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Blue Jays place closer Jordan Romano on injured list due to right elbow inflammation
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. The 31-year-old right-hander has a 1-2 record, eight saves and a 6.59 earne...
Jun 01, 2024
Firkus becomes first-ever Warrior to win CHL player of the year, earns top scorer
FRANKENMUTH - Jagger Firkus of the Moose Jaw Warriors has been named the David Branch Player of the Year Award winner at the Canadian Hockey League awards. Firkus became the first player in Warriors h...
Jun 01, 2024
Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend's two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury ...
Jun 01, 2024
Kyrie Irving said late in the season the Mavericks were just getting started
Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had ...
Jun 01, 2024
Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open. The tournament's 21st-seed from Montreal was a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 winner ov...
Jun 01, 2024
Canadian boxer McKenzie Wright one win away from qualifying for Paris Olympics
BANGKOK - Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright earned a 5-0 decision over Serbia's Nina Radovanovic on Saturday to move within one win of punching her ticket to Paris in a last-ditch Olympic qualifier. Wrig...
Jun 01, 2024
Simpson eyes redemption as Knights set to take on host Spirit in Memorial Cup final
SAGINAW - Last season's failure fuels Michael Simpson as a shot at redemption approaches. The London Knights goaltender was previously with the Peterborough Petes, who fell 4-1 to the Seattle Thunderb...
Jun 01, 2024
Canadian men one loss away from relegation from elite rugby sevens circuit
MADRID - Canada's men's rugby sevens team faces an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit after finishing bottom of its group Saturday. After losses to Uruguay and Germany on Fri...
Jun 01, 2024
River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20
ISLAMABAD (AP) - At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the in...
Jun 01, 2024
The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since t...
Jun 01, 2024
