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Guirassy keeps Dortmund on track, Stuttgart stumbles in Bundesliga
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Serhou Guirassy scored again as Borussia Dortmund defeated 10-man Heidenheim 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Stuttgart’s disappointing start to the season continued. Stuttgart, the German Cup champion, slumped to a 3-1 loss at Freiburg despite taking the lead through Ermedin Demirović scoring with his heel. Freiburg, which lost both its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Postecoglou’s Forest loses 3-0 at Arsenal and Woltemade scores winner on Newcastle debut
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
Ange Postecoglou got a harsh reintroduction to the Premier League on Saturday. Nick Woltemade’s first taste of English soccer couldn’t have been sweeter. A trip to Arsenal was among the hardest possible starts for Postecoglou following his hiring by Nottingham Forest this week and the former Tottenham manager saw his new team get brushed aside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vingegaard closes in on Vuelta title by winning penultimate stage after another anti-Israel protest
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
BOLA DEL MUNDO, Spain (AP) — Jonas Vingegaard is poised to win the Spanish Vuelta cycling race after increasing his lead on Saturday’s decisive stage, a mountain trek that was briefly disrupted by another anti-Israel protest. The Vuelta will be Vingegaard’s third Grand Tour title, adding to Dane’s pair of Tour de France titles won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LA Kings forward Corey Perry has knee surgery that will sideline him for 6-8 weeks
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Kings forward Corey Perry will be sidelined for six to eight weeks after undergoing knee surgery. The 40-year-old Perry was injured Friday while skating at his new team’s training complex, the team announced Saturday. The Kings will report for training camp in less than a week, and their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spanish Vuelta disrupted again by anti-Israel protest on decisive stage
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
BOLA DEL MUNDO, Spain (AP) — Several dozen people briefly disrupted the Spanish Vuelta on Saturday in yet another protest against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The three-week cycling race has been impacted by multiple gatherings of people protesting the presence of an Israeli-owned team. Saturday’s protest occurred around 19 kilometers (11.8 miles) from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ryan Crouser beats injury and wins his third world shot put title to go with three Olympics golds
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — When he closes the book on 2025, Ryan Crouser will have six official shot put attempts on the books. And one world championship. Talk about quality over quantity. Nursing an excruciating elbow injury all season, the 32-year-old American cut his practice down to near nothing, got on the plane for Tokyo hoping ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Zealand beats first-timer South Africa to reach Women’s Rugby World Cup semifinals
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
New Zealand absorbed its most physical test at the Women’s Rugby World Cup by overrunning South Africa 46-17 to reach the semifinals in Exeter on Saturday. South Africa made no secret of its simple game plan for its first-ever quarterfinal — it was coming hard and direct. And by halftime it was an impressive 10-10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anti-Israel protests turn the Spanish Vuelta cycling race into a diplomatic battleground
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — As an alderperson in northwestern Spain, Rosana Prieto tends to the running of her tiny village and is far removed from major cities, often rocked by protests over geopolitical issues. But with one of the world’s biggest cycling races coursing through the bucolic hills nearby, she and hundreds of like-minded townspeople ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At worlds, Sha’Carri and Lyles feel they found something among those long-awaited cheers in Tokyo
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — America’s two big-name sprinters, Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles, both walked off the track Saturday with reason to think they might have found what’s been missing over a less-than-perfect 2025. What a place to find it — at the world championships in Tokyo, a metropolis that’s been waiting four long years for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arsenal wins 3-0 to spoil Postecoglou’s debut as Nottingham Forest coach
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Ange Postecoglou got a harsh reintroduction to the Premier League with new team Nottingham Forest as Arsenal’s new signings Martin Zubimendi and Viktor Gyokeres combined to secure a 3-0 win on Saturday. Zubimendi volleyed home spectacularly from the edge of the area in the 32nd minute to put Arsenal in front before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Valkyries made WNBA history and won over fans in just one season
By Canadian Press on September 13th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Exhausted and finally able to catch her breath, Jess Smith sat down for a celebratory postgame meal out with her family when two preteen boys at a nearby table began analyzing all the winning plays by the Golden State Valkyries from earlier in the day. They impressed the president of the ... Read More »
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