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Canada advances to Round of 16 at men’s volleyball championship with upset of Japan
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
QUEZON CITY — Sharone Vernon-Evans had a game-high 14 points as Canada advanced to the Round of 16 at the world men’s volleyball championship with a stunning 3-0 win over Japan on Monday. Set scores were 25-20, 25-23, 25-22 as Canada improved to 2-0 at the tournament and improved its world ranking to eighth. No. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vuelta organizers defend decision to keep Israeli team in race after protests in Madrid finale
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Vuelta organizers on Monday defended their decision to keep an Israel-based team in the cycling race despite pro-Palestinian protests that ultimately provoked chaotic scenes in a disrupted finale in Madrid this weekend. Sunday’s final stage had to be cut short after protesters threw barriers onto the road and clashed with police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ricky Hatton remembered by his family as a boxer who ‘inspired generations’
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ricky Hatton will be remembered as a fighter who “inspired generations” and had “a heart as big as his smile,” his family said Monday following the death of the British boxing great at the age of 46. Hatton, who won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, was found dead when police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marathon at worlds takes weird twists: a false start, a near wrong turn and, finally, a photo finish
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged out Amanal Petros in a wild men’s marathon at world championships Monday. It was a 26.2-mile (42.195-kilometer) race through the streets of Tokyo that began with a false start and ended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former France forward Paul Willemse retires from rugby after multiple concussions
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Former France forward Paul Willemse announced his retirement from rugby on Monday after sustaining multiple concussions during his career. The South Africa-born lock has not played since October last year, when he was taken off for a concussion when playing for club side Montpellier. Willemse said he had been concussed six times ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Promising US cyclist Matthew Riccitello joins French team with Tour-winning ambitions
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
Promising American cyclist Matthew Riccitello, who finished fifth overall in the Spanish Vuelta and won the white jersey for best young rider, is joining a French team with big ambitions in 2026. The 23-year-old rider from Tucson, Arizona, has signed with the Decathlon CMA CGM team for the next three seasons, the French outfit said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada letting de Goede times roll at the Women’s Rugby World Cup
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
Consider Sophie de Goede back. De Goede was at the heart of Canada’s sweep through the pool stage of the Women’s Rugby World Cup and became the team’s all-time leading point-scorer. Then, 15 months after a torn ACL, she gave a tour de force in the first 20 minutes of the quarterfinal against Australia on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP Extra Points: Breakthrough win at South Carolina makes No. 20 Commodores hungry for more
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
Vanderbilt checked a big item off its to-do list by beating South Carolina, and there’s still more work to do. The Commodores are 3-0 for the first time since 2017 and were rewarded for their 31-7 win over the Gamecocks with a No. 20 ranking in Sunday’s Associated Press Top 25. Like last year, when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Looking for a pesky spoiler? The A’s just swept the Reds — and have been above .500 since the break
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
It won’t exactly make up for the 1990 World Series — won by Cincinnati in a sweep over Oakland — but the Athletics played the role of spoiler to perfection this past weekend when they won three straight over the Reds. If you haven’t been paying attention, the A’s have shown this potential for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Problems officiating the tush push could be the new argument to support banning it
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
The Super Bowl rematch turned into bully ball highlighted by the NFL’s ugliest play. Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles pushed — literally — their way past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17, on Sunday. Hurts scored another touchdown on a tush push and the Eagles used the play seven times ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chaotic scenes in Madrid as pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt final stage of Vuelta cycling race
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the final stage of the Spanish Vuelta, throwing barriers onto the road and clashing with police as the three-week-long race ended with chaotic scenes in Madrid. Authorities said two people were arrested and 22 injured, none of them seriously, in confrontations between police and protesters Sunday near the finish ... Read More »
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