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Sagstrom, Zhang break away in Founders Cup, dashing Korda's bid for record sixth straight win on LPGA Tour
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - Madelene Sagstrom and Rose Zhang left Nelly Korda and everyone else way behind Saturday in the Cognizant Founders Cup. Trying to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour event, Korda was 11 shots behind Sagstrom and 10 back of two-time NCAA champion Zhang with a round left at Upper Montclair Country C...
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PWHL New York changing coaches as Draper steps down, returns to Alberta
PWHL New York is changing coaches after reaching a mutual agreement with Howie Draper, who decided to step down and return to his former job coaching the University of Alberta women's hockey program, the league announced Saturday. The move comes a week after the Professional Women's Hockey League closed its inaugural s...
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Lionel Messi in Inter Miami's starting 11 against CF Montreal
MONTREAL - Messi Mania has arrived in Canada. Lionel Messi is part of Inter Miami CF's starting 11 for Saturday's Major League Soccer match against CF Montreal at Stade Saputo. Messi - considered by many as the best player ever - is joined by fellow former FC Barcelona stars Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets in the start...
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Irving, Doncic help Mavs hold off Thunder for 2-1 lead in West semis
DALLAS (AP) - Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running left-hander in the lane in the final minute to help Dallas hold on, and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-101 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in the NBA Western Conference semifinals. Luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 rebounds, and P....
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s three RBIs help Blue Jays rally past Twins 10-8
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, a run, and a stolen base as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied past the Minnesota Twins 10-8 on Saturday. Ernie Clement's RBI single in the seventh inning gave Toronto (18-21) its first lead of the game. The Blue Jays reeled off seven unanswered runs in the comeb...
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McIntosh looks for more success, Acevedo takes veteran role at Canadian swim trials
TORONTO - Summer McIntosh and Javier Acevedo, representing the young and old hands of the Canadian Swimming squad, met poolside for what turned out to be an awkward greeting on Saturday. The 26-year-old Acevedo bungled the last part of a new handshake devised by his younger Canadian teammates on the eve of the 2024 Oly...
May 11, 2024
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Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to third round at Italian Open
ROME - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his successful run on clay with a 6-1, 7-6 (8) win over Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in second-round action Saturday at the Italian Open. Auger-Aliassime had four breaks in the match that went just under two hours five minutes, including a crucial break to cu...
May 11, 2024
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Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with Maple Leafs, dead at 79
TORONTO - Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of Canada's team at the 1972 Summit Series, has died at age 79. The Maple Leafs confirmed Ellis's death on social media Saturday. A cause of death was not given. Ellis played his entire 15-season NHL career in Toronto and had...
May 11, 2024
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Lions open training with a little added incentive as 2024 Grey Cup host
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the B.C. Lions have added incentive to win the 2024 Grey Cup. The game goes Nov. 17 at B.C. Place Stadium. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the last CFL team to win a championship on home soil, doing so in 2013. The path to the '24 Grey Cup begins Sunday with the opening of CFL training...
May 11, 2024
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Canadian women defeat Australia 33-14 in Pacific Four Series rugby play Down Under
SYDNEY, Australia - Front-rowers Sara Cline and McKinley Hunt scored two tries apiece to help Canada to a 33-14 win over Australia in Pacific Four Series play Saturday, a victory that moved the Canadian women up one spot to No. 3 in the World Rugby rankings. The fifth-ranked Wallaroos had no answer for Canada's driving...
May 11, 2024
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