October 23rd, 2025

National Sports

Max Verstappen wins F1’s Azerbaijan GP after Oscar Piastri crashes on lap 1

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Max Verstappen cruised to victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday as championship leader Oscar Piastri’s first-lap crash allowed Lando Norris to cut his points advantage. Verstappen was in control from start to finish after taking pole position in a chaotic qualifying session Saturday. George Russell was second for Mercedes ... Read More »

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Associated Press... Read More »

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Canadian men’s 4×100-metre relay team takes silver at world athletics championships

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

TOKYO — Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay team won silver at the world athletics championships on Sunday. The quartet of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake and Aaron Brown finished with a season-best time of 37.55 seconds. The Americans struck gold (37.29) and the Netherlands (37.81) grabbed bronze. It’s a return to the podium for ... Read More »

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Liverpool postpones Women’s Super League game after death of former manager Matt Beard

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

LIVERPOOL (AP) — Liverpool postponed its Women’s Super League fixture against Aston Villa on Sunday following the death of former manager Matt Beard. The death of Beard, who had two spells in charge of Liverpool, was announced by the club on Saturday. Beard won back-to-back WSL titles with Liverpool in 2013 and 2014 during his ... Read More »

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McLaughlin-Levrone romps in the rain to an American 4×400 victory at worlds

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

TOKYO (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone received the baton in the lead and the rest was history Sunday night at world championships in a rain-soaked U.S. romp in the women’s 4×400-meter relay. McLaughlin-Levrone widened the already big lead handed to her by Aaliyah Butler and the Americans finished in a championships-record 3 minutes, 16.61 seconds for ... Read More »

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F1 standings leader Oscar Piastri crashes on lap 1 at Azerbaijan GP

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Standings leader Oscar Piastri crashed on the first lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday to hand his McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris a chance to slash Piastri’s lead in the Formula 1 title fight. Piastri seemed to false-start and then nearly stall off the line and dropped ... Read More »

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Russian Petr Gumennik wins Olympic figure skating qualifier as neutral athlete

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Petr Gumennik showed he could be a contender for the Olympic podium at next year’s Milan-Cortina Games after he won the final qualifying event by a vast 34-point margin Sunday. Competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete, Gumennik performed five high-scoring quadruple jumps in the free skate, despite some shaky ... Read More »

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Sabastian Sawe wins Berlin Marathon but his record attempt is foiled by unseasonable heat

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

BERLIN (AP) — Sabastian Sawe of Kenya finished far ahead of his rivals to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, when unseasonable warmth thwarted his effort to break the course record. The 29-year-old Sawe finished in a year’s best time of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 16 seconds – four minutes ahead of Japan’s Akira ... Read More »

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Effects of failed Grand Slam Track league felt in different ways across world championships

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

TOKYO (AP) — The failure of Michael Johnson’s attempt to transform track and field with the Grand Slam Track league hovered over big swaths of the sport’s world championships over its nine-day run in Tokyo. Dozens of athletes who competed but didn’t get paid adjusted their 2025 schedules so they could run in the league’s ... Read More »

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Fresno St. beats Hawaii 23-21 in MWC opener, extends win streak to 4 games

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

HONOLULU (AP) — K’Vion Thunderbird returned an interception 59 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter and Fresno State beat Hawaii 23-21 on Saturday night in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams. Thunderbird, a sophomore linebacker, lined up over the right guard and started to rush before he took a short drop, ... Read More »

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Twins look to break losing streak in game against the Guardians

By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025

Cleveland Guardians (84-71, second in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (66-89, fourth in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Joey Cantillo (5-3, 3.27 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 95 strikeouts); Twins: Simeon Woods Richardson (7-4, 4.31 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 95 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins will try to end their ... Read More »

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