National Sports
Defeat to Hyderabad dents Bengaluru’s hopes of top-two finish in IPL
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 94 off 48 balls helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru in its penultimate game of the Indian Premier League on Friday. Kishan hit five sixes and seven fours as Hyderabad notched up a huge 231-6. In reply, Bengaluru was bowled out for 189 in 19.5 overs, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England set for big win after forcing fighting Zimbabwe to follow on
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — England ousted Zimbabwe cricketers at a rate on Friday that suggested their four-day test will be over with a day to spare at Trent Bridge. Despite an acclaimed fightback by Zimbabwe for much of the second day, the visitor was forced to follow on and was 30-2 at stumps, still 270 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PWHL’s Vancouver expansion team names Cara Gardner Morey first general manager
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s new Professional Women’s Hockey League team has named Cara Gardner Morey as its first general manager. The league made the announcement Friday. Gardner Morey is coming off of eight seasons as head coach of Princeton’s women’s hockey team, a stretch that saw the university win an Ivy League championship, qualify for two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Augsburg fires coach and sporting director after less-than-satisfactory Bundesliga season
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — Augsburg fired coach Jess Thorup and sporting director Marinko Jurendić after an end-of-season review found there’s room for improvement in a team that finished 12th in the 18-team Bundesliga. “Following an intense decision-making process and open and honest discussion, we have decided to make a change in our head coach in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pelley: Maple Leafs won’t fill president’s role after Shanahan’s dismissal
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
TORONTO — The Maple Leafs’ president’s chair will remain vacant. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment czar Keith Pelley says the conglomerate doesn’t plan to fill the hockey team’s top job after announcing Thursday that Brendan Shanahan’s contract won’t be renewed. The Hockey Hall of Famer spent 11 seasons in Toronto and rebuilt the floundering Original ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Josef Newgarden fastest in final Indy 500 practice. Takuma Sato and other contenders have problems
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden spent the final 2-hour practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Friday carving through a track full of cars. He’ll have to do the same thing when it counts on Sunday. The two-time defending Indy 500 winner, who will start in the last row as punishment for an illegally modified part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walsh home, Rothrock 3-hitter carry third seed Florida over Georgia 6-1 in Super Regional
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
GAINSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Regan Walsh smashed a three-run home run in the first inning and Keagan Rothrock threw a two-hitter to carry third-seeded Florida to a 6-1 win in the opening game of the Gainsville NCAA Super Regional on Friday. Game 2 in the best-of-3 series is Saturday morning as Florida tries to completely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Djokovic advances to Geneva Open final seeking 100th career singles title
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Novak Djokovic is one win from a 100th career singles title on the ATP tour after advancing to the final at the Geneva Open on Friday. The 24-time Grand Slam singles champion let a match-point chance slip in the second set before beating British qualifier Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil great Ronaldo sells stake in Valladolid
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Brazil great Ronaldo is selling his controlling stake in Valladolid, the Spanish soccer club said on Friday. Valladolid, which will play in the second division next season, said in a statement that Ronaldo informed it of a deal to sell to a “North American investment group with backing from a European fund.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Del Toro adds 5 seconds to his Giro lead and Pedersen wins his fourth stage
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
VICENZA, Italy (AP) — Mexican rider Isaac Del Toro keeps on adding to his Giro d’Italia lead — even if it’s just a few seconds per day. Del Toro’s third-place finish in the 13th stage on Friday, which had a short but steep uphill finale, extended his lead over UAE Team Emirates teammate Juan Ayuso ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putellas recalls Barcelona’s humble start to Women’s Champions League boss
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Alexia Putellas has been with Barcelona from its inauspicious Women’s Champions League debut over a decade ago right up through its spectacular rise to be the world’s top club. Putellas and Barcelona have a chance to prove it again on Saturday in Lisbon where they play Arsenal in a fifth straight ... Read More »
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