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Canada's Shapovalov falls to Italy's Nardi in second-round match at Cincinnati Open

CINCINNATI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov dropped a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 decision to Italy's Luca Nardi on Sunday in second-round play at the Cincinnati Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., was seede...

Aug 10, 2025

Pawol breaks gender barrier, earns good reviews for her work behind the plate on historic weekend

ATLANTA (AP) - Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday's Marlins-Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job. Considering Pawol became the first female umpire to work behind t...

Aug 10, 2025

Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team defeats El Salvador at IWBF Americas Cup

BOGOT - Arinn Young scored a game-high 41 points to lead the Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team to a 93-10 rout of El Salvador at the IWBF Americas Cup on Sunday. Elise Froese chipped in with...

Aug 10, 2025

Scheffler turns to fill-in when caddie Ted Scott leaves for family emergency

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler has turned to a tour chaplain as his caddie Sunday for the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship when Ted Scott had to leave due to a family emergency ...

Aug 10, 2025

Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate wins summer Grand Prix competition

COURCHEVEL - Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate won gold at a Summer Grand Prix event Sunday for the first international victory of her career. The Calgarian finished first on the large HS135 hill wit...

Aug 10, 2025

Henderson the hero as Crystal Palace beats Liverpool in penalty shootout to win the Community Shield

Crystal Palace won the Community Shield on Sunday by beating Premier League champion Liverpool in a penalty shootout at Wembley. The curtain-raiser for the English top-flight season ended 2-2 after 90...

Aug 10, 2025

Toronto FC has a long way to go, but finally appears headed in the right direction

Since its last appearance in the MLS playoffs in 2020 under Greg Vanney, Toronto FC is on its sixth manager and has posted a league record of 35-88-38. TFC has finished 26th, 27th, 29th and 22nd in th...

Aug 10, 2025

Tribute to former Liverpool forward Diogo Jota disrupted at Wembley

LONDON (AP) - A tribute to former Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva was disrupted on Sunday when some fans at the Community Shield match failed to observe a moment's silence. Be...

Aug 10, 2025

Judd scores in second-half stoppage time to lift Earthquakes over Whitecaps 2-1

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Preston Judd scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally the San Jose Earthquakes to 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Judd subb...

Aug 09, 2025

Ohtani hits 40th homer, Snell overpowers Blue Jays as Dodgers win 9-1

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th home run, Blake Snell struck out 10 batters in five shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 on Saturday night. Max Mu...

Aug 09, 2025