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Newly appointed sports minister meets with Canadian team at FIFA Women's World Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia - The Canadian women's soccer team got a pep talk from newly appointed Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough before training Sunday. "I wanted to make them know that there are 40 milli...
Jul 30, 2023
'Letters of heaven': Kyiv coffee shop manager proud to be called up to fight Russia
Anton says he has always been willing to pick up arms and fight for Ukraine. He recently got his wish, receiving a letter calling him into military service in his country's battle with Russia. "I am g...
Jul 30, 2023
A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills 10 people and wounds more than 50
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country's northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, k...
Jul 30, 2023
Blue Jays looking to add pitching depth and a veteran bat at MLB trade deadline
TORONTO - The players and coaches in the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse are getting used to being buyers ahead of Major League Baseball's trade deadline. Toronto holds the third and final wild-card spot...
Jul 30, 2023
Supporters of Niger's coup march through the capital, waving Russian flags and denouncing France
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup earlier this week marched through the streets of the capital, Niamey, on Sunday waving Russian flags, chanting ...
Jul 30, 2023
'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters
HALIFAX - On the night floodwaters swept through his Nova Scotia county, taking lives and tearing out bridges, Doug Pynch says he had trouble believing an emergency alert that flashed across his phone...
Jul 30, 2023
Some of soccer's biggest stars are struggling at Women's World Cup
SYDNEY (AP) - Some of the biggest names in soccer have yet to show up at the Women's World Cup. That's literally been the case of Australian star Sam Kerr, who missed the first two games with a calf i...
Jul 29, 2023
Crawford unifies welterweight division with 9th-round TKO in dominant performance over Spence
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Terence Crawford knocked down Errol Spence Jr. three times Saturday night before finally ending the fight at 2:32 of the ninth round on a technical knockout to cement himself as one o...
Jul 29, 2023
Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures 1, prompts temporary airport closure
Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of one of four airports around the Russian capital. T...
Jul 29, 2023
B.C. Lions add to Elks' misery with 27-0 victory in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Dane Evans completed a pair of touchdown passes as the B.C. Lions defeated the Edmonton Elks 27-0 on Saturday, helping the Elks take sole possession of the worst run of home losses in North...
Jul 29, 2023
