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Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial

NICE, France (AP) - Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the third time and celebrated in style with a victory in Sunday's final stage - a time trial ending in Nice. The 25-year-old Slovenian ride...

Jul 21, 2024

Xander the Great! Schauffele wins the British Open for his 2nd major this year

TROON, Scotland (AP) - Xander Schauffele won the British Open on Sunday for his second major of the year, delivering a masterpiece at Royal Troon with a 6-under 65 to overcome a two-shot deficit and g...

Jul 21, 2024

Canadian athletes have mixed feelings over Russians competing in Paris

A complex issue evokes complex feelings among Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes bound for Paris. The International Olympic and Paralympic committees allowing some Russian and Belarusian athlete...

Jul 21, 2024

Dynamo finds a way to beat, frustrate Whitecaps with late comeback

VANCOUVER - After battling back from a two-goal deficit in the first half, the Vancouver Whitecaps allowed goals nine minutes apart late in the second half in a wild 4-3 setback to the Houston Dynamo ...

Jul 20, 2024

Arike Ogunbowale and Caitlin Clark lead WNBA All-Stars to 117-109 win over U.S. Olympic team

PHOENIX (AP) - Arike Ogunbowale set the WNBA All-Star scoring record with 34 points and Caitlin Clark made the most of her All-Star debut as the WNBA team beat the U.S. Olympic team 117-109 on Saturda...

Jul 20, 2024

Commissioner Engelbert excited about WNBA's new media rights deal

PHOENIX (AP) - The WNBA has the framework in place for a $2.2 billion, 11-year media rights deal as part of the NBA's massive, recently approved deal. WNBA players union executive director Terri Jacks...

Jul 20, 2024

Ticats earn first victory of the season with 27-24 decision over Toronto Argonauts

HAMILTON - James Butler and Destin Talbert scored touchdowns set up by turnovers as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats held on to beat the Toronto Argonauts 27-24 for their first win of the season Saturday night...

Jul 20, 2024

Laryea's goal lifts Toronto FC to 1-0 win over CF Montreal

MONTREAL - Toronto FC took a major step forward in their pursuit of a Major League Soccer playoff position with a 1-0 victory on Saturday over Eastern Conference rival CF Montreal 1-0. Richie Laryea's...

Jul 20, 2024

My Boy Prince overcomes bad start to secure victory in $150,000 Plate Trial

TORONTO - It wasn't perfect but My Boy Prince still showed Saturday he deserves to be considered among the favourites for next month's $1-million King's Plate. My Boy Prince, with Sahin Civaci aboard,...

Jul 20, 2024

Rogers' grand slam lifts surging Detroit Tigers 7-3 over Toronto Blue Jays

TORONTO - Catcher Jake Rogers' grand slam highlighted a six-run sixth inning to help the Detroit Tigers to a 7-3 win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Vladimir Guerrero went 3 for 4 and belte...

Jul 20, 2024