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Avdija scores 22 points as Israel beats Belgium to reach Euro Basket knockout stage
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
Deni Avdija led the way again with 22 points as Israel advanced to the knockout stage at EuroBasket with a nail-biting 92-89 win against Belgium on Tuesday. The Portland Trail Blazers guard starred on Sunday with 23 points when Israel stunned Paris Olympics silver medalist France 82-69. This time, Maccabi Tel Aviv center Roman Sorkin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Naomi Osaka is back in a Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open. She doesn’t lose once there
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Once Naomi Osaka is in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament, look out. For a while, it was getting there that was the problem. Right now, Osaka appears to be back at her best, and she most definitively is back at that stage of a major, getting ready to face ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Westlake comes out of para hockey retirement, seeks sixth Paralympic Games
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
CALGARY — A man who knows what it takes to win a Paralympic hockey gold in Italy has come out of retirement hoping to help Canada do it again. Five-time Paralympian Greg Westlake of Oakville, Ont., spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach of the Canadian para hockey team. The 39-year-old put his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England calls up Loftus-Cheek and Quansah for World Cup qualifiers
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — England coach Thomas Tuchel has added Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jarell Quansah to his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia. AC Milan’s Loftus-Cheek and Bayer Leverkusen’s Quansah have been included after Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton pulled out because of injury. Midfielder Loftus-Cheek has not played for England since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New NFL season kicks off with permanent kickoff changes and more
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
A new NFL season is set to begin with last year’s experiment on the new kickoff becoming permanent with a new tweak and several other changes in rules and officiating. The league also will implement changes to the overtime rule for the regular season, expand replay assist, crack down on bad sportsmanship and use Hawk-Eye ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Will Power out at Penske: Team confirms Australian will not return for 18th season
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Will Power, the consummate company man who won two IndyCar titles and the Indianapolis 500 for Roger Penske, will not return to Team Penske for an 18th season. The long-expected announcement was finally made Tuesday, two days after the season finale, and nearly a year after speculation began that Power would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grimsby fined for fielding ineligible player during historic win against Man United
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Grimsby Town has been fined 20,000 pounds ($26,750) for fielding an ineligible player in its historic win against Manchester United last week. The fourth tier team produced one of the biggest upsets in English soccer to knock United out of the English League Cup after a penalty shootout. But it has since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two-time IndyCar champion Will Power won’t return to Team Penske for an 18th season
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two-time IndyCar champion Will Power won’t return to Team Penske for an 18th season. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian men to face Ecuador in November friendly at Toronto’s BMO Field
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
Canada will host Ecuador in a men’s soccer friendly in Toronto during the November FIFA international window. The Nov. 13 game at BMO Field marks only the second meeting between the Canadian men, currently ranked an all-time high at 28th in the world, and No. 25 Ecuador. The first matchup, also at BMO Field, was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Result of table tennis governing body’s disputed election in Qatar upheld on appeal
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The disputed result of the International Table Tennis Federation’s presidential election that ended in chaos has been confirmed on appeal, the organization said Tuesday. ITTF leader Petra Sörling of Sweden won a 104-102 vote against Qatar’s Khalil al-Mohannadi in Doha in May, prompting a hostile reaction which led to the election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gabby Thomas won’t run at track and field world championships due to Achilles tendon injury
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Olympic champion Gabby Thomas will miss this month’s track world championships with an Achilles tendon injury she’s been dealing with since May. Thomas, the American who won the 200-meter sprint in Paris and was on both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter gold-medal relay teams, said she exacerbated the injury in July. ... Read More »
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