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Tough debut for Jays newcomers, but Schneider points to home runs as bigger issue
TORONTO - The noise the Toronto Blue Jays made before Thursday's trade deadline was silenced in their first game with three of their four newbies in the lineup. With four homers and a crafty three-hit...
Aug 01, 2025
Hurricane Gil forms in the eastern Pacific but is not forecast to threaten land
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Tropical Storm Gil strengthened into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday but was not expected to threaten land, forecasters said. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurric...
Aug 01, 2025
Spurs captain Son Heung-min to leave English Premier League club
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Captain Son Heung-min announced on Saturday that he will be leaving Tottenham Hotspur. At a media conference in Seoul, Son said his decision to leave the English Premier Leag...
Aug 01, 2025
Witt, Wacha push Royals to 9-3 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Bobby Witt Jr. belted a three-run homer and veteran starter Michael Wacha pitched a three-hitter to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 9-3 win in the opener of a three-game series against the ...
Aug 01, 2025
Canadian women defeat U.S. 42-10 in final home game before Rugby World Cup
OTTAWA - Canada scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to dispatch the United States 42-10 Friday in its final home game before heading to Europe for the Rugby World Cup later this month. The ...
Aug 01, 2025
Leduc, Asemota claim 100-metre Canadian championship track titles
OTTAWA - Sprinter Audrey Leduc of Gatineau, Que., won the senior women's 100-metres championship on Friday night, clocking 11.06 to top the eight-runner final at the Canadian track and field champions...
Aug 01, 2025
Vancouver's Dragon Boat Festival pushed out by FIFA World Cup
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the annual Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say the event will be cancelled next year to make way for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Dominic Lai, the operations di...
Aug 01, 2025
Bieber excited to join Jays, return to mound after surgery
TORONTO - Shane Bieber hopes to be a popular pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays down the stretch, but realizes that in his new home, he'll be the second most famous Bieber after Canadian pop icon Justi...
Aug 01, 2025
Kamloops International Cup wraps up this weekend with the home side taking to the pitch
KAMLOOPS - Just two games remain on the schedule at the second annual Kamloops International Cup set to wrap up this weekend at Hillside Stadium. Thursday (July 31) night saw the League 1 BC Selects t...
Aug 01, 2025
Rising Canadian star Victoria Mboko set for marquee match against Coco Gauff at NBO
MONTREAL - Even at four years old, Victoria Mboko hated the taste of defeat. Pierre Lamarche remembers the little ball of energy waiting eagerly for her turn while her older sister, Gracia, exchanged ...
Aug 01, 2025
