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Atletico Madrid adds playmaker Álex Baena from Villarreal
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid continued boosting its squad by signing midfielder Álex Baena from Villarreal on Wednesday. The transfer was announced a day after Atletico said it signed 22-year-old Italian left back Matteo Ruggeri from Atalanta. Both have signed five-year contracts. Financial details were not immediately disclosed. The 27-year-old Baena helped Spain win last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!K’Andre Miller is eager for his new start after trade from New York Rangers to Carolina Hurricanes
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
K’Andre Miller kept his phone off and avoided social media in recent weeks with his future uncertain after five seasons with the New York Rangers. Now, he’s eager to jump into the Carolina Hurricanes’ aggressive system. The Hurricanes acquired the 25-year-old former first-round pick to bolster their blue line and gave him a long-term contract ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Raptors re-sign veteran guard Garrett Temple
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have re-signed veteran guard Garrett Temple. The Raptors announced the move Wednesday, but did not reveal any terms of the deal. Temple will play his third campaign in Toronto after averaging 1.9 points and 1.1 assists in 28 games last season. The 39-year-old from Baton Rouge, La., enters his 16th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wimbledon: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka avoids the kind of upset that has happened a lot this year
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka was just two points from dropping the opening set of her second-round Wimbledon match three times on Wednesday before asserting herself for a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Marie Bouzkova to avoid the sort of surprise that has sent a group of seeded players home. Four of the top 10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jaiswal dismissed by Stokes as India reaches tea 3 down at Edgbaston
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Ben Stokes prised out Yashasvi Jaiswal for 87 for England’s only afternoon wicket as India reached 182-3 at tea on day one of the second test at Edgbaston on Wednesday. The captain gave himself a second bowling spell and his seventh delivery induced Jaiswal to waft at a wide one and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Fernandez falls to Germany’s Siegemund in second round at Wimbledon
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
WIMBLEDON — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez made an early exit from Wimbledon on Wednesday, falling 6-2, 6-3 in second-round play to unseeded Laura Siegemund of Germany. The 29th seed from of Laval, Que., struggled on serve, landing just 55 per cent of her first attempts and winning 53 per cent of those points. She also double-faulted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL, NHLPA, IOC and IIHF finalize agreement for players to participate in 2026 Olympics
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
ZURICH (AP) — The NHL, NHLPA and international officials on Wednesday finalized a long-ago agreed-to deal to send players to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. The league, union, International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee confirmed the participation of NHL players at the games for the first time since 2014. The groups negotiated the agreement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maxwell Hairston, the Bills’ 1st-round pick, is accused of sexual assault
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in 2021 at the University of Kentucky. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Kentucky by a woman who claims Hairston entered her dorm room without being invited, ignored her when she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New recruit Giroud feels ageing body can stand rigors of Ligue 1 with Lille
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
Veteran striker Olivier Giroud feels his ageing body can withstand the rigors of the French league and that he has plenty to offer his new club Lille. The 38-year-old Frenchman was presented to the media on Wednesday after ending a disappointing spell in Major League Soccer with Los Angeles FC. “I feel in good shape ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Euro 2025 pits celebrated soccer couple Harder and Eriksson as opponents in Denmark-Sweden game
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — It is rare in top-level soccer for a player to be tasked with marking their life partner who is also the opponent’s star striker. Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson’s job Friday is stopping the threat of Denmark captain Pernille Harder in their opening game at the Women’s European Championship. They have been a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spain coach Sergio Scariolo to step down after EuroBasket
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Sergio Scariolo will not continue as coach of Spain’s basketball team after EuroBasket. Scariolo made the announcement on Wednesday as he released Spain’s squad for the 24-team tournament — Europe’s continental championship — that begins in late August and ends in September. “EuroBasket will be my last competitive moment with the national ... Read More »
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