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MLS teams adjust to a summer of soccer without some of the league's biggest names

Lionel Messi could miss as many as six games with Inter Miami if Argentina wins its way to the Copa America final. With 12 goals and a league-leading 13 assists, Messi has helped push Miami to the top...

Jun 16, 2024

Andreescu drops Libema Open women's final in three sets to Samsonova

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH - Bianca Andreescu lost a hard-fought Libema Open women's final Sunday in three sets to Liudmila Samsonova in the grass-court Wimbledon tune-up. Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., fell 4...

Jun 16, 2024

Riot police in Germany intervene to stem fan clashes before Serbia-England match at Euro 2024

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) - Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday's match between Serbia and England at the European Championship soccer tournament in Germany....

Jun 16, 2024

Dabrowski, Routliffe win Nottingham women's doubles title ahead of Wimbledon

NOTTINGHAM - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and teammate Erin Routliffe have won the women's doubles title at the Rothesay Open, which is a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon. The top seeds outlasted Brita...

Jun 16, 2024

Ukraine keen to show its spirit at Euro 2024 with added motivation to advance

MUNICH (AP) - Three years ago Ukraine reached the quarterfinals of the pandemic-delayed Euro 2020 in the country's most successful European Championship to date. But a lot has changed since then. The ...

Jun 16, 2024

German police shot a man allegedly threatening them with an ax in a city hosting Euro 2024 match

BERLIN (AP) - German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the Euro 2024...

Jun 16, 2024

New signs warning of great white sharks in the works for some East Coast beaches

HALIFAX - There's growing evidence that the number of great white sharks is on the rise along Canada's East Coast, where plans are in the works to post warning signs for beachgoers for the first time....

Jun 16, 2024

McDavid, Oilers avoid sweep, thump Panthers 8-1 in Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

EDMONTON - The Oilers still have life in the Stanley Cup final. Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists as Edmonton thumped Florida 8-1 on Saturday to cut the Panthers' lead in the best-of-seven t...

Jun 15, 2024

Teens Buck, Bajraktarevic spark Revolution to 3-2 win over Whitecaps

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Teenagers Noel Buck and Esmir Bajraktarevic scored first-half goals and the New England Revolution ran their win streak to three with a 3-2 Major League Soccer victory over th...

Jun 15, 2024

B.C. Lions collect first victory of the season, beating Calgary Stampeders 26-17

VANCOUVER - Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 277 yards and the B.C. Lions downed the Calgary Stampeders 26-17 to collect their first win of the season on Saturday. The quarterback connected on 17 of 29 atte...

Jun 15, 2024