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Barcelona pounces on Real Madrid stumble and regains lead of La Liga with a 3-0 win over Levante
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
MADRID (AP) — Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid’s stumble and regained the Spanish league lead with a comfortable 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Levante on Sunday. Marc Bernal, Frenkie de Jong and Fermín López scored a goal each as Barcelona ended a two-game losing streak to get back in front of rival Madrid, which lost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twins All-Star right-hander Joe Ryan has inflammation in lower back
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Minnesota Twins All-Star right-hander Joe Ryan is expected to be available for the start of the season after an MRI revealed only inflammation in his lower back. Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll said Sunday that Ryan, the team’s expected opening day starter, will rest for a few days. Ryan had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six Nations favorite France scores 5 tries in 33-8 win against Italy despite some errors
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
LILLE, France (AP) — France remained on course for the Six Nations title after a scrappy 33-8 win against Italy on Sunday. Fabien Galthié’s side is favored to win back-to-back titles and is the only team to have won all three matches. France grabbed five tries for a bonus point and has 18 tries so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!T20 World Cup co-hosts lose as South Africa ends India’s winning run and England beats Sri Lanka
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — South Africa stunned T20 World Cup defending champion India with a 76-run victory on Sunday in the Super Eights with the tournament co-host dismissed for 111. It was a completely dominant performance from the Proteas, which lost to India in the final of the 2024 edition. India’s 12-match winning run since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBC’s big Olympics bet looks smarter as Milan audience up 94% from Beijing
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
Many wondered four years ago if NBC’s 2014 decision to secure U.S. media rights to the Olympics through 2032 for $7.75 billion was a bad business deal. With NBC having its most-watched Winter Games in 12 years, those concerns appear to have quieted. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, NBC averaged 24 million viewers across ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six Nations favorite France scores 5 tries in 33-8 win against Italy
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
LILLE, France (AP) — France remained on course for the Six Nations title after a scrappy 33-8 win against Italy on Sunday. Fabien Galthié’s side is favored to win back-to-back titles and is the only team to have won all three matches. France grabbed five tries for a bonus point and has 19 tries so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Henri Veesaar’s return from missing 2 games marks a big gain for No. 16 Tar Heels
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
North Carolina’s Henri Veesaar went from barely practicing or working out due to a nagging lower-body injury to playing nearly a full allotment of minutes in his return to action at Syracuse. “It feels great, it feels much better than it did before,” the 7-footer said after posting 19 points and three blocks in Saturday’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freiburg moves to 7th in Bundesliga with 2-1 win over Gladbach
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
BERLIN (AP) — Matthias Ginter and Igor Matanović scored as Freiburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 and moved to seventh in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Ginter struck in the 38th minute when he flung himself at the ball after a long throw in to acrobatically steer it in despite the attention of Gladbach defender Joe Scally. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mac Allister scores stoppage-time winner for Liverpool after VAR rules out earlier goal
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
Alexis Mac Allister just didn’t give up. After having an 89th-minute goal disallowed following a VAR check, the Argentina midfielder scored again in the seventh minute of stoppage time — and this time it survived a video review — to earn Liverpool a 1-0 victory at Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Overtime hockey heartbreak closes Milan Cortina Olympics for Canada
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
MILAN — The Canadian men’s hockey team could not maintain its best-on-best dominance over the United States, falling 2-1 in overtime in Sunday’s gold-medal game at the Milan-Cortina Games. New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes scored 1:41 into overtime, left alone in the slot during 3-on-3 play as Canada scrambled after surrendering an odd-man break ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New coach Haise steers Rennes to 3-0 win at Auxerre in Ligue 1
By Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Franck Haise’s first game in charge of Rennes started with a clinical 3-0 win at Auxerre in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Midfieler Mahdi Camara scored two first-half goals either side of an effort from striker Esteban Lepaul to put Rennes 3-0 up at halftime. Haise replaced Habib Beye, who split with Rennes ... Read More »
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