Auger-Aliassime bumps slump to beat qualifier at Barcelona Open
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Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the Madrid Open final for the second time in three years by overpowering Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday. The 2021 champion in the Spanish capital will face top-ranked Iga Swiatek who defeated 12th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova. The…
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Erling Haaland broke the Premier League’s single-season scoring record after the Manchester City striker netted his 35th goal of an incredible campaign in a 3-0 victory over West Ham on Wednesday. The 22-year-old scored in a win over Fulham…
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Armed with a new Canadian record and several recent victories, Sarah Mitton travelled to Zurich last September keen on winning her first Diamond League Trophy. The confidence and consistency she exhibited throughout the professional track…
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Jon Jones’ days in MMA might be numbered. The all-time great told Fox Sports Australia in an interview published Tuesday that his plan is to defend the UFC heavyweight title versus former champion Stipe Miocic in November…
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Paris Saint-Germain have suspended Lionel Messi for two weeks for missing training on Monday to travel to Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN. Messi will not train or play with the first team and will not be paid during his…
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Connor Wong hit two homers, including a tie-breaking solo shot in the eighth, to help the Boston Red Sox rally past the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Tuesday night. Masataka Yoshida and Christian Arroyo…
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Light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is not eligible to fight for the WBC title because of ongoing sanctions for Russian and Belarusian fighters, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Monday. The WBC, like other…
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Arsenal bounced back from their deflating loss to Manchester City by easing to a 3-1 triumph over struggling Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to keep their Premier League title hopes alive. Martin Odegaard scored twice in 13 first-half minutes before Gabriel Jesus added…
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Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov were eliminated from doubles competition in quarterfinal action Tuesday at the Madrid Open. Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani, who were seeded sixth in women’s doubles…
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Butler turned his right ankle on a drive with 5:05 in the fourth quarter but gutted out the rest of the match as the Heat defeated the New York Knicks 108-101 in Game 1 of their Eastern…
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Feyenoord boss Arne Slot is emerging as a serious contender alongside Julian Nagelsmann to become Tottenham Hotspur’s next head coach, sources have told ESPN. Slot has guided Feyenoord to top spot in the Dutch Eredivisie, having lost…
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Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov earned a 6-4, 6-2 second-round victory over Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara on Sunday at the Madrid Open. The Canadian duo had six aces to two double faults, while…
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Sergio Perez defeated Max Verstappen to victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday to continue Red Bull’s undefeated start to the 2023 Formula One season. Perez’s victory was helped by a well-timed safety car…
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Manchester City claimed top spot in the Premier League for the first time since February as Erling Haaland reached yet another milestone in a 2-1 triumph at Fulham on Sunday. Haaland tucked away a penalty in the third minute for his record-equaling…
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John Tavares had dreams of suiting up for the Maple Leafs. When the opportunity to come home arrived, he couldn’t pass up the chance to join the team he cheered for as a kid just…
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Max Verstappen says he is not motivated by winning a record number of Formula One titles by the end of his career and is instead tempted by racing in other categories of motorsport when his Red…
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Pep Guardiola stated the Premier League title race has finally swung Manchester City’s way after they thrashed Arsenal 4-1. Guardiola insisted for weeks that Arsenal are favorites, but after moving to within two points of Mikel Arteta’s side with two…
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It took 40 games for Bo Bichette to reach five home runs last season. This year, it took him just 24. Bichette had a homer and two RBI singles as the Toronto Blue Jays swept…
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The Suns have some flaws, and perhaps they still haven’t truly been tested, but do they ever have a hellacious one-two punch. Devin Booker and Kevin Durant hit the wounded LA Clippers with an unrelenting barrage of impact plays over the past…
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Erik ten Hag has stated Manchester United could face a backlash from “mad” Tottenham Hotspur players in Thursday’s Premier League clash. Spurs were thrashed 6-1 at Newcastle on Sunday and were 5-0 down inside 21 minutes at St James’ Park. The…
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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez suffered a 6-3, 6-4 loss to 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva in the first round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday. The Russian teen, ranked 194th in the world, needed just an hour and…
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Jared “Big Baby” Anderson and Zhan Kossobutskiy will meet in a battle of big-punching undefeated heavyweights on July 1 in Toledo, Ohio, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Anderson, ESPN’s No. 8 heavyweight, will fight in…
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Mauricio Pochettino is in advanced talks with Chelsea to become manager at Stamford Bridge, replacing interim boss Frank Lampard before the start of next campaign. Pochettino, 51, has been out of work since leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end…
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Even though Whit Merrifield has reached base every game this season, he thinks he can do more for the Toronto Blue Jays. Cavan Biggio’s three-run homer handed Toronto a 5-2 victory over the struggling Chicago…
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was trapped with 40 seconds to go in Game 4 of the series versus the Sacramento Kings. He had nowhere to move and no one to pass to. He saw the trap and…
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Cristian Stellini has been fired as Tottenham Hotspur interim boss and replaced with coach Ryan Mason, the club revealed on Monday, just a day after they were thrashed 6-1 away to Newcastle United. Spurs were 5-0 down within 21 minutes…
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Canada’s Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing picked up a pair of victories on Monday at the world mixed doubles curling championship in Gangneung, South Korea. The duo defeated Italy’s Stefania Constantini and Sebastiano Arman 8-4…
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In control and looking as dominant as ever, Carlos Alcaraz nodded his head from side to side to the tune of the music being played on the Rafa Nadal center court. The 19-year-old Spaniard couldn’t be more…
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Ferran Torres struck late in the first half to give Barcelona a 1-0 home victory over third-placed Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou on Sunday as they tightened their grip on top spot and moved one step closer to a…
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Bayern Munich may have to continue without Canadian star fullback Alphonso Davies for the final five games of its season. The Bavarian powerhouse stated Sunday that Davies “sustained a muscle bundle injury” in the back…
