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Flaherty, Torres help Tigers snap six-game losing streak with 10-4 win over Blue Jays

DETROIT (AP) - Jack Flaherty pitched six scoreless innings, Gleyer Torres hit a three-run homer and the Detroit Tigers ended a six-game losing streak with a 10-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on ...

Jul 27, 2025

Canada's Leylah Fernandez wins Citi Open for fourth career WTA title

WASHINGTON - Canada's Leylah Fernandez defeated Russian Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 for her fourth career WTA title at the Citi Open hardcourt tennis tournament on Sunday. Fernandez's last title came at ...

Jul 27, 2025

Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France for the fourth time

PARIS (AP) - Tadej Pogaar won his fourth Tour de France title by a comfortable margin after Sunday's final stage, which he tried to win even though he did not need to. The 26-year-old Slovenian rider ...

Jul 27, 2025

Euro 2025: England and Spain go to extra time tied at 1-1 in the final

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - England and Spain are going to extra time tied at 1-1 in the Women's European Championship final. Both goals on Sunday were scored by Arsenal attackers with perfectly placed ...

Jul 27, 2025

Canada's Stakusic bows out of NBO with first-round loss to Cristian

MONTREAL - Canada's Marina Stakusic put up a valiant effort, but ultimately fell to Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the National Bank Open on Sunday. The 142nd-ranke...

Jul 27, 2025

Pogačar effectively seals 4th Tour de France title as organizers neutralize times before stage ends

PARIS (AP) - Slovenian rider Tadej Pogaar effectively sealed his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday after organizers decided to neutralize the times with 50 kilometers (31 miles) left because of th...

Jul 27, 2025

Blue Jays place all-star catcher Alejandro Kirk on seven-day IL with concussion

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed all-star catcher Alejandro Kirk on the seven-day injured list with a concussion. In a corresponding move, the club selected catcher Ali Sanchez to the Major...

Jul 27, 2025

Summer McIntosh wins first gold medal at worlds in her quest for five

SINGAPORE (AP) - For Summer McIntosh of Canada, it's one gold medal won at the swimming world championships with four to go. McIntosh is aiming to win five gold medals in individual events at the worl...

Jul 27, 2025

U.S. politics threaten to complicate Canada’s co-hosting of 2026 World Cup

OTTAWA - With less than a year to go until the 2026 World Cup, political tensions and U.S. policy threaten to pose problems as Canada, the United States and Mexico prepare to co-host the tournament. N...

Jul 27, 2025

McIntosh starts her quest for five gold medals at swim world championships

SINGAPORE (AP) - Summer McIntosh of Canada began her quest for five gold medals in the swimming world championships on Sunday's opening day in Singapore. Her first medal race is the 400-metre freestyl...

Jul 26, 2025