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Wasteful finishing haunts PSG again in Champions League loss to Liverpool
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain’s wasteful finishing came back to haunt the French team on Wednesday in a 1-0 loss to Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. Harvey Elliott’s late goal punished PSG at Parc des Princes. It was only Liverpool’s second attempt on target compared to a whopping ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raiders give pass rusher Maxx Crosby record-breaking extension
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Raiders not only extended the contract of star defensive end Maxx Crosby, they made him the highest-paid non quarterback in NFL history. Crosby received a three-year extension worth $106.5 million, with $91.5 million guaranteed, to keep him in Las Vegas through the 2029 season, a person with knowledge of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crosby and MacKinnon bring out the best in each other as teammates internationally or rivals in NHL
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon’s childhood idol and role model has turned into a training partner and an offseason neighbor back home in the Halifax area of their native Nova Scotia. One of his closest friends, too. MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby have developed a tight bond, which made winning the 4 Nations Face-Off title together ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool stuns PSG with late winner in Champions League and 10-man Barcelona beats Benfica
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Harvey Elliott scored less than a minute after coming on as a late substitute to fire Liverpool to a 1-0 win at Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday. Runaway Premier League leader Liverpool had survived a barrage of attacks in Paris to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Garzon scores 21, helps Colorado women hold off Houston 66-58 despite 33 turnovers in Big 12 opener
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lior Garzon scored 21 points, Jade Masogayo added 14 and ninth-seeded Colorado topped sixteenth-seed Houston 66-58 in the opening round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament on Wednesday. The Buffaloes (19-11), who beat the Cougars by 23 in their regular-season matchup, face eight-seed Arizona in the second round on Thursday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA promises $1 billion total prize money to 32 teams at men’s Club World Cup in the United States
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA promised $1 billion in total prize money Wednesday to the 32 teams playing at the men’s Club World Cup in the United States. The long-awaited confirmation just over three months before the opening game in Miami follows a broadcast deal belatedly being agreed with streaming service DAZN backed by Saudi Arabian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guard Joel Bitonio will return for 12th season with the Browns
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Joel Bitonio will return for a 12th season with the Cleveland Browns. The guard announced his decision through the team on Wednesday. Bitonio has played his entire career in Cleveland after he was selected in the second round (35th overall) of the 2014 draft. Bitonio said at the end of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes is done for the season after having shoulder surgery
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Devils leading scorer Jack Hughes had shoulder surgery and is out for the season, a blow to the team’s hopes of making a playoff run. The team said Hughes had surgery on his right shoulder in Vail, Colorado, on Wednesday after tests and conversations with his family, agent and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern’s Harry Kane ends 4-game scoring drought with 2 goals against Leverkusen
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane ended his four-game scoring drought for Bayern Munich with his two goals giving his team a 3-0 lead over Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. Kane rewarded Bayern’s good start on Wednesday with a header off Michael Olise’s cross in the ninth minute. Kane ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lautaro Martinez sets Champions League goals record for Inter Milan in 2-0 win at Feyenoord
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Lautaro Martinez became Inter Milan’s all-time leading scorer in the Champions League on Wednesday in a 2-0 win for the Italian giant against Feyenoord. With his 18th goal in European club soccer’s most prestigious competition, he overtook club great Sandro Mazzola’s record. Brazilian Adriano also scored 18 goals in the Champions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cindric penalized by NASCAR for hooking Ty Dillon at COTA. Team Penske driver avoids suspension
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR penalized Austin Cindric 50 points and fined him $50,000 on Wednesday for intentionally spinning Ty Dillon in last weekend’s Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Dillon moved Cindric up the track early in the race and Cindric quickly retaliated by hooking Dillon in the right rear, spinning Dillon’s ... Read More »
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