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Daulton Varsho's fifth-inning grand slam leads Blue Jays past Guardians 7-6
TORONTO - Daulton Varsho's grand slam in the fifth inning powered the Toronto Blue Jays past the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 on Sunday. Ernie Clement had a two-run homer in the second to give Toronto (35-36) an early lead. Addison Barger added an RBI single in the fifth. Jose Berrios (6-5) allowed four runs on eight hits o...
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Waterman replaces injured Hoilett on Canada's Copa America roster
OTTAWA - Joel Waterman has replaced injured winger Junior Hoilett on the Canadian men's soccer team's Copa America roster. Canada opens the tournament Thursday against reigning World Cup champion Argentina in Atlanta. The Canadians, ranked 49th in the world, will also face No. 32 Peru on June 25 in Kansas City and No. ...
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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 of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference. Questions loom about whether Miami can weather his absence during the Copa...
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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 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to the second-seeded Samsonova, who had to finish her rain-interrupted semifinal earlier in the day. "...
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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. Social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags in the ...
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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 Britain's Harriet Dart and Diane Parry of France 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 in the final. It was the first win of 2024 for Dabrowski and ...
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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 war following the Russian invasion has been going on for two years and has been a constant and uniting force for this Uk...
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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 soccer tournament. The man was receiving medical treatment, Hamburg police said in a post on X, without providing furth...
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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. Fred Whoriskey, director of the Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says the population of these...
Jun 16, 2024
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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 title series to 3-1. Dylan Holloway, with two goals and an assist, Mattias Janmark, with a goal and an assist, Adam Henri...
Jun 16, 2024
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