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Forge FC looks to extend record unbeaten run as it returns to Calgary to face Cavalry
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
Forge FC returns to Calgary on Saturday, riding a 20-game unbeaten streak in Canadian Premier League play since losing the championship game to Cavalry FC there on Nov. 9. As four-time league champions — as well as twice runners-up — Forge has a tradition of excellence under head coach and sporting director Bobby Smyrniotis. But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Takeaways from AP’s reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Years before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after allegations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several sources — yet authorities didn’t stop him from coaching. A former boss said she brought concerns about Gardner’s “grooming” behavior to USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ayuso responds with mountain stage win at Spanish Vuelta, Traeen keeps overall lead
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
CERLER, Spain (AP) — Spanish rider Juan Ayuso won a mountainous seventh stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday to bounce back from a poor performance the previous day, while Torstein Traeen of Norway kept the overall lead. Ayuso attacked on an ascent with 11 kilometers (seven miles) to go and dropped the rest of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italy drops Women’s Euro 2029 host bid leaving Germany to head 4-candidate race
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Italy withdrew from bidding to host the 2029 Women’s European Championship, leaving four contenders for the 16-team tournament. Germany, Poland, Portugal and a joint bid by Denmark and Sweden will compete in a Dec. 3 vote by the UEFA executive committee, UEFA said on Friday. Italy will co-host the men’s Euro ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College football traditions: Pudge The Cat has everyone purring on the Bowling Green football team
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Retired NFL star and current coach Eddie George has some competition when it comes to being the most popular figure on Bowling Green’s football team. Pudge The Cat has become a social media sensation since receiver Finn Hogan put a video on TikTok that showed the feline inside the locker ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New contract at Mercedes for Russell is ‘a formality,’ team boss Toto Wolff says
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says contract talks to keep George Russell for next year are “a formality,” even as the wait to confirm him for 2026 has prompted speculation about his Formula 1 future. Mercedes has yet to announce its lineup for 2026, long after other teams, but it has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conference League draw includes two-time finalist Fiorentina and reluctant Crystal Palace
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
MONACO (AP) — Fiorentina’s quest to win the Conference League enters a fourth straight season with opponents including Mainz and Dynamo Kyiv from the draw ceremony on Friday. The Italian club was top ranked in the 36-team draw after being twice a beaten finalist — against West Ham and Olympiakos in back-to-back years — and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italian swimmers returning home from worlds detained briefly at Singapore airport for shoplifting
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Two Italian swimmers returning home from the world championships in Singapore were stopped and briefly detained by airport authorities on the Asian island for shoplifting. Benedetta Pilato, who won a bronze medal in the 50-meter breaststroke, and Chiara Tarantino were released after the Italian embassy intervened on their behalf, the Italian swimming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yeremy Pino joins Crystal Palace from Villarreal as Eze replacement
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace signed Spain forward Yeremy Pino from Villarreal on Friday as a direct replacement for Eberechi Eze. Originally from Spain’s Canary Islands, the 22-year-old Pino came up through Villarreal’s youth academy and was quickly seen as one of its top talents. The fast and incisive forward helped Villarreal win the 2021 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLB hitters swinging at first pitches at highest rate since 1988
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong is ready to go. Same goes for Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos. Ceddanne Rafaela, too. They are the kings of swinging at the first pitch — and they have some company. Through Thursday’s games, the MLB-wide swing percentage on first pitches this year was 32.1%, according to Sportradar. That is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Julia Schell still smiling after six-try performance at Rugby World Cup
By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025
Whatever happens the rest of the way at the Rugby World Cup in England, Canadian fullback Julia Schell has already had a tournament to remember. The 29-year-old from Uxbridge, Ont., who had just three tries in her first 26 outings for Canada, scored six in the second-ranked Canadian women’s 65-7 romp over No. 14 Fiji ... Read More »
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