Category Archives: Sports
Rise surprise AFC Toronto with 1-0 NSL road win
TORONTO - Jessica De Filippo pounced on a misplayed ball in the first minute of the second half to score the winning goal as the short-handed Vancouver Rise surprised first-place AFC Toronto 1-0 in No...
Aug 17, 2025
Akie Iwai wins Portland Classic to join twin sister Chisato as rookie LPGA Tour champion
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in The Standard Portland Class...
Aug 17, 2025
Akie Iwai wins Portland Classic to join twin sister as rookie LPGA Tour champion
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in The Standard Portland Class...
Aug 17, 2025
Green birdies final hole, wins Rogers Charity Classic by one shot
CALGARY - Richard Green described winning his first-ever PGA Tour Champions tournament at the 2025 Rogers Charity Classic as "an amazing feeling." Green sunk a short putt to birdie the par 5, finishin...
Aug 17, 2025
Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes golden again at Montreal beach volleyball event
MONTREAL - Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes are golden again on home sand. The Paris Olympics silver medallists defeated Germany's Svenja Mller and Cinja Tillmann on Sunday to capture the ...
Aug 17, 2025
Vancouver Whitecaps draw Houston Dynamo 1-1 in Thomas Muller's MLS debut
VANCOUVER - Thomas Muller's Major League Soccer debut was almost perfect. Almost. The German soccer icon came off the bench for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday and put the ball into the back of the ...
Aug 17, 2025
Scottie Scheffler rallies from 4 shots down and wins BMW Championship for 5th victory of the year
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler erased a four-shot deficit in five holes and then delivered a haymaker on the daunting par-3 17th by chipping in from 82 feet for birdie that carried him to ...
Aug 17, 2025
As Berrios stumbles, Blue Jays face rotation decisions with Bieber healthy
TORONTO - John Schneider has a plan with his starting rotation now that newcomer Shane Bieber is healthy and ready to make his Toronto Blue Jays debut. But moments after his team was routed by the Tex...
Aug 17, 2025
Eovaldi solid over seven innings, Rangers beat Blue Jays 10-4 to avoid series sweep
TORONTO - Solo homers from Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. were the only blemishes in Nathan Eovaldi's effective seven innings as the Texas Rangers managed a 10-4 win in the series finale aga...
Aug 17, 2025
Eagles get receiver John Metchie III from Texans for tight end Harrison Bryant, AP source says
The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired wide receiver John Metchie III from the Houston Texans for veteran tight end Harrison Bryant on Sunday, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated P...
Aug 17, 2025