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Raphinha is back to motivate Barcelona after injury layoff
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — From scoring goals to encouraging his teammates and coach, Raphinha is back fit and again doing almost everything for Barcelona. The Brazil forward has returned from a six-week injury layoff, showing the same form and fight that helped fuel Barcelona’s domestic double and deep Champions League run last season. Raphinha has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McLaren will consider team orders for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in F1 title decider
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — CEO Zak Brown says McLaren could use team orders to manage the Formula 1 title fight if one of its drivers has a “significantly better chance” to win in Sunday’s decisive Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren’s Lando Norris leads the standings by 12 points from Red Bull’s Max ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Australia takes 44-run lead in second Ashes test after England drops 5 catches
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia took a 44-run first-innings lead after two days of the second Ashes cricket test, with the top order all getting starts Friday to help the hosts reach 378-6 at stumps. Five dropped catches and some wayward bowling dented England and allowed the batters to capitalize. Opener Jake Weatherald led from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High-flying Aston Villa and Unai Emery present latest challenge to Arsenal’s title credentials
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Aston Villa is the form team in the Premier League and on Saturday presents the latest test to Arsenal’s title credentials. An added element of intrigue is another reunion between Unai Emery and Arsenal, which fired the Spanish coach in 2019 after he’d overseen its worst run of results in 27 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian-born tennis player Anastasia Potapova switches nationality to Austrian
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
VIENNA (AP) — Russian-born Anastasia Potapova has switched allegiance to Austria, clearing a path for the 51st-ranked player to compete in the Billie Jean King Cup. Potapova will become Austria’s highest-ranked women’s player, ahead of No. 94 Julia Grabher, with the nationality switch, which she announced on social media. “Welcome to the team,” the Austrian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maybe a fresh start would be best for Mike Tomlin and the Steelers if they don’t make a playoff run
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
Mike Tomlin isn’t just hearing “Fire Tomlin!” chants from Steelers fans. A couple of the franchise’s greatest players are saying Pittsburgh needs to make a coaching change. The NFL’s longest-tenured coach has been under heavy criticism and even Ben Roethlisberger and James Harrison have joined in. “Coach Tomlin’s been here a long time,” Roethlisberger said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ACC’s shaky start to women’s basketball season continues with 13-3 loss to SEC in annual Challenge
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke had just played with its best start-to-finish level of competitive fight in an opening month gone awry, only to end up with another loss to a top-flight opponent in No. 5 LSU. Senior guard Ashlon Jackson was clinging to the idea that the struggles could pay off in the long ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Whitecaps have had success against Miami, so they’re hoping the MLS Cup is no different
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
Vancouver has already bested Inter Miami in a big competition this year, so the Whitecaps feel there’s really no reason they can’t do it again in the MLS Cup final. Back in late April, the Whitecaps downed Lionel Messi & Co. 5-1 on aggregate in the two-legged CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals. The first game ended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michael Jordan and Joe Gibbs’ daughter-in-law to testify in NASCAR antitrust case
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and Joe Gibbs’ daughter-in-law were expected to testify Friday on the fifth day of the federal antitrust case the Basketball Hall of Famer filed against NASCAR over claims the series has acted as monopolistic bullies. Heather Gibbs, the chief operating officer of Joe Gibbs Racing, wrote an impassioned letter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cauldron for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics lit at Italy’s presidential palace with 2 months to go
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
ROME (AP) — A preliminary cauldron was lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace on Friday as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approached the two-months-to-go mark. International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry and Italy President Sergio Mattarella were in attendance for the ceremony. Organizers specified the cauldron is not the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Football players and officials arrested as part of probe into Turkey’s betting scandal
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
ISTANBUL (AP) — Prosecutors in Istanbul on Friday issued arrest warrants for dozens of soccer players and officials in relation to a betting scandal that has shaken Turkey. Among those detained in early morning police raids were players from Turkey’s leading clubs: Mert Hakan Yandas of Fenerbahce and Metehan Baltaci of national champions Galatasaray. The ... Read More »
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