National Sports
Duke freshman big man Khaman Maluach is headed to the NBA draft
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
Duke freshman big man Khaman Maluach is jumping to the NBA. The program announced Sunday in a social media post that the 7-foot-2, 250-pound Maluach would go the one-and-done route after helping the Blue Devils reach the Final Four. Maluach’s move was first reported late Saturday by The News & Observer of Raleigh, and underclassmen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lille continues to push for a Champions League place with win at Angers
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Lille kept pushing for an automatic spot in next season’s Champions League with a 2-0 win at Angers in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Lille moved provisionally into second place ahead of Marseille’s home game against Brest later Sunday, where Marseille needed only a draw to reclaim second spot on goal difference. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday’s NBA games: Cavaliers-Heat and Rockets-Warriors
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry is all for physical playoff basketball and having to earn every shot, even if he is the one taking the brunt of it, with the Houston Rockets swarming the Golden State star and doing all they can trying to slow him down. In Game 4 on Monday night, he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Arne Slot guided Liverpool to the Premier League title in his first season
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
Turns out there was life after Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool. One season in charge, one Premier League title — it’s quite the start to his tenure at Anfield for Arne Slot. And it’s quite the riposte to those who reckoned Liverpool would regress in the post-Klopp era. Slot has played a clever game. He has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inter’s loss to Roma gives Napoli chance to move ahead. Pulisic’s goal propels AC Milan
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Marcus Thuram has missed three matches and Inter Milan has lost all three without scoring a single goal. The Nerazzurri were beaten 1-0 at home by Roma on Sunday to put their Serie A lead at risk — giving Napoli the chance to move ahead when it plays Torino later. Roma’s attacking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A trivia quiz on Liverpool after its latest Premier League title
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
How well do you know Liverpool after its latest title-winning campaign in the Premier League? Try this quiz (answers below): 1. When did Liverpool win the first of its record-tying 20 English league titles? a. 1901 b. 1911 c. 1921 ___ 2. Mohamed Salah moved to No. 3 in Liverpool’s all-time scoring list this season. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arsenal stuns 8-time champ Lyon with 4-1 away win to reach Women’s Champions League final
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
Arsenal stunned Lyon with a 4-1 away win to reach the Women’s Champions League final at the eight-time champion’s expense on Sunday. Lyon, previously unbeaten across all competitions this season, won the first leg of their semifinal 2-1 in London last week. But goals from Mariona Caldentey, Alessio Russo and Caitlin Foord – after an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Which team has won the most English league titles?
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has equaled Manchester United’s record of 20 English league titles after being crowned Premier League champion. The great rivals stand clear as the most dominant teams in English soccer. Arsenal, with 13 wins, is next on the list and Manchester City is the only other team to reach double figures ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why Liverpool’s Premier League title could spark an era of openness in England’s top flight
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
By winning the Premier League title this season, Liverpool has done what no other top-flight English team has managed since 2017. That is to be a surprise champion. “What we do know is that no one saw us as a title contender when we started at the beginning of the season,” Liverpool coach Arne Slot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloody fingers are just part of the game in this traditional German sport
By Canadian Press on April 27th, 2025
PANG, Germany (AP) — Men in short leather pants and embroidered suspenders risked dislocated digits Sunday as they vied for the top prize at Germany’s championship in the sport of fingerhakeln, or finger wrestling. Around 180 competitors took part in Sunday’s 64th German championship in Pang, about an hour’s drive southwest of Munich. It’s thought ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salah poses for celebration selfie with Liverpool fans during title-winning 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 »
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