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Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis clears 6.30 meters to set world record at world championships
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis clears 6.30 meters to set world record at world championships. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Serena and Venus Williams are launching a podcast called ‘Stockton Street’ on X
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams are taking a swing at podcasting. The two sisters and tennis stars — Serena finished her career at the 2022 U.S. Open; Venus just competed at that tournament in singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles — will launch their podcast on X with a debut episode Wednesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rogers wins gold, sets Canadian record in hammer throw at world championships
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
TOKYO — Canada’s Camryn Rogers defended her women’s hammer throw world title in dominant fashion. Rogers, from Richmond, B.C., broke her own Canadian record with a throw of 80.51 metres on Monday to take the gold medal at the world athletics championships. Silver medallist Zhao Jie of China was well back of Rogers with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Rogers wins gold in hammer throw at world athletics championships
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
TOKYO — Canada’s Camryn Rogers has won the gold medal in women’s hammer throw at the world athletics championships. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada advances to Round of 16 at men’s volleyball championship with upset of Japan
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
QUEZON CITY — Sharone Vernon-Evans had a game-high 14 points as Canada advanced to the Round of 16 at the world men’s volleyball championship with a stunning 3-0 win over Japan on Monday. Set scores were 25-20, 25-23, 25-22 as Canada improved to 2-0 at the tournament and improved its world ranking to eighth. No. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vuelta organizers defend decision to keep Israeli team in race after protests in Madrid finale
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Vuelta organizers on Monday defended their decision to keep an Israel-based team in the cycling race despite pro-Palestinian protests that ultimately provoked chaotic scenes in a disrupted finale in Madrid this weekend. Sunday’s final stage had to be cut short after protesters threw barriers onto the road and clashed with police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ricky Hatton remembered by his family as a boxer who ‘inspired generations’
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ricky Hatton will be remembered as a fighter who “inspired generations” and had “a heart as big as his smile,” his family said Monday following the death of the British boxing great at the age of 46. Hatton, who won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, was found dead when police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marathon at worlds takes weird twists: a false start, a near wrong turn and, finally, a photo finish
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged out Amanal Petros in a wild men’s marathon at world championships Monday. It was a 26.2-mile (42.195-kilometer) race through the streets of Tokyo that began with a false start and ended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former France forward Paul Willemse retires from rugby after multiple concussions
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Former France forward Paul Willemse announced his retirement from rugby on Monday after sustaining multiple concussions during his career. The South Africa-born lock has not played since October last year, when he was taken off for a concussion when playing for club side Montpellier. Willemse said he had been concussed six times ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Promising US cyclist Matthew Riccitello joins French team with Tour-winning ambitions
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
Promising American cyclist Matthew Riccitello, who finished fifth overall in the Spanish Vuelta and won the white jersey for best young rider, is joining a French team with big ambitions in 2026. The 23-year-old rider from Tucson, Arizona, has signed with the Decathlon CMA CGM team for the next three seasons, the French outfit said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada letting de Goede times roll at the Women’s Rugby World Cup
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
Consider Sophie de Goede back. De Goede was at the heart of Canada’s sweep through the pool stage of the Women’s Rugby World Cup and became the team’s all-time leading point-scorer. Then, 15 months after a torn ACL, she gave a tour de force in the first 20 minutes of the quarterfinal against Australia on ... Read More »
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