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Clayton Kershaw can earn up to $16 million in 1-year deal with Dodgers
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Clayton Kershaw can earn up to $16 million in his one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, getting the full amount if he makes 16 starts and is on the active roster for at least 90 days. A three-time Cy Young Award winner, Kershaw was guaranteed $7.5 million in the agreement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in the minor leagues. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Afghanistan men’s cricketers brush off calls to boycott them at Champions Trophy
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has dismissed political calls to boycott Afghanistan’s cricket games on the eve of their first Champions Trophy match. Politicians in England and South Africa urged their cricket authorities to forfeit the Champions Trophy group games against Afghanistan because of the Taliban’s ban on women’s sport and erosion of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Muhammad, Shevchenko to defend their titles at UFC 315 in May in Montreal
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
UFC 315 in Montreal will feature two championship bouts with Belal (Remember The Name) Muhammad and Valentina (Bullet) Shevchenko putting their titles on the line May 10 at the Bell Centre. Muhammad (24-3-0 with one no-contest) will defend his welterweight crown against Australian Jack Della Maddalena, ranked fourth among 170-pound contenders, in the main event. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-Spain soccer boss Rubiales guilty of sexual assault and fined for World Cup kiss
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales was found guilty of sexually assaulting player Jenni Hermoso on Thursday for kissing her after the 2023 Women’s World Cup final. He was fined more than 10,000 euros ($10,400) in Audiencia Nacional court. Rubiales was cleared of the charge of coercion for trying to downplay the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big stage for Northern Super League season-opening matches in Vancouver, Toronto
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
Vancouver Rise FC and AFC Toronto will kick off the Northern Super League with a bang — with opening games at B.C. Place Stadium and BMO Field, respectively. Vancouver will host Calgary Wild FC on April 16 in the first fixture of the new women’s pro league, with Toronto entertaining Montreal Roses FC three days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World champions Chock and Bates are behind Canadian duo in Four Continents ice dance
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States were one point behind Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada in ice dance at the figure skating Four Continents on Thursday. Skating to a medley of music that included “Rock Around the Clock” and “Stayin’ Alive,” Chock’s and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spain’s ex-soccer official Luis Rubiales fined more than 10,000 euros for unsolicited kiss of player
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish soccer federation, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting the footballer Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s victory at the Women’s World Cup final in 2023. He was ordered to pay a fine of more than 10,000 euros ($10,400) at the ruling on Thursday. The kiss, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swiatek stunned by teenager Andreeva in Dubai quarterfinals
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — No. 2-ranked Iga Swiatek lost to a player younger than 18 for the first time on tour when she was stunned by Mirra Andreeva in the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on Thursday. The 17-year-old Andreeva won 6-3, 6-3 to become the youngest semifinalist in Dubai’s 24-year history. Swiatek took their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downhill skier Tereza Nova woken from medical coma 4 weeks after crash in training
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Downhill skier Tereza Nova has been woken from a medical coma nearly four weeks after crashing in training for a World Cup race, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said on Thursday. “After a severe brain injury, she was gradually awakened from artificial sleep and will be transported from the trauma ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Messi goal makes up for bitter cold as Inter Miami win in Champions Cup
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Lionel Messi did what Lionel Messi does. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner scored from the right side of the box in the 56th minute to lift Inter Miami past Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on a bitterly cold Wednesday night in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup’s first round. ... Read More »
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