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Late goals, Jota tributes and Semenyo racially abused as Liverpool wins Premier League opener
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
Defending champion Liverpool launched the Premier League with a dramatic 4-2 win over Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday in an emotionally charged match featuring tributes to Diogo Jota and a player reporting racial abuse. Federico Chiesa scored in the 88th minute and Mohamed Salah added another goal in stoppage time as Liverpool recovered after throwing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sebastian Munoz of Colombia shoots a 59, with a double bogey, at LIV Golf Indianapolis
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia recorded the third sub-60 scores on the LIV Golf League, making birdie on 13 of his last 14 holes and becoming the first player to shoot 59 with a double bogey. He responded from that early blunder by chipping in for birdie on the sixth hole, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Athletics designate third baseman Gio Urshela for assignment
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics designated third baseman Gio Urshela for assignment Friday, while recalling infielder Brett Harris from Triple-A Las Vegas. Additionally, the A’s claimed left-handed pitcher Jared Shuster off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to Las Vegas. Urshela signed a one-year contract with the club in December. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool-Bournemouth match paused after Semenyo subjected to racist abuse
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
The opening match of the Premier League between Liverpool and Bournemouth briefly stopped on Friday after Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator inside Anfield. In the 28th minute with the score at 0-0, referee Anthony Taylor talked to Semenyo, who is Black, while Liverpool was preparing to take a corner. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rookie Nolan McLean excited to join Mets and help struggling rotation
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Nolan McLean finished a bullpen session on Wednesday in Syracuse when he got a message from pitching coach A.J. Sager, saying he was joining the New York Mets. Two days later, he was in New York preparing to make his major league debut on Saturday and hoping to help a struggling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three years after his death, cricketer Shane Warne’s legacy lives on with heart health checks
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Cricketer Shane Warne’s legacy lives on more than three years after the death of the great spin bowler from a heart attack at the age of 52. Warne died in March 2022 after suffering cardiac arrest while on holiday on the Thai island of Koh Samui. The cause of his sudden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Slugger leads South Carolina as blowouts are the rule in early days of Little League World Series
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — South Carolina snuck into the Little League World Series with a five-run rally over the defending champs. But the club from Irmo, representing the Southeast region, is showing it belongs at the tournament, thanks in part to slugger-pitcher Joe Guiletti. In the sixth inning of the regional final, the 2024 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sebastian Munoz of Colombia cards a 59, with a double bogey, at LIV Golf Indianapolis
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia shot the third sub-60 score in LIV Golf history on Friday and is the first to post a 59 in a round that included a double bogey. Munoz led LIV Golf Indianapolis at the par-71 The Club at Chatham Hills. He has a three-stroke lead over Dustin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NCAA fines Michigan millions, adds game suspension for Moore over sign-stealing scandal
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars Friday and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for a third game as punishment for a sprawling sign-stealing scandal that has loomed over college football’s winningest program for nearly two years, including its national championship season in 2023. The NCAA said it had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Routliffe advance to Cincinnati Open final
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
CINCINNATI — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe have advanced to the final of the Cincinnati Open. The duo beat Australia’s Ellen Perez and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok 3-6, 6-3, 12-10 in Friday’s semifinal. Dabrowski and Routliffe will face the winner of the other semi. The Italian team of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sebastian Munoz of Colombia has shot a 59 in the opening round of LIV Golf Indianapolis
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia has shot a 59 in the opening round of LIV Golf Indianapolis. The Associated Press... Read More »
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