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Alcaraz plays Djokovic and Sinner plays Auger-Aliassime in the U.S. Open men’s semifinals
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz, and defending champion Jannik Sinner meets Felix Auger-Aliassime in the U.S. Open men’s semifinals Friday. All have won multiple Grand Slam titles except Auger-Aliassime, a 25-year-old from Canada trying to make it to his first major final. Alcaraz vs. Djokovic is scheduled to be played first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Dabrowski and Routliffe win U.S. Open women’s doubles title
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK — Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe are U.S. Open women’s doubles champions for the second time in three years. They defeated top-seeded American Taylor Townsend and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 in today’s final. Dabrowski is an Ottawa native while Routliffe, a dual citizen who represents her native New Zealand internationally, lives ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Isak on Sweden bench for World Cup qualifier in Slovenia days after Liverpool move
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
LJUBLJANA, Sweden (AP) — Sweden left Alexander Isak on the bench for a World Cup qualifying game in Slovenia on Friday, days after the star forward ended his holdout at Newcastle to join Liverpool for an English record transfer fee. Isak, who cost Liverpool a reported 125 million pounds ($170 million), has not played a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tennessee guard Ruby Whitehorn pleads guilty to 2 misdemeanors and is granted judicial diversion
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee fourth-year guard Ruby Whitehorn on Friday pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in exchange for judicial diversion after an altercation last month that earned her a suspension from the team. “As a result of a lot of hard work and investigation, we were able to enter into a favorable plea agreement,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jalen Carter shames Super Bowl champion Eagles by spitting on Dak Prescott. What happens next?
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Read the jokes that spread through text chains and chats and social media — everything from Dak Tuah! to a Star Wars-esque Dak Spit First to the Seinfeld-inspired magic loogie memes — and they were funny enough to make everyone do a, well, spit take. Jalen Carter might not find the laughs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jalen Carter shames Super Bowl champion Eagles for spitting on Dak Prescott. What happens next?
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Read the jokes that spread through text chains and chats and social media — everything from Dak Tuah! to a Star Wars-esque Dak Spit First to the Seinfeld-inspired magic loogie memes — and they were funny enough to make everyone do a, well, spit take. Jalen Carter might not find the laughs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amanda Anisimova faces defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the U.S. Open women’s final
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — It is impossible to look ahead to Amanda Anisimova’s U.S. Open final against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday without viewing it through the prism of what happened less than two months ago at the last Grand Slam tournament, Wimbledon. Impossible for Anisimova. Impossible for Sabalenka. Impossible for anyone, really. That’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ahead of Pulisic’s likely US return, Pochettino repeats summer flap is behind them
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A day before Christian Pulisic’s likely return to the field for the U.S. national team, coach Mauricio Pochettino repeated the summer flap between him and the biggest American star was in the past. “We all made a mistake in some time, because we read the situation in a different way,” Pochettino ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IOC creates panel to review female issues in Olympic sports and protects experts’ identity
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — The names of experts appointed to an Olympic panel looking at female gender issues are not being revealed, the IOC said on Friday in confirming its creation. A working group on “Protection of the Female Category” in sports was promised by the International Olympic Committee’s first female president Kirsty Coventry when she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England women have convinced Tuchel there’s no curse ahead of the men’s World Cup
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Less than a year into the Thomas Tuchel era and England has seen little to suggest its decades-long wait for a trophy will end at next year’s World Cup. The German coach goes into the latest round of World Cup qualifiers on the back of two chastening performances in June, including ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jalen Carter awaits discipline from the NFL, which made sportsmanship a priority
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
The NFL made it clear before the season that sportsmanship would be a point of emphasis. Jalen Carter provided the first example of misconduct. Now, he awaits discipline from the league. With tens of millions watching the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles taking on the rival Dallas Cowboys, Carter spat on Dak Prescott six ... Read More »
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