National Sports
Trans athlete wins girl high jump event at California track and field finals
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
CLOVIS, Calif. (AP) — A transgender athlete bested the competition Saturday at the California high school track and field championship to take home her first gold in the girls high jump at a meet that has stirred controversy and drawn national attention. AB Hernandez — a trans student who on Friday finished ahead in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harper has a goal and an assist, Choupu-Moting adds a goal; Red Bulls beat Atlanta 2-0
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Cameron Haper had a goal and an assist, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting also scored a goal, and Carlos Miguel Coronel had his seventh shutout of the season to help the New York Red Bulls beat Atlanta United 2-0 on Saturday night and extend their season-best win streak to three games. Coronel finished ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pep Biel and Patrick Agyemang each score to lift Charlotte FC over Toronto FC 2-0
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Pep Biel and Patrick Agyemang each scored a goal in the second half to lift Charlotte FC over Toronto FC 2-0 on Saturday night. Charlotte (8-8-1) won for just the second time in eight games. Toronto (3-10-4) had two wins and five losses in the month of May. Biel opened the scoring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Revolution score three times in second half to beat CF Montreal 3-0
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
MONTREAL — The New England Revolution scored three times in the second half, including a pair of goals by Ilay Feingold, beating a short-handed CF Montreal 3-0 in Major League Soccer action on a rainy Saturday night at Stade Saputo. New England (6-4-5) took advantage of a red card issued to Montreal forward Giacomo Vrioni ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gabriel Pirani, Connor Antley score in first half as D.C. United tops Cincinnati 2-1
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Gabriel Pirani and defender Connor Antley scored first-half goals and Luis Barraza made them stand up for D.C. United in a 2-1 victory over FC Cincinnati on Saturday night. Pirani scored off a free kick from defender David Schnegg in the 2nd minute to give DC United the lead. It was the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From Galacticos to glory: How Luis Enrique transformed PSG into Champions League winners
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Luis Enrique got rid of the Galacticos at Paris Saint-Germain and then became one himself. The Spanish coach, or perhaps he should be called an architect or a visionary, orchestrated a 5-0 destruction of Inter Milan in Saturday’s Champions League final. The match was so clinically one-sided that it resembled a training ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Messi’s brilliance continues with two goals, two assists in Inter Miami’s 5-1 win over Columbus Crew
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi scored for the fifth time in three Major League Soccer matches to help Inter Miami rout the Columbus Crew 5-1 on Saturday night. Messi played a role each of Miami’s goals. He scored twice — in the 15th and 24th minutes — giving him 10 goals this season, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bailey belts grand slam, Faurot goes deep twice and Florida State tops Mississippi State 10-3
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Myles Bailey belted a grand slam, Drew Faurot hit two home runs and Florida State defeated Mississippi State 10-3 on Saturday night to advance to the championship game of the Tallahassee Regional. Faurot hit a two-run home run in the top of the second inning, then leading 2-1 in the fourth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC’s miserable May ends in 2-0 loss to visiting Charlotte FC
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
TORONTO — Second-half goals by Pep Biel and Patrick Agyemang lifted Charlotte FC to a comfortable 2-0 win over Toronto FC in MLS play Saturday. It was largely one-way traffic in the first half with Charlotte, with the wind at its back, in control on a sunny, blustery evening before an announced crowd of 19,406 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas Tech tops UCLA 3-1 behind Canady’s pitching to reach Women’s College World Series semifinals
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady gave up just four hits and struck out seven, and Texas Tech defeated UCLA 3-1 on Saturday to reach the Women’s College World Series semifinals for the first time. The Red Raiders (52-12) need one win against Oregon or Oklahoma on Monday to reach the best-of-three championship series. UCLA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arnold hits go-ahead 2-run HR in 8th inning, Wright State beats ETSU 7-5 at Nashville Regional
By Canadian Press on May 31st, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Luke Arnold hit the last of Wright State’s four home runs — a go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning — and the No. 4 seed Raiders beat East Tennessee State 7-5 in a loser-out game at the Nashville Regional on Saturday night. Wright State (39-19) plays the loser between Louisville ... Read More »
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