Canada’s women’s volleyball team closed out a strong week with a 3-2 (25-23, 21-25, 25-16, 11-25, 15-13) win over Poland on Sunday in Volleyball Nations League play.
The West Indies set up a showdown of unbeaten sides with England at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after laboring past Sri Lanka by five wickets on Sunday.
Matt Henry finished off England inside the first hour of the fifth and final day. He pinned Joe Root on 77, becoming the first bowler to take out Root and Harry Brook twice in the same match.
Canada’s women’s volleyball team fell 3-1 to host Thailand in Volleyball Nations League play on Saturday.
Kate Douglass broke the world record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet Friday night.
Christopher Morales Williams charged through wet and rainy conditions to capture his fourth straight national title in the men’s 400 metres Friday at the Canadian track and field championships.
Camryn Rogers won her fifth straight national title with a victory in the women’s hammer throw at the Canadian track and field championships on Thursday.
Veteran prop James Slipper has officially returned to international rugby after being named in the Australia squad Friday for the first three Nations Championship matches in July.
The West Indies overcame Scotland by seven runs and stayed unbeaten at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after a madcap match at Headingley on Thursday.
Olympic 1,500-meter bronze medalist and world champion Jenny Simpson remains under medical care Thursday but shows “encouraging improvement” after collapsing while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh earlier this week.
Before Saturday night, the last time the Knicks won a title was 1973.
The United States spotted Canada a two-set lead then stormed back to win the Volleyball Nations League men’s match on Saturday, winning the fifth and deciding match 15-11.
Australia won the first heavyweight clash of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after routing South Africa for 107 in Manchester on Saturday.
MMA star Alex Pereira tipped the scales at 251 pounds on Saturday just over 24 hours before he meets Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight title at UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on Sunday night.
Auburn junior Ja’Kobe Tharp broke the world record in the 110-meter hurdles at 12.75 seconds Wednesday in the semifinal round on Day 1 of the NCAA outdