National Sports
EA Sports names WRs Ryan Williams, Jeremiah Smith as College Football 26 cover athletes
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
Alabama’s Ryan Williams and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith are the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 26, the video-game developer announced Tuesday. The electric sophomore wide receivers were picked for the second edition of the franchise’s reboot. Last year’s game was the first in 11 years and was among the best-selling video games in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-Arsenal playmaker Tomáš Rosický out of hospital after unspecified heart problem
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
PRAGUE (AP) — Former Arsenal midfielder Tomáš Rosický was hospitalized in an intensive care unit last week for an unspecified heart-related problem. Sparta Prague said Rosický, its 44-year-old sport director, was hospitalized last Tuesday and released at the end of last week. No surgery was needed and he was recovering at home. The club said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!65 people injured after Liverpool car ramming. Driver suspected of attempted murder
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A 53-year-old British man who injured 65 people when he plowed his vehicle into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said Tuesday. The driver was also being held on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England pacer Gus Atkinson injured and will miss ODI series with the West Indies
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — England fast bowler Gus Atkinson was ruled out of the one-day international series against the West Indies with a right hamstring strain on Tuesday. Atkinson was in clear discomfort during the closing stages of the innings victory over Zimbabwe in the one-off test at Trent Bridge last weekend, bowling only three overs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!50 people treated in hospitals after Liverpool car ramming. Driver suspected of attempted murder
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Police said 50 people were treated in hospitals after a car rammed into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their teams Premier League championship and 11 remained hospitalized on Tuesday. Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims of Merseyside Police said the patients were all stable. The number of injured who were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pre-race favorite Roglic withdraws from Giro d’Italia after crash in wet stage
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
SAN VALENTINO, Italy (AP) — Pre-race favorite Primoz Roglic abandoned the Giro d’Italia after crashing during a wet 16th stage on Tuesday, one of several falls during the mountain leg. Italian rider Alessio Martinelli was hospitalized after sliding into a ravine. The VG Group Bardiani-CSF Faizane team said Martinelli was “conscious and in stable condition.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French Open 2025: Ben Shelton reaches the third round when his opponent withdraws with injury
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Ben Shelton reached the third round at the French Open for the second year in a row — and this time, the American didn’t even need to swing his racket, moving on Tuesday when Hugo Gaston withdrew from the tournament because of an abdominal injury. The 13th-seeded Shelton’s best Grand Slam results ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No NHL, Crosby faced the powerhouse Knights: Looking back at the 2005 Memorial Cup
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
Corey Perry remembers playing on what felt like hockey’s biggest stage well before reaching a Stanley Cup final. The year was 2005. The NHL was locked out. Rabid fans in Canada were starved for high-level hockey. Perry’s powerhouse London Knights, meanwhile, were hosting a Memorial Cup headlined by 17-year-old Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Océanic, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Berlin presents bid to rehost Olympics with 100th anniversary of 1936 Games looming
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympics on Tuesday in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin sports minister Iris Spranger said the city wants to put on a sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044, making use of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coco Gauff jokes about forgotten rackets after opening win at French Open
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff caused a brief and amusing delay at the French Open on Tuesday when she stepped onto Court Philippe-Chatrier without her rackets. Gauff looked confused before a ball boy ran out minutes later carrying her pack of mint-colored rackets. “That’s better,” said the court announcer, drawing laughter, applause and smiles from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to stay hydrated, when she started to think about how much waste such events produce. On the flight home, she did the math: 9,000 runners, 17 aid stations and something like 150,000 cups used once and thrown away. “I was just ... Read More »
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