• The Canadian Press

    No marathon this time as Swiatek sprints into French Open quarterfinals

    PARIS (AP) — After the French Open marathon came the sprint. Defending champion Iga Swiatek swept into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in just 40 minutes after a crushing 6-0, 6-0 win against Anastasia Potapova. Swiatek won without even facing a game point against her. The match ended when Potapova hit a forehand into the net on the first match point. “I was just really focused and in the zone," Swiatek said. "It went pretty quickly, pretty weird.” Their match started at around 11 a.m. That's

  • The Canadian Press

    Israeli siblings Ron and Leah Polonsky chase Olympics from Bay Area rivals Stanford and Cal

    STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — With nearly identical ear-to-ear smiles, Ron and Leah Polonsky stroll through campus speaking Hebrew as they head for the Stanford pool relishing a rare chance to catch up in person given their hectic schedules. Ron swims for Stanford. Leah competes at rival California, in nearby Berkeley. The Polonskys were ballroom dancers as young children in Haifa, Israel, before switching to swimming. Even though their colleges are separated only by the San Francisco Bay, it's the fa

  • Yahoo Sports

    UFC 302 takeaways: So close but so far for Dustin Poirier, Sean Strickland's broken promise and more

    It’s a strange feeling when the guy who just lost his third and probably last shot at a UFC title ends up walking away at the end of the night looking like a hero.

  • The Canadian Press

    Aaron Jones hits 10 sixes as US beats Canada by 7 wickets to open T20 World Cup

    GRAND PRARIE, Texas (AP) — Aaron Jones made an unbeaten 94 from 40 balls in an extraordinary display of power-hitting to lead the U.S. team to a seven wicket win over historic rival Canada on Saturday in the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup. Co-host the United States seemed under pressure when Canada made 194-5 batting first and when it lost a wicket to the second ball of its innings. The total demanded the United States achieve its highest-ever run chase in a T20 international to win the