National Sports
Verma scores 87 as India sets South Africa target of 299 in Women’s Cricket World Cup final
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
NAVI MUMBAI, India (AP) — Opener Shafali Verma scored 87 off 78 balls as India reached 298-7 in 50 overs against South Africa in the Women’s Cricket World Cup final on Sunday. Verma scored her career-best score as the Proteas were set a challenging target at the DY Patil Stadium. India’s total is the second-highest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hellen Obiri of Kenya sets a course record to win the New York City Marathon
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Hellen Obiri of Kenya set a course record to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday. Obiri, who also won the race in 2023, finished in 2 hours, 19 minutes and 51 seconds. Obiri was running with 2022 winner Sharon Lokedi until she pulled away from her countrymate in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aryna Sabalenka serves her way past Jasmine Paolini at the WTA Finals
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka put on a dominant serving display in her opening match at the WTA finals, producing 10 aces in a 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 8-ranked Jasmine Paolini on Sunday. Sabalenka served four aces in the final game of the first set alone and overall put 82.7% of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Victoria Mboko wins Hong Kong Open for second WTA title of season
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
HONG KONG — Victoria Mboko defeated Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 7-5, 6-7 (9), 6-2 to win the Hong Kong Open on Sunday. The 19-year-old from Toronto fired nine aces and earned her second WTA title of the season after lifting the National Bank Open trophy in Montreal in August. Mboko improved to 2-0 against Bucsa, having ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kevin Willard faces the daunting task of reviving Villanova basketball after 3 straight NCAA misses
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Kevin Willard waited in the Boston Celtics’ staff room as Rick Pitino unloaded after a crushing last-second loss and delivered one of the great rants in ticked-off sports coach history. Pitino’s tirade is remembered and mimicked to this day — how Larry Bird and other Celtics greats weren’t “walking through that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wolves fires Pereira with Wanderers in last place in the Premier League after 10 games without a win
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Premier League’s last-placed team, fired manager Vitor Pereira on Sunday after a winless start to the season. Pereira joined Wolves in December when the team was in next-to-last place in the league, secured its survival in the lucrative top flight by April and was handed a new three-year contract in September. However, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alizé Cornet has been named as the French captain of the Billie Jean King Cup team
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Alizé Cornet has been named the French captain of the Billie Jean King Cup team a few months after retiring as a player. The French tennis federation announced the nomination on Sunday, saying that Cornet stood out from other candidates because of her “investment in French tennis, her profile, her motivation and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern Munich announces record turnover and membership figures
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich announced club-record financial and membership figures at its annual general meeting on Sunday, when members also celebrated the team’s record 15-game winning start to the season. Bayern president Herbert Hainer said the club gained 50,000 new members in the last year, taking its total to 432,500, “more than any other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wolves fires Pereira with Wanderers in last place in the Premier League after 10 games
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Premier League’s last-placed team, fired manager Vitor Pereira on Sunday after a winless start to the season. Pereira joined Wolves in December when the team was in next-to-last place in the league, secured its survival in the lucrative top flight by April and was handed a new three-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McKibbin earns a spot in the Masters and British Open with dominant win in Hong Kong Open
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
HONG KONG (AP) — Tom McKibbin earned his first trip to the Masters by pulling away for a 7-under 63 to cap off a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Hong Kong Open. His second win also gets the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland in the British Open. Getting to Augusta National became a challenge when McKibbin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vanderbilt rally fell shot as chance for statement road win turns into critical loss for Commodores
By Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Vanderbilt’s big rally against Texas came up short as an onside kick rolled out of bounds and took one last chance for the Commodores with it. And those mere inches in a desperate scramble for the ball may be all the difference between a really good season in Nashville and a ... Read More »
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