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'He's a battler': Veteran forward Corey Perry playing key role for Oilers
EDMONTON - Mark Hunter remembers pulling Corey Perry aside for a chat. The co-owner and general manager of the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights wanted to make sure his player understood the cons...
Jun 07, 2025
Coco Gauff defeats top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in 3 sets to win her first French Open title
PARIS (AP) - Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was ...
Jun 07, 2025
Coco Gauff defeats top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in 3 sets to win her first French Open title
PARIS (AP) - Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was ...
Jun 07, 2025
Washington Capitals' Spencer Carbery named winner of Jack Adams Award
NEW YORK - Spencer Carbery of the Washington Capitals captured the Jack Adams Award on Saturday as the NHL's top coach. Carbery was the runaway winner with 81 first-place votes and 464 points as selec...
Jun 07, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo is almost certain he won't play at the Club World Cup
MUNICH (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo says he's almost certain he will not be playing at the Club World Cup, dealing a blow to FIFA president Gianni Infantino's hopes of having one of soccer's biggest attra...
Jun 07, 2025
Emerging pro wrestling firm ready for second large arena show
NANAIMO - One year ago, Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling (VIPW) co-owner BJ Laredo was equal parts nervous and excited. With significant resources committed to staging WrestleFest at Frank Crane Arena, ...
Jun 07, 2025
Calgary Stampeders hitch quarterback wagon to "Big-play VA" Vernon Adams Jr.
CALGARY - The road back to the CFL playoffs goes through Vernon Adams Jr. in Calgary. The Stampeders acquired the quarterback from the B.C. Lions a month after their worst season in two decades conclu...
Jun 07, 2025
Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. The Prime Minister's office said Saturday that the body of Thai citizen Nattapong P...
Jun 07, 2025
Ageless Marchand plays hero for Panthers in Game 2 of SCF: 'He's a beauty'
EDMONTON - Brad Marchand slipped a puck under Stuart Skinner's pad on his own rebound. That effort off the stick of the Florida Panthers winger dribbled through Edmonton's crease and touched the post ...
Jun 07, 2025
Russian drones and missiles target Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv, killing 3, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21, local Ukrainian officials said. The...
Jun 06, 2025