Auger-Aliassime bumps slump to beat qualifier at Barcelona Open
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Disgruntled Paris Saint-Germain fans whistled after hearing Lionel Messi’s name announced in the starting lineup ahead of the club’s 1-0 home defeat to Lyon on Sunday. The Argentina captain was booed by PSG supporters during their previous match, a 2-0 home loss to Rennes…
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Monaco breezed into the Champions League playoff round with a 5-1 aggregate victory over Sparta Prague on Tuesday as former winners PSV Eindhoven and Benfica also advanced to set up a mouth-watering clash between the two for a group-stage berth. Red Star…
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Formula One champions Mercedes are fighting against the odds now in their title battle with Red Bull, team boss Toto Wolff stated after Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix dealt a fifth successive defeat. Once-dominant Mercedes started…
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Toronto FC fired head coach Chris Armas on Sunday in the wake of a humiliating 7-1 loss at D.C. United, the club’s sixth-consecutive defeat. Under the first-year coach, Toronto (1-8-2) is winless in seven and…
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Frank de Boer has left his role as Netherlands manager following the team’s elimination from Euro 2020, the Dutch FA revealed on Tuesday. The announcement comes two days after their shock defeat to Czech Republic in the round of 16.…
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Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Monday, two years minus two weeks from the last time a meaningful match was played at Wimbledon, a voice blared over the loudspeakers: “Good afternoon and welcome to Centre Court.”…
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An up-and-down debut performance by Canada’s women in Volleyball Nations League continued with a second consecutive defeat on Monday. Japan recorded its fifth sweep in eight matches, defeating the Canadians 25-16, 25-15, 25-15 in preliminary…
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Chelsea seized control of their destiny in the Premier League top-four battle as they avenged their FA Cup final defeat by Leicester City to beat them 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Roared on by 8,000 fans Thomas…
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Canelo Alvarez could feel it coming. In the eighth round at AT&T Stadium on Saturday night, the Mexican champion egged on a record-breaking crowd as he pelted Billy Joe Saunders in their super middleweight unification…
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Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman lamented his side’s inefficiency at both ends of the pitch as they blew the opportunity to go top of La Liga on Thursday by losing 2-1 to Granada at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi,…
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Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday night to move within two points of the top four. The away side settled quicker and Fabinho drilled an early shot from range just wide before Mane had a deflected…
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Barcelona needed a rousing comeback and extra time to defeat Granada, 5-3, and moves on to the Copa del Rey semifinals on Wednesday. Despite Barca dominating the opening half-hour, Granada scored totally versus the run of…
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Manchester City reached their fourth consecutive League Cup final as second-half goals from John Stones and Fernandinho gave Pep Guardiola’s side a 2-0 victory over Manchester United in Wednesday’s semi-final at Old Trafford. City will face Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley in the…
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Gordon Hayward had 28 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets handed the Brooklyn Nets their first defeat of the season, 106-104 on Sunday night. Terry Rozier added 19 points, including two…
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Mick Schumacher has won the Formula 2 championship ahead of his step up to Formula One with Haas next year. The son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher defeat fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Callum…
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Spain handed Germany its worst beating in a competitive match on Wednesday, winning 6-0 to advance to the Final Four of UEFA’s Nations League. Ferran Torres scored a hat trick to lead Spain to the…
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Kyle Lowry had all but pushed the Toronto Raptors to a pair of triumphs with two excellent performances. But the six-time all-star guard had an off night on Monday. And so did the rest of…
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OG Anunoby hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Toronto Raptors new life in the NBA playoffs. Kyle Lowry had 31 points and found Anunoby with a precision crosscourt pass with 0.5 seconds on the…
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AC Milan scored three times in five shocking second-half minutes as they hit back from two goals down to defeat visiting Serie A leaders Juventus 4-2 on Tuesday, the first points dropped by the Turin…
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Holders Liverpool are eliminated of the Champions League after a dramatic last-16 second leg versus Atletico Madrid went into extra time – and a finely balanced game turned on a catastrophic blunder by goalkeeper Adrian.…
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They thrilled us. They broke our hearts. They engaged us throughout and saved the best for last. Team Canada drew us in and teased us. We, and they, dared to believe a podium conclusion was…
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Three years after making his tour-level debut at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied from a set down to record his first triumph at the ATP 500 event on Tuesday. From a…
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Christine Sinclair and Canada have a berth at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics squarely in their sights. Not content to sit on her laurels after recently entering the record books, Sinclair was back to her goal-scoring…
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Novak Djokovic made it 10 victories from 10 matches versus Milos Raonic on Tuesday night, defeating the Canadian 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(1) to book a semi-final clash against Roger Federer at the Australian Open. With Rod Laver watching from the stands, the second seed…
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Canada’s Milos Raonic is off to the round of 16 at the Australian Open after notching a major upset on Friday. The No. 32 seed from Thornhill, Ont., defeat No. 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 7-5,…
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Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada lost a tight semi-final against a glowing opponent in the Adelaide International on Friday. The number 2 seed from Montreal fell 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-4 to number 3 seed Andrey…
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Tuesday’s Raptors game was playing out like a good-news story about Toronto’s emerging new bench mob — until Carmelo Anthony spoiled it. The 10-time NBA all-star scored with 4.1 seconds to play as part of…
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Arizona Coyotes forward Barrett Hayton scored twice to help Canada defeat the United States 6-4 on Thursday night in their Group B opener at the world junior hockey championship. Alexis Lafreniere gave Canada a 5-4…
