National Sports
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 »
Be the first to comment!Newcastle losing another sporting director as Mitchell to step down
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle is losing another sporting director after the Premier League club announced Paul Mitchell is stepping down next month. Mitchell took the position only last July following the departure of Newcastle’s previous sporting director, Dan Ashworth, to Manchester United. Mitchell was leaving “due to health reasons” and his departure was “by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope Leo XIV casts doubt on which soccer club he supports during audience with Italian champ Napoli
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
VATICAN CITY (AP) — That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis has already been established. The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican and surrounding Italy concerning the first American pope remains a mystery, though. Does Leo support an Italian soccer club? Leo cast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coco Gauff’s amusing racket mishap at Roland-Garros draws laughter and applause
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. “They were supposed to be in my bag,” the American told the chair umpire. Gauff, set to play her first-round match against Austria’s Olivia Gadecki, looked momentarily confused before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool FC, a soccer club with an identity woven in trophies and tragedies
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
The somber-looking home page of Liverpool FC on Tuesday reflected the mood of a club still in shock after a man plowed a car into a crowd of fans who were celebrating the team’s latest Premier League title, injuring 47 people. Under a statement sending thoughts and prayers to those affected were references to two ... Read More »
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