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Iran’s hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. As the sun rose Monday, Raisi and the ... Read More »
McIntosh, Oleksiak headline Olympic swim team named after conclusion of trials
TORONTO – Canada’s Olympic swim team is as deep a group going to an Olympic Games as John Atkinson has been around to coach. Summer McIntosh and Penny Oleksiak are among a number of stars who were named as Olympic swim team nominees going to Paris this summer. The announcement of both the Olympic and ... Read More »
Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan’s president in a transition likely to bolster island’s US ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Taiwan has inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its a new president. It took place in a ceremony Monday after he won an election earlier this year. He is a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defenses against China... Read More »
McIntosh, Oleksiak headline Olympic swim team named after trials
TORONTO – Summer McIntosh and Penny Oleksiak headline the Olympic swim team nominees going to Paris this summer. McIntosh qualified in five individual events at the now-completed Olympic & Paralympic Trials. The 17-year-old Toronto athlete has a spot in the 400-metre freestyle, 200 freestyle, 400 individual medley, 200 butterfly and the 200 medley. Oleksiak, meanwhile, ... Read More »
Xander Schauffele wins first major at PGA Championship in a thriller at Valhalla
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Xander Schauffele faced yet another major champion down the stretch and this time delivered some magic of his own. He swirled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the PGA Championship for his first major championship in another thriller at Valhalla. The birdie putt denied Bryson ... Read More »
Boston rides Healey goal to 4-3 win in first game of PWHL championship series
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) – Jess Healey scored from the point late in the second period to lift Boston to a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Sunday night in the first game of the inaugural Walter Cup Final, the championship series of the Professional Women’s Hockey League post-season. The best-of-five series continues Tuesday. Game 1 attracted ... Read More »
Korda wins Mizuho Americas Open by a stroke for sixth win in last 7 events
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) – With her record-tying winning streak over, Nelly Korda got back to doing what she does best – winning. Nelly Korda won a back-nine showdown with Hannah Green of Australia with a par on the 18th hole to capture the Mizuho Americas Open by a stroke Sunday for her sixth win ... Read More »
Vancouver Canucks right-winger Brock Boeser out for decisive Game 7: report
VANCOUVER – Canucks star Brock Boeser will miss Game 7 of Vancouver’s second-round playoff series Monday against the Edmonton Oilers, according to reports. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, citing several unnamed sources, was first to report Sunday that the 27-year-old right-winger is dealing with a blood clotting issue that is not considered life threatening. Boeser has seven ... Read More »
Oleksiak wins 50m freestyle, McIntosh qualifies in fifth event at Olympic swim trials
TORONTO – For Penny Oleksiak, Sunday’s race served as good practice for her hopes to make another event. The Toronto native captured the women’s 50-metre freestyle event at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials in a personal-best time of 25.06 seconds. The time was just over the Olympic qualifying standard of 24.70 seconds. On Friday, the ... Read More »
Alberta mall locked down, search yields knife with a handle resembling a handgun
RED DEER, Alta. – A mall in central Alberta was locked down while police say they responded to reports that two people were displaying a handgun. RCMP say in a news release they arrived Bower Place shopping centre on Saturday evening after receiving two separate complaints about weapons, and with the help of mall security, ... Read More »
Pacers set NBA playoff shooting mark, top Knicks 130-109 in Game 7 to make Eastern Conference finals
NEW YORK (AP) – When the Indiana Pacers compiled one of the best offensive seasons in NBA history, they were just getting warmed up. For Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, they delivered something really spectacular. Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Pacers set an NBA playoff record by shooting 67.1% from the ... Read More »
