for new arena at LeBreton Flats
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission have agreed on the sale of 11 acres of land at LeBreton Flats for a planned arena near downtown Ottawa. The agreement of purchase and sale with Capital Sports Development Inc., the team’s development arm, follows a deal reached with the NCC last September for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs lose safety Deon Bush for season; cornerback Jaylen Watson in concussion protocol
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs starting cornerback Jaylen Watson was placed in the concussion protocol and backup safety Deon Bush lost for the season to a ruptured Achilles tendon in what proved to be a costly first preseason game for the Kansas City defensive backfield. Watson missed most of the 2024 regular season after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at Cincinnati Open
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
CINCINNATI — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament with a 7-6 (4), 4-2 win over France’s Arthur Rinderknech on Monday. Rinderknech collapsed under the heat earlier in the match, got back up, but retired in the second set with Auger-Aliassime in the lead. Auger-Aliassime fired seven aces ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twins reinstate Byron Buxton from injured list to start series vs. Yankees
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota Twins reinstated center fielder Byron Buxton from the 10-day injured list on Monday before beginning a three-game series against the New York Yankees, after the All-Star missed 13 games with inflammation in his left rib cage. Buxton was sidelined just before the Twins tore down their roster leading to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still nursing a back injury, Matthew Stafford doesn’t join practice with Rams as originally planned
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quarterback Matthew Stafford did not practice with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday as originally scheduled. The 37-year-old Stafford has yet to practice in training camp or the preseason this summer while dealing with back soreness. Coach Sean McVay said last weekend that Stafford would participate in individual work Monday morning, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Li Li Leung guided USA Gymnastics out of the darkness. The outgoing president is eager for a break
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Li Li Leung repeats the question out loud, leans back, and then does something that’s been all too rare during her transformative tenure as the president and CEO of USA Gymnastics. She stops. “What have I learned?” Leung says again. After a brief exchange to buy some time, she settles on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during race at Bowman Gray Stadium
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A veteran stock-car driver at a North Carolina short track died over the weekend after suffering a medical emergency while competing in a race, officials said. Robbie Brewer’s car struck head-on a wall on the quarter-mile (0.40-kilometer) track at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem and came to a stop near the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pete Carroll, Aaron Rodgers head a list of familiar faces in new places this NFL season
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
Aaron Rodgers joined Pittsburgh. Davante Adams went to Hollywood. Cooper Kupp is in Seattle. Russell Wilson’s latest stop is the Big Apple. But the oldest face in a new place this NFL season is 73-year-old Pete Carroll on the sideline in Las Vegas. Carroll is leading the Raiders after a one-year hiatus from coaching following ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deion Sanders keeps Colorado’s starting QB a well-guarded secret ahead of season opener
By Canadian Press on August 11th, 2025
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders has a QB situation that he’s in no rush to reveal. Option No. 1: Go with 17-year-old phenom Julian “JuJu” Lewis, a pure passer who can fling it all over the field, much like the Colorado coach’s son, Shedeur. Option No. 2: Lean on the experience of Liberty transfer ... Read More »
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