• The Canadian Press

    Championship play-offs: Leeds and Norwich draw 0-0 in semifinal first leg

    In the race to secure the last promotion spot for the Premier League, Norwich and Leeds drew 0-0 in the first-leg of their Championship play-off semifinal on Sunday. There was nothing to separate the teams at Carrow Road, with neither goalkeeper overly troubled. The match will be decided at Elland Road on Thursday night when both teams will have to hope they can produce more creativity and cutting edge. Leeds finished the regular season in third place in England's second tier on 90 points. That

  • The Canadian Press

    St. Pauli promoted back to the Bundesliga with 3-1 win over Osnabrück

    HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — St. Pauli returned to the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 3-1 win over relegated Osnabrück in Germany’s second division. Oladapo Afolayan scored twice and set up Marcel Hartel for St. Pauli’s third goal as the home team moved top of the league with an unassailable six-point lead over third-place Fortuna Düsseldorf with one round remaining. The top two in the division are promoted, while the third-place finisher – now certain to be Düsseldorf – faces a two-leg playoff against

  • The Canadian Press

    Sagstrom, Zhang break away in Founders Cup, dashing Korda's bid for record 6th straight LPGA victory

    CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Madelene Sagstrom and Rose Zhang left Nelly Korda and everyone else way behind Saturday in the Cognizant Founders Cup. Trying to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour event, Korda was 11 shots behind Sagstrom and 10 back of two-time NCAA champion Zhang with a round left at Upper Montclair Country Club. After months of near-perfect play, Korda inexplicably hit bad drives, found bunkers from the fairway and missed short putts. She shot a 1-over 73. “I think I’ve played really

  • The Canadian Press

    Real Madrid celebrates Spanish league title with fans after reaching Champions League final

    MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid celebrated its Spanish league title with fans on Sunday, meeting with government officials and parading through the streets of the capital. Madrid clinched its 36th league title last weekend, with four rounds to spare, but it couldn't celebrate the triumph right away because it still had to play the second leg of the semifinals of the Champions League. Madrid rallied with two late goals by striker Joselu to defeat Bayern Munich 2-1 on Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabeu