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A trivia quiz on Liverpool after its latest Premier League title
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
How well do you know Liverpool after its latest title-winning campaign in the Premier League? Try this quiz (answers below): 1. When did Liverpool win the first of its record-tying 20 English league titles? a. 1901 b. 1911 c. 1921 ___ 2. Mohamed Salah moved to No. 3 in Liverpool’s all-time scoring list this season. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arsenal stuns 8-time champ Lyon with 4-1 away win to reach Women’s Champions League final
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
Arsenal stunned Lyon with a 4-1 away win to reach the Women’s Champions League final at the eight-time champion’s expense on Sunday. Lyon, previously unbeaten across all competitions this season, won the first leg of their semifinal 2-1 in London last week. But goals from Mariona Caldentey, Alessio Russo and Caitlin Foord – after an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Which team has won the most English league titles?
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has equaled Manchester United’s record of 20 English league titles after being crowned Premier League champion. The great rivals stand clear as the most dominant teams in English soccer. Arsenal, with 13 wins, is next on the list and Manchester City is the only other team to reach double figures ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why Liverpool’s Premier League title could spark an era of openness in England’s top flight
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
By winning the Premier League title this season, Liverpool has done what no other top-flight English team has managed since 2017. That is to be a surprise champion. “What we do know is that no one saw us as a title contender when we started at the beginning of the season,” Liverpool coach Arne Slot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloody fingers are just part of the game in this traditional German sport
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
PANG, Germany (AP) — Men in short leather pants and embroidered suspenders risked dislocated digits Sunday as they vied for the top prize at Germany’s championship in the sport of fingerhakeln, or finger wrestling. Around 180 competitors took part in Sunday’s 64th German championship in Pang, about an hour’s drive southwest of Munich. It’s thought ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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