• The Canadian Press

    Everton ensures 71st straight year in England's top flight by defeating Brentford to beat the drop

    LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton capped a season-defining week with a third straight home victory to secure its English Premier League status on Saturday. Holding midfielder Idrissa Gueye scored in a 1-0 win over Brentford to ensure Everton's final season at Goodison Park will be in the top flight, where the team has played since 1954. Last weekend, Gueye's first goal at Goodison since February 2017 paved the way for a crucial win over Nottingham Forest. And, after a rare victory over Liverpool

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    Chelsea and incoming USWNT coach Emma Hayes fall short of their biggest European ambition

    Chelsea's loss to Barcelona in the Women's Champions League semifinals came with one positive side effect, from an American perspective: Emma Hayes will take the USWNT head coaching job a week sooner.

  • The Canadian Press

    Unbeaten Leverkusen pulls off another escape; injuries hit Bayern, Dortmund before Champions League

    BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Neverlosing. Bayer Leverkusen escaped again with another stoppage-time goal to preserve its German record unbeaten season by drawing with Stuttgart 2-2 on Saturday. Robert Andrich scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time for Leverkusen to stretch its record to 46 games unbeaten across all competitions. It was the second consecutive game that Leverkusen, the Bundesliga champion, scored after the regular 90 minutes of play to keep its unbeaten streak. Josip Stanišić scored i

  • The Canadian Press

    New York Giants take Canadian Johnson in fourth round of NFL draft

    It didn't happen when Canadian Theo Johnson thought it would, but he landed where he wanted to. The New York Giants selected the Penn State tight end with the seventh pick of the fourth round, No. 107 overall, of the NFL draft Saturday. Johnson had been projected as a possible second-day selection. "(That) wasn't in the cards for me but I think I got picked exactly when I was supposed to and exactly where I was supposed to," Johnson told reporters in New York after his selection. "Since the begi