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J.J. Spaun weathers the worst of wet Oakmont to win U.S. Open
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - J.J. Spaun turned a sloppy mess of a U.S. Open at wet and nasty Oakmont into a thing of beauty at the end Sunday with two stunning shots that carried him to his first major championship. First came his driver on the 314-yard 17th hole onto the green for a birdie that gave him the lead. Needing two p...
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Red Sox trade Rafael Devers to the Giants in a blockbuster deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a blockbuster deal. Devers' agent, Nelson Montes de Oca, confirmed that the slugger had been traded to San Francisco. ESPN reported that the package of players going back to the Red Sox includes starter Jordan Hicks and ...
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Red Sox trade Rafael Devers to Giants in blockbuster deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a blockbuster deal. Devers' agent, Nelson Montes de Oca, confirmed that the slugger had been traded to San Francisco. ESPN reported that the package of players going back to the Red Sox includes starter Jordan Hicks and ...
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Montreal's Lance Stroll finishes a disappointing 17th at Canadian GP
MONTREAL - For the first time in his career, Lance Stroll crossed the finish line without earning points at the Canadian Grand Prix. Unable to propel himself into the battle for a top-10 finish, the Montreal-born Formula One driver finished 17th on Sunday after receiving a 10-second penalty for blocking Alpine's Pierre...
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Senators sign defenceman Lassi Thomson to one-year, two-way contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Lassi Thomson to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2025-26 season, the team announced Sunday. The deal carries an average annual value of US$775,000 in the NHL and $300,000 in the American Hockey League. The 24-year-old spent the 2024-25 season with Malmo in the Sw...
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Castellanos hits a grand slam and Phillies complete 3-game sweep of Blue Jays with 11-4 win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam, Zack Wheeler pitched six strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with an 11-4 victory on Sunday. Alec Bohm also went deep and Otto Kemp had four hits and two RBIs for Philadelphia, which has won five of six...
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Carlota Ciganda wins Meijer LPGA Classic for her first LPGA Tour victory in more than 8 1/2 years
BELMONT, Mich. (AP) - Carlota Ciganda birdied the final two holes to win the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory in more than 8 1/2 years, while Lexi Thompson had two late bogeys to dash her bid to end a long drought of her own. Ciganda hit to a foot to set up her birdie on the par-4 17th, the...
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Canada cruises to comfortable win over Bermuda at ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualifier
KING CITY - Opener Yuvraj Samra scored 65 runs to help Canada defeat Bermuda by 110 runs in its opening match Sunday at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. The Canadian men face the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cayman Islands in an eight-day double round-robin format that will see the group winner adva...
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George Russell holds off Max Verstappen for Canadian GP win as McLarens collide
MONTREAL - Mercedes driver George Russell held off Red Bull's Max Verstappen for his fourth career race win, while McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris collided on Sunday at the Canadian Grand Prix. Russell started on pole for the second consecutive year in Montreal and held the advantage most of the race o...
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Oilers seek more early goals to avoid Game 6 elimination in Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers' quest for a Stanley Cup would be less uphill if they could strike first in a game in the series, says their coach. The Florida Panthers have outscored the Oilers 7-0 in the first period in three straight games of the Cup final, and 11-4 in first periods overall in the series. Edmonton tr...
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F1 Academy director Susie Wolff wants to inspire more women to race
MONTREAL - Susie Wolff is the most recent female driver to get behind the wheel of a Formula One car during a Grand Prix weekend. She wants to make sure she wasn't the last. To cap her decorated racing career, Wolff took part in a free practice session four times, making her debut for Williams at the British Grand Prix...
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Canada's Gabriel Diallo wins Libema Open for first ATP Tour title
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH - Gabriel Diallo has won his first ATP Tour title. The 23-year-old Montreal native defeated Belgium's Zizou Bergs 7-5, 7-6 (8) to win the Libema Open tennis tournament on Sunday. In what was a tight, back-and-forth second set, Diallo was down 6-4 in the tiebreaker before pulling victory from the jaws o...
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Marchand, Bennett too hot for Oilers to handle in Game 5 of Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON - Driving the Florida Panthers attack in the playoffs is a player in his NHL prime and another acting like he is. Sam Bennett, 28, and Brad Marchand, 37, continued to be a lot for the Oilers to handle in the Stanley Cup final in Florida's 5-2 win over Edmonton on Saturday to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seve...
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Prince Owusu scores twice, Montreal snaps 5-game winless skid by beating Dynamo 3-1
HOUSTON (AP) - Prince Owusu scored two goals in a three-minute span, Jalen Neal added his first goal of the Major League Soccer season and CF Montreal beat the Houston Dynamo 3-1 on Saturday night. Montreal (2-11-5) snapped a five-game winless streak during which the club was outscored 16-6. Owusu nearly lost the ball ...
