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Arsenal beats Man United 1-0 to take title race with Man City to final day of Premier League season
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - The Premier League title race will go to the last day of the season after Arsenal returned to the top of the standings with a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday. Leandro Trossard struck in the 20th minute at Old Trafford to ensure Arsenal will take defending champion Manchester City to th...
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Canada's Morales Williams runs world-leading time to win SEC men's 400-metre title
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Canada's Christopher Morales Williams broke a few more records in what's been a dazzling breakout season to date. The 19-year-old Vaughan, Ont., native ran a world-leading time of 44.05 seconds to win the men's 400-metre event at the Southeastern Conference outdoor championships on Saturday. The Uni...
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Argos open camp with announcement QB Kelly won't be participating in team activities
GUELPH, Ont. - The Toronto Argonauts opened training camp without quarterback Chad Kelly. Kelly, the CFL's outstanding player last season, was suspended by the league Tuesday for Toronto's two pre-season games and at least nine regular-season contests for violating its gender-based violence policy. Two days later, he w...
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Bad blood boils over between Toronto FC and NYCFC in ugly post-game melee
TORONTO - One hears it all too often in sports. These teams really don't like each other. On Saturday night, Toronto FC and New York City FC offered definitive proof of their bad blood in an ill-tempered affair that featured seven yellow cards, one red and an ugly post-game melee likely to trigger additional discipline...
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Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Florida Panthers, who have outscored the Bruins 12-3 in the last two games, will be aiming to take a 3-1 series lead in Boston tonight, while the Vancouver Canucks and Oilers resume their series in Edmonton tonight, where snow and Nikita Zadorov zingers are forecasted. Here are five things to know about the NHL pla...
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NHL roundup: Hurricanes avoid being swept with 4-3 win over Rangers
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei's shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with ...
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Seguin, Stankoven each score twice to power Stars' 4-1 win over Avalanche
DENVER (AP) - Tyler Seguin scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third, and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series. The ...
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Boston beats Montreal 2-1 in triple overtime to take 2-0 lead in PWHL semifinal
LAVAL, Que. - As the clock struck midnight, the scoreboard art Place Bell marked the arrival of Mother's Day by showing a picture of Marie-Philip Poulin and her mom. A few minutes after the sellout crowd of 10,1723 celebrated the holiday, there was a moment of shock as Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of triple overt...
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NBA roundup: Mavericks take 2-1 series lead with 105-101 win over Thunder
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's best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals. Luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 ...
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Tatum scores 33 points, Celtics rebound to beat Cavs 106-93
CLEVELAND (AP) - Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the Boston Celtics looked more like themselves after stumbling at home, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-93 on Saturday night in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The top-seeded Celtics didn't mess around after dr...
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New York City FC holds on to defeat Toronto FC 3-2 in ill-tempered MLS match
TORONTO - Santi Rodriguez, Malachi Jones and Andres Perea scored and New York City FC held on to defeat Toronto FC 3-2 in an ill-tempered MLS game Saturday, ending TFC's five-game winning streak across all competitions. For the 20-year-old Jones, a teammate of Toronto rookie Tyrese Spicer at Lipscomb University, it was...
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Skjei helps Hurricanes beat Rangers 4-3 to extend playoff series
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei's shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping pas...
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Fans flock to Stade Saputo as 'Messi Mania' arrives in Montreal: 'This is just crazy'
MONTREAL - Lionel Messi superfan Pier-Marc Brunelle is finally getting the chance to see his idol play live. And he can't believe that it's happening in Montreal of all places. Brunelle, 25, travelled to Europe on separate occasions hoping to see Messi play for FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, but the Argentine su...
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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Connor Bedard scores twice as Canada rallies to beat Britain 4-2 at hockey worlds
PRAGUE (AP) - Connor Bedard scored twice and Canada opened its title defense at the ice hockey world championship with a 4-2 win over newcomer Britain on Saturday. The 18-year-old Bedard, coming off a great rookie season with the Chicago Blackhawks, netted twice in a four-minute span of the second period to put the Gro...
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Mother's Day and the playoffs face off in a quiet Vancouver suburb
VANCOUVER - In the quiet and leafy Vancouver neighbourhood of South Cambie, best known for its botanical garden, playoff fever is about to set in. The neighbourhood is expecting thousands of Vancouver Canucks fans for a viewing party on Sunday evening at Oak Meadows Park, as the team faces the Edmonton Oilers for Game ...
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Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Carolina Hurricanes' promising season could end tonight at PNC Arena as the unbeaten New York Rangers look for their second consecutive post-season sweep. And the Colorado Avalanche are hoping to hear their fans sing All The Small Things a lot when they host the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of their series, which is tied...
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NBA roundup: Nembhard's late 3 gives Pacers 111-106 win over Knicks
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Andrew Nembhard made a 31-foot, tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16 seconds left, Tyrese Haliburton scored 35 points and the Indiana Pacers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the banged-up and short-handed New York Knicks 111-106 on Friday night in Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. The K...
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Murray helps Nuggets bounce back with 117-90 blowout of Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Canadian Jamal Murray rebounded from a rough start to the Western Conference semifinals with 24 points to lead the Denver Nuggets on a 117-90 romp in Game 3 on Friday night that made the Minnesota Timberwolves the last team in the NBA to lose this post-season. Nikola Jokic, the three-time league MVP,...
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