National Sports
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 »
1 responsePistons’ 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 »
Be the first to comment!Pistons’ Stewart is out for Game 4 with knee injury, Knicks’ Robinson is questionable with 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 it will be a game-day decision whether center Mitchell Robinson plays in Game 4. Robinson was listed as questionable for Sunday’s game because of an illness. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Exceptional player’: Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson impresses teammates, coach
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk has played seven full NHL seasons. Tim Stutzle is in his fifth. The Ottawa Senators star forwards are key pieces and leaders for a young group tasting the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time. Both also look up to a teammate still finding his way — and making a huge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern Munich clinches another Women’s Bundesliga title
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich clinched another Women’s Bundesliga title with a 3-1 win over Freiburg on Sunday. Iceland defender Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir scored late with a header as Bayern took an unassailable 11-point lead over Wolfsburg, which has only three games remaining this season. Bayern, which was knocked out of the Women’s Champions League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bochum stays bottom of the Bundesliga despite draw as rivals all win
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Bochum remained bottom of the Bundesliga on Sunday after a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin that brought relegation a step closer as its rivals all won. Matus Bero canceled Benedict Hollerbach’s first-half strike for Union when he equalized on the rebound after Frederik Rönnow saved his penalty. But it wasn’t enough to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadiens’ Montembeault day-to-day, Capitals’ Thompson a game-time decision
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault is day-to-day, while Washington Capitals counterpart Logan Thompson is a game-time decision for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Sunday. Both netminders exited with injuries in Montreal’s 6-3 win in Game 3 on Friday. Rookie goalie Jakub Dobes is set to start for the Canadiens after replacing ... Read More »
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