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America team at world swimming battles case of ‘acute gastroenteritis’ that damages performance
By Canadian Press on July 27th, 2025
SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States team at the swimming world championships in Singapore is battling a case of “acute gastroenteritis” that compromised performances on Sunday, the opening day of eight days of competition in the pool. Nikki Warner, the spokeswoman for USA Swimming, confirmed the outbreak to The Associated Press and said it had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seattle’s Cal Raleigh calls his 40th homer ‘a cool milestone’ during the catcher’s historic season
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cal Raleigh reached another landmark in his incredible season Saturday night when he drilled his 40th home run deep into the right field bleachers at Angel Stadium. Becoming the seventh catcher in major league history to hit 40 homers has been all but inevitable for Raleigh ever since the Seattle Mariners ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Claressa Shields unanimously outpoints Lani Daniels, successfully defending heavyweight belts
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Lani Daniels on Saturday night, successfully defending all her belts as the first undisputed heavyweight champion in women’s boxing. The 30-year-old Shields, a two-time Olympic champion, improved to 17-0 in front of 15,366 fans at Little Caesars Arena. The 36-year-old Daniels, the IBF light heavyweight champion, dropped to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McIntosh starts her quest for five gold medals at swim world championships
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
SINGAPORE (AP) — Summer McIntosh of Canada began her quest for five gold medals in the swimming world championships on Sunday’s opening day in Singapore. Her first medal race is the 400-metre freestyle. McIntosh, who won three gold medals a year ago at the Paris Olympics, holds the world record in the 400 free — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Summer McIntosh starts her quest for five gold medals at the swim world championships
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
SINGAPORE (AP) — Summer McIntosh of Canada began her quest for five gold medals in the swimming world championships on Sunday’s opening day in Singapore. Her first medal race is the 400-meter freestyle. McIntosh, who won three gold medals a year ago at the Paris Olympics, holds the world record in the 400 free — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sabbi, Ngando and Laborda score goals, Takaoka has 11th shutout; Whitecaps beat Sporting
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Emmanuel Sabbi opened the scoring in the 35th minute, J.C. Ngando and Mathias Laborda also scored a goal on Saturday night and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0. Yohei Takaoka, whose leads MLS with 11 shutouts this season, had three saves for Vancouver (13-5-6). The Whitecaps are second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cal Raleigh is first to 40 homers this season with tiebreaking shot in Mariners’ 7-2 win over Angels
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cal Raleigh became the first player to hit 40 homers this season with a tiebreaking solo shot in the sixth inning of the Seattle Mariners’ 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Raleigh hammered a 97 mph fastball from JosĂ© Fermin (2-2) 416 feet into the right-field bleachers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Saturday, July 26, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
Saturday’s Scoreboard CFL Toronto 31 Winnipeg 17 — MLB American League Toronto 6 Detroit 1 Athletics 5 Houston 1 Kansas City 5 Cleveland 3, game 1 (10 innings) Cleveland 6 Kansas City 4, game 2 Seattle 7 L.A. Angels 2 National League Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 0 Miami 7 Milwaukee 4 San Diego 3 St. Louis ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sabbi scores, Vancouver Whitecaps blank struggling Sporting Kansas City 3-0
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Yohei Takaoka chalked up yet another clean sheet as the Vancouver Whitecaps blanked Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on Saturday. The Japanese goalkeeper stopped all three on-target shots he faced to earn his Major League Soccer-leading 11th shutout of the season. Emmanuel Sabbi got the ‘Caps (13-5-6) on the board in the 35th minute, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Claressa Shields unanimously outpoints Lani Daniels, successfully defending all her belts
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Lani Daniels on Saturday night, successfully defending all her belts as the first undisputed heavyweight champion in women’s boxing. The 30-year-old Shields, a two-time Olympic champion, improved to 17-0 in front of 15,366 fans at Little Caesars Arena. The 36-year-old Daniels, the IBF light heavyweight champion, dropped to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Davidovich Fokina beats Shelton to reach the DC Open final vs. de Minaur. Fernandez faces Kalinskaya
By Canadian Press on July 26th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alejandro Davidovich Fokina broke big-serving Ben Shelton a half-dozen times and eliminated the No. 4 seed by a 6-2, 7-5 score in the D.C. Open semifinals Saturday to follow up his upset of No. 1 seed Taylor Fritz a night earlier. The 12th-seeded Davidovich Fokina, a 26-year-old from Spain, will face No. ... Read More »
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