National Sports
Pep Guardiola kicks out at drinks cooler on night of high tension for Man City in Champions League
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola kicked out at a drinks cooler in a moment of unbridled relief as Manchester City avoided a stunning early exit from the Champions League on Wednesday. Guardiola could not contain his emotions on a night of high drama at the Etihad Stadium — being shown a yellow card for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pitcher Johan Oviedo loses to Pirates in first salary arbitration decision of year
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Right-hander Jovan Oviedo lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday in the first salary arbitration decision of the year and will earn $850,000 instead of his request for $1.15 million. Oviedo, who turns 27 on March 2, was 9-14 with a 4.32 ERA in 32 starts last year. He earned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Champions League: Who has qualified, who is in the playoffs and who is out
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Here’s the state of play after the conclusion of the first stage of the Champions League: Teams qualified automatically to the round of 16 Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa How the playoffs look for the remaining round-of-16 spots Monaco or Brest vs. Paris Saint-Germain or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man City rallies to beat Club Brugge and advance in Champions League. PSG also wins and stays in
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Manchester City flirted with a disastrous exit from the Champions League before rallying to beat Club Brugge 3-1 in a must-win game Wednesday and advanced to the knockout phase. Man City trailed 1-0 at halftime, and sat 26th in the 36-team standings, before the 2023 title-winner was sparked by substitute Savinho to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers sign RHP Tommy Kahnle to 1-year deal worth $7.75 million
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Veteran right-hander Tommy Kahnle has signed a one-year, $7.75 million contract with Detroit, boosting the Tigers’ bullpen as they come off their first playoff season in a decade. Kahnle, 35, went 0-2 with a 2.11 ERA and one save in 50 relief appearances with the American League champion New York Yankees last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Curling Canada seeks to ease broom tension ahead of national championships
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
CALGARY — Curling Canada’s chief executive officer says the message to athletes competing in the upcoming men’s and women’s national championship is no one is cheating. Tension over broom technology has resurfaced at a high-stakes time as teams in Canada and around the world vie to represent their country at next year’s Olympic Games in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hawks forward Jalen Johnson to have season-ending shoulder surgery on torn labrum
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta forward Jalen Johnson plans to have shoulder surgery and miss the remainder of the season, a major blow to the struggling Hawks ’ efforts to remain in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Hawks announced Wednesday that Johnson suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder and will have surgery next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man City rallies to beat Club Brugge and advance in Champions League
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Manchester City flirted with a disastrous exit from the Champions League before rallying to beat Club Brugge 3-1 in a must-win game Wednesday and advanced to the knockout phase. Man City trailed 1-0 at halftime, and sat 26th in the 36-team standings, before the 2023 title-winner was sparked by substitute Savinho to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Objections flow in on NCAA settlement over ‘unnecessarily harsh’ impact of roster limits
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
Most of the objections posted Wednesday to the lawsuit settlement set to alter the college-sports model concerned the impact roster limits will have on players in so-called “Olympic sports,” some of whom have already been cut from their teams. As part of the settlement, the NCAA proposed limits on rosters that would be imposed for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa Redblacks release veteran American defensive back Brandin Dandridge
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks released veteran American defensive back Brandin Dandridge on Wednesday. Dandridge, 28, appeared in nine regular-season games in 2024, registering 28 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble. The five-foot-11, 180-pound Dandridge spent five seasons with Ottawa. He recorded 90 tackles, 11 interceptions, four forced fumbles and two defensive touchdowns in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lauren Lenentine learning from great skips as she prepares to be Team Einarson fifth
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2025
Lauren Lenentine has yet to complete her first full quadrennial on the women’s curling scene and she’s already teamed with some of the best skips in the sport. The 2020 world junior champion played two seasons with Jennifer Jones, spent the past few months with Chelsea Carey and is now set to join Kerri Einarson ... Read More »
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