• The Canadian Press

    Pulisic and McKennie face each other as rivals in Italy before joining forces again for US

    Weston McKennie thought back to when he first met Christian Pulisic, a pair of 13-year-olds on a bus from a hotel to training camp in Carson, California. “I used to sit behind him. I used to squirt empty air with a little bit of water into his ear,” McKennie said. “I was scared to take the elevator, so he used to walk with me up the stairs, like 11 flights of stairs, after training all the time.” A dozen years later, they are mainstays on the U.S. national team as it prepares for this summer's C

  • Yahoo Sports

    WNBA Draft 2024: Dyaisha Fair leads top five steals of a historic draft night

    First-round picks like Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink and Kamilla Cardoso dominate post-WNBA draft conversations, but plenty of talent trickled down to the second and third rounds.

  • The Canadian Press

    Ozzie Albies put on injured list by Atlanta Braves with broken right big toe

    HOUSTON (AP) — Second baseman Ozzie Albies was put on the 10-day injured list by the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday because of a broken right big toe. Albies was hit on his foot by a curveball from Houston rookie Spencer Arrighetti in the second inning of Atlanta's 6-1 win on Monday night. Albies remained in the game and went 1 for 3 with a walk. Atlanta said Tuesday that X-rays revealed the fracture. A 27-year-old three-time All-Star, Albies is hitting .317 with two home runs and 14 RBIs. Atlanta se

  • CBC

    Canada's Newkirk, Massabie take down Para swimming world records

    Canadians shattered a pair of world records at the Para swimming World Series event on Tuesday in Indianapolis.Saskatoon's Shelby Newkirk set a new mark of 37.40 seconds in the women's S6 100-metre backstroke in the preliminaries on her way to winning multi-class gold in the event.Newkirk also added bronze in the 50 free."It was definitely a goal for this meet to go for that record," Newkirk, 27, said. "I know that I've done it before and to be able to get an all-time personal best at an event l