National Sports
Canada falls to Serbia in men’s Volleyball Nations League
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
LJUBLJANA — The Canadian men’s volleyball team fell 3-1 to a Serbian team desperate to avoid relegation in Volleyball Nations League on Saturday. Serbia’s (15-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22) victory over the Canadians assured the Serbians a berth in next year’s Nations League with a ranking of 15th out of 18 participating countries. Canada, ranked 14th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unrivaled announces NIL deals with 14 college players, including JuJu Watkins and Flau’Jae Johnson
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — JuJu Watkins, Flau’Jae Johnson and Azzi Fudd are three of 14 top women’s college basketball players that Unrivaled is signing to NIL deals, the league announced Saturday. It’s the second consecutive year that the 3-on-3 league that was founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart has had name, image and likeness deals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Denny Hamlin vows 23XI Racing will go on, answers will come in December in court battle with NASCAR
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
DOVER, Del. (AP) — NASCAR race team owner Denny Hamlin remained undeterred in the wake of another setback in court, vowing “all will be exposed” in the scheduled December trial as part of 23XI Racing’s federal antitrust suit against the auto racing series. A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from 23XI Racing and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England’s John Parry makes the first hole-in-one at this year’s British Open
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The British Open at Royal Portrush has had its first hole-in-one. English golfer John Parry hit an 8-iron at the 192-yard No. 13 that landed at the front of the green, took a couple of bounces and hopped straight into the cup. There were big celebrations on the tee, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ineos-Grenadiers team car hits spectator during Tour de France
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, France (AP) — A Tour de France spectator who was cheering riders was hit by a car from the Ineos-Grenadiers team in the Pyrenees on Saturday. TV footage of the race showed the team car knocking down the fan who was holding what looked liked a mobile phone about 200 meters from the top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WNBA’s Chicago Sky tries to protect their players on social media. Here’s what that means
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chicago Sky co-owner Nadia Rawlinson knew security concerns were serious. The Sky have physical security nearly 24 hours a day — around hotels, outside gyms, by buses and planes — but one of the final frontiers of player safety was the internet. Earlier this month, the Sky teamed up with Moonshot to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trainer Mark Casse chasing record-tying fifth Woodbine Oaks victory.
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
TORONTO — It’s a path that’s twice taken Mark Casse to the King’s Plate winner’s circle. Five of the 12-horses in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks on Sunday will be Casse trainees. The Hall of Fame trainer will be vying for a record-tying fifth Oaks victory. And twice, the Oaks has provided Casse with the winner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Marco Arop races to second in 800 metres in Diamond League
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
LONDON — Canadian middle-distance racer Marco Arop finished second in a Diamond League 800 metres Saturday. The 26-year-old from Edmonton posted a season-best one minute 42.22 seconds at London Stadium behind Kenyan victor Emmanuel Wanyonyi’s 1:42. Britain’s Max Burgin placed third in 1:42.36. Arop, the reigning world champion and last year’s Olympic silver medallist in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WNBA All-Star Basketball Without Borders camp is opportunity for international players to be seen
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Georgia Amoore went to an international basketball camp at the 2019 Final Four and was seen for the first time by Virginia Tech coaches. That led to a scholarship at the school where the Australian guard eventually led the Hokies their first Final Four in 2023. Now the Washington Mystics rookie is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Springboks crush Georgia with nine tries in final test before Rugby Championship
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
MBOMBELA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa outmuscled and overwhelmed Georgia 55-10 on Saturday in its last match before its Rugby Championship title defense. South Africa gave its three starting front-rowers their test debuts and two of them, loosehead Boan Venter and hooker Marnus van der Merwe, scored the first two of the team’s nine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trick shot: McIlroy charge at British Open derailed in bizarre fashion
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s third-round charge at the British Open was derailed in bizarre fashion on Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole. With one swish of his club, McIlroy not only hit his designated ball out of the rough to the right of the fairway but ... Read More »
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