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Napoli keeps up pressure on Serie A leader Inter with 2-1 win over Fiorentina
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Napoli kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Inter Milan as it finally got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina on Sunday. Romelu Lukaku scored one and set up the other for Giacomo Raspadori to help Napoli move back to within a point of Inter, which fought ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India beats New Zealand by 4 wickets to win Champions Trophy final
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India’s cricketers won another global trophy with a four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday. Rohit Sharma led the chase with 76 off 83 balls and Lokesh Rahul’s unbeaten 34 helped India cross the finish line on 254-6 in 49 overs. Half-centuries from Daryl ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baltimore right-hander Grayson Rodriguez shut down for up to 10 days with elbow inflammation
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore right-hander Grayson Rodriguez has inflammation in his throwing elbow and will be shut down for up to 10 days. Manager Brandon Hyde told reporters Sunday that Rodriguez received a cortisone shot and that he’d resume a throwing program in 7 to 10 days. Hyde had ruled out Rodriguez for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian skier James Crawford captures silver in tight World Cup super-G in Norway
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
Canadian alpine skier James Crawford claimed a silver medal in a men’s World Cup super-G race of tight margins on Sunday. Toronto’s Crawford finished 0.38 seconds behind Italian star Dominik Paris, who won his second race in three days. Miha Hrobat of Slovenia was 0.47 seconds behind the leader in third. Crawford, 27, reached the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chelsea beats Leicester 1-0 to rise to fourth in the Premier League
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea moved up to fourth in the Premier League on Sunday after a 1-0 win against Leicester. Marc Cucurella struck the winner in the 60th minute at Stamford Bridge after Cole Palmer’s first-half penalty was saved. Chelsea moved ahead of four-time defending champion Manchester City, which lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NFL free agency explained, from salary cap and tampering to franchise and transition tags
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
The NFL’s free agency period opens Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year on Wednesday. Several high-profile players, including quarterbacks Russell Wilson, Sam Darnold and Justin Fields, will be free to sign a contract with a new team. Here’s an explanation of rules and terms: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mets catcher Alvarez is out 6-8 weeks with a fractured left hand that needs surgery
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has a fractured hamate bone in his left hand that will require surgery. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday that Alvarez sustained the injury Saturday during live batting practice and that he’d have surgery Monday. Mendoza added that the injury would keep Alvarez out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buffalo Bills release NFL’s active sacks leader Von Miller in a salary cap-saving move
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills announced the long-anticipated decision to release Von Miller on Sunday, parting ways with the aging edge rusher whose contract proved too expensive for his dwindling playing time and production. The move allows the Bills to free up about $8.4 million in salary cap space, which comes close ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calum Hill wins three-man playoff to claim Joburg Open title on the European tour
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Scottish golfer Calum Hill made par on the second playoff hole to outlast South African rivals Jacques Kruyswijk and Shaun Norris and win the Joburg Open on Sunday. The extra holes took place to the backdrop of thunder and lightning at Houghton Golf Club, with all three players parring the first playoff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Germany poised for 2-man bobsled sweep, with Friedrich and Lochner set to fight for gold
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — German teammates Francesco Friedrich and Johannes Lochner have separated themselves from the pack going into the final two-man run at the world bobsled championships. Friedrich and Alexander Schüller lead Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer by 0.06 seconds going into the fourth and final heat, after the two drivers turned in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Karlsson wins women’s 50k cross country race to cap Nordic worlds dominated by hometown hero Klaebo
By Canadian Press on March 9th, 2025
TRONDHEIM, Norway (AP) — Frida Karlsson won the women’s 50-kilometer cross country women’s mass start race on Sunday to cap the Nordic world championships marked by hometown hero Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway winning all six races in which he competed. Karlsson clinched the victory to give Sweden its sixth gold medal at the event. ... Read More »
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