National Sports
Dakar Rally comes down to a duel in the sand between Lategan and Al-Rajhi
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day Wednesday. The South African Lategan leads his Saudi rival by 2 1/2 minutes going into the 11th and penultimate stage in the Empty Quarter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is ‘just sickening’
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
The leader of the U.S. Center for SafeSport wrote in an email that the revelation of a former investigator’s arrest on rape charges was “just sickening,” while also saying there was no reason to believe he’d committed any wrongdoing while working for the center. CEO Ju’Riese Colon sent an email to more than 70 U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boxing grudge match between Benn and Eubank back on after first fight was canceled
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The all-British boxing grudge match between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. is back on. They will fight in London in April, promoters Eddie Hearn and Turki Alalshikh said Wednesday, more than 30 years after the boxers’ fathers — Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank — met twice in the ring in one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Fernandez advances, Auger-Aliassime falls at Australian Open
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
MELBOURNE — Canadian Leylah Fernandez overcame a first-set loss and rain delay to reach the third round while Felix Auger-Aliassime’s Australian Open bid ended Wednesday. The 30th-seeded Fernandez dropped the opening set to Moldovan-born Cristina Bucsa of Spain but bounced back to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the two-hour 25-minute match. The victory marks the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ohtani and Dodgers featured on four of ESPN’s first 10 Sunday night baseball broadcast
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers will be featured on four of ESPN’s first 10 “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcasts along with a March 27 appearance on the sport’s main opening day. ESPN said Wednesday it will broadcast the Dodgers’ Sunday night games against the Chicago Cubs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts will play in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Berlin
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
The Indianapolis Colts will play in the first regular-season game in Berlin. The NFL announced Tuesday that the 2025 Berlin game will be played at Olympic Stadium. The Colts’ opponent and date of game will be announced later. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Munich in 2022 in the NFL’s first regular-season ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rugby pair Auradou, Jegou back with France to prepare for Six Nations after rape case dropped
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou have been called up by France to prepare for the Six Nations after an Argentine court last month dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against the pair. The 21-year-old rugby players had been accused of raping a woman after playing a match in Argentina last year. The judge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC continues search for new striker with Giovinco helping in the hunt
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
TORONTO — As Toronto FC prepares to shift its pre-season base to Spain at the end of the week, the search for a new forward continues. And former star striker Sebastian Giovinco, who returned to the club in October as a special adviser and club ambassador, has been helping GM Jason Hernandez and the MLS ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell about to experience another 1st with her baby due any day
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
Being a private person from a small town, Kim Caldwell keeps her business to herself. That’s why she ducked and dodged questions for months about her first pregnancy. Then the woman who announced “Baby Caldwell” was on the way with a social media post Sept. 3 realized being the first-year coach of the historic Tennessee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jayden Daniels accomplishes a feat last done by Slinging Sammy Baugh in 1937
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
Jayden Daniels meet Slinging Sammy Baugh. The Commanders’ dynamic rookie quarterback accomplished a feat in his playoff debut that no quarterback in the NFL had done since Baugh in the franchise’s first season in Washington back in 1937. Daniels threw two touchdown passes to lead the Commanders to a 23-20 win at Tampa Bay on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coco Gauff is into the Australian Open’s 3rd round and still unbeaten in 2025
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff stretched her unbeaten start to 2025 to seven matches and 14 sets by moving into the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over 173rd-ranked Jodie Burrage of Britain in Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday. Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion and a semifinalist at ... Read More »
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