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Italy back in Billie Jean King Cup final after comeback against Ukraine
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Defending champion Italy reached the Billie Jean King Cup final for a third straight year after coming from behind to beat Ukraine 2-1 in the semifinals on Friday. French Open champions Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini won the deciding doubles against Marta Kostyuk and Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-2, 6-3. In the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Matt Petgrave, whose skate fatally cut Adam Johnson’s neck, signs in the ECHL
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Petgrave, the player whose skate fatally cut Adam Johnson’s neck in a hockey game in Britain nearly two years ago, has signed a contract to play for the Indy Fuel of the minor-league ECHL. The Fuel announced Friday they’ve signed Petgrave to a contract for the upcoming season. Petgrave was arrested ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commanders’ Jayden Daniels is not on the field for the start of practice Friday
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was not on the field Friday for the portion of practice open to the media as he deals with an injured left knee. Daniels sat out practice on Wednesday and Thursday because of the knee, and his status for Sunday’s game against the visiting Las Vegas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Second Ireland-England T20 a washout
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
DUBLIN (AP) — The second Twenty20 cricket match between host Ireland and England was abandoned on Friday without a ball being bowled after persistent rain on the Irish coast. It was disappointing news for a sell-out crowd of around 4,500 fans at Malahide. England will take a 1-0 lead into Sunday’s final game, also at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner: A mascot with a storied past and unforgettable moments
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Tarin Clark vividly remembers the first time he sprinted onto Owen Field field alongside the Sooner Schooner, Oklahoma’s iconic covered wagon mascot. It was 2017, and he was a new member of the RUF/NEKS, the all-male spirit group that helps maintain the Schooner and its ponies. He could barely collect his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RYDER CUP ’25: For Cameron Young, a New York homecoming in the works for 12 years
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Bethpage Black is a big ballpark on Long Island that made the boy feel even smaller. He was holding his father’s hand on Father’s Day in 2002 as they watched the U.S. Open won by Tiger Woods. It was Cameron Young’s first glimpse of golf at the highest level. He was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McLaren heads into Azerbaijan GP on verge of F1 constructors’ title
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
The Formula 1 title race is heating up and McLaren’s golden rule — “Let ’em race” — risks expanding into a whole rule book. Asking Oscar Piastri to give up second place to Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix because of a slow pit stop showed how McLaren’s seemingly simple approach risks being bogged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olympic greats Fourcade, Bjorndalen to get biathlon medal upgrades from past Russian doping case
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — More than 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics, retired French biathlon star Martin Fourcade was allocated another gold medal Friday after a Russian doping case was resolved. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board formally reallocated medals from events that Russian biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov won medals in at the 2010 Winter Games in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian world race walk champion Evan Dunfee out of men’s 20k event with injury
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
TOKYO — Evan Dunfee’s hopes of adding another gold medal at the world athletics championships have ended after the Canadian race-walker pulled out of Saturday’s men’s 20-kilometre event with a hamstring injury. Dunfee said in an Instagram message posted Thursday that an MRI at Tokyo’s Juntendo University Hospital revealed a “fairly bad” tear in his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RYDER CUP ’25: Player capsules for the European team
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
A capsule look at the players on the European team for the Ryder Cup matches Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York (listed in order they made the team): Rory McIlroy Age: 36. Country: Northern Ireland. World ranking: 2. Ryder Cup record: 16-13-4. Career victories: 41. 2025 victories: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RYDER CUP ’25: Player capsules for the US team
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
A capsule look at the 12 players on the U.S. team for the Ryder Cup matches Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York (listed in order they made the team): Scottie Scheffler Age: 29. World ranking: 1. Ryder Cup record: 2-2-3. Career victories: 22. 2025 victories: The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, ... Read More »
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