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Rossi scores go-ahead goal to boost Columbus Crew to 2-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Diego Rossi's ninth goal of the season capped the scoring for both teams in the first half and the Columbus Crew beat the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Saturday. Columbus (8-3-7) won for the first time since May 3 when it beat Charlotte FC, 4-2. Vancouver fell to 10-2-5. It...
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Marchand, Bennett push Panthers past Oilers to take 3-2 lead in Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON - The Oilers are in a familiar spot - facing elimination in the Stanley Cup final. Brad Marchand scored twice to give him a series-leading six goals and Sam Bennett buried his NHL playoff-leading 15th as the Florida Panthers defeated Edmonton 5-2 to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven matchup Saturday. Sam Re...
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Record crowd watches Canada drop tough Volleyball Nations League match to France
QUÉBEC - The fans broke a record, but Canada came up just short in Volleyball National League action on Saturday at Centre Videotron. More than 12,030 spectators watched Canada fall to France 3-2 in the best-of-five match, including the tense 15-6 tiebreaker. The fan count is the largest audience the Canadian se...
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Johnson's late TD lifts unbeaten Roughriders to 28-23 win over Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris connected with wide receiver KeeSean Johnson for a fourth-quarter touchdown to lift the visitors to a 28-23 win against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday. The Roughriders busted open a 20-20 tie with a 15-yard strike to Johnson with 7:17 remaining. Marc Li...
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At US Open, Adam Scott turns back the clock and climbs within a shot of the lead
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - His hair is speckled with gray. Even if he remains a fan favorite in some circles, when picks to win the U.S. Open were being made, not many included 44-year-old Adam Scott. Once third-round action at Oakmont wrapped up Saturday, though, the list of the top 10 names on the U.S. Open leaderboard was ...
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Sam Burns holds steady on soggy Oakmont to lead U.S. Open
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - Sam Burns only wobbled twice on a soggy Oakmont course Saturday and held his nerve with a great lag from just inside 60 feet on the final hole for a 1-under 69, leaving him one round away from a U.S. Open title and no margin for error. Burns, who has never contended in his 20 previous majors, next t...
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Adam Scott turns back the clock and climbs within shot of the lead at U.S. Open
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - His hair is speckled with grey. Even if he remains a fan favourite in some circles, when picks to win the U.S. Open were being made, not many included 44-year-old Adam Scott. Once third-round action at Oakmont wrapped up Saturday, though, the list of the top 10 names on the U.S. Open leaderboard was...
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Kepler's homer in the eighth lifts Phillies to 3-2 win over Blue Jays
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Max Kepler hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Cristopher Sánchez pitched seven strong innings for Philadelphia, which managed just four hits while winning its fourth in the last five. The P...
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Lexi Thompson shares Meijer LPGA Classic lead in bid for first win in six years
BELMONT, Mich. (AP) - Lexi Thompson birdied two of the final three holes Saturday in the Meijer LPGA Classic for a share of the third-round lead with five others in a bid to win for the first time in just over six years. Thompson shot a 4-under 68, rebounding with birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 after driving into the water ...
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Mill, Adams Jr. score fourth-quarter TDs to lead Stampeders past Argos 29-19
TORONTO - Vernon Adams Jr. and Dedrick Mills scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead the unbeaten Calgary Stampeders past the winless Toronto Argonauts 29-19 on a breezy Saturday afternoon. Adams Jr.'s eight-yard scamper at 7:43 put Calgary ahead 26-11. It came after Lirim Hajrullahu's 47-yard field goal at 5:08 cut T...
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Montreal Roses FC tops Ottawa Rapid FC 2-1 in Northern Super League action
OTTAWA - Tanya Boychuk netted the game-winning goal in the 65th minute to lift Montreal Roses FC to a 2-1 victory over Ottawa Rapid FC on Saturday in Northern Super League action. Boychuk took a centring pass from Jodi Smith and tapped it past Ottawa goalkeeper Mollie Eriksson to restore Montreal's lead. Latifah Abdu o...
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Canadiens sign forward Vinzenz Rohrer to three-year, entry-level contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Vinzenz Rohrer to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced Saturday. The 20-year-old Austrian has spent the last two seasons with the Zurich Lions in the Swiss National League. Rohrer had 25 points (15 goals, 10 assists) in 52 appearances in his second...
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F1 drivers praise Canadian Grand Prix racetrack: 'One of my favourite'
MONTREAL - Lewis Hamilton has one race at the top of his list. Nothing compares to competing at Silverstone - his home track - for the seven-time world champion. The Canadian Grand Prix, however, ranks a close second. "One of my favourite Grands Prix," the Ferrari driver said. "'One of my favourite fan e...
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McLaren's Lando Norris posts fastest lap in third practice at Canadian Grand Prix
MONTREAL - McLaren's Lando Norris led the third and final practice session ahead of qualifying on Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix. Norris clocked a lap of one minute 11.799 seconds at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, edging out Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by just 0.078 seconds. Mercedes driver George Russell rounded out th...
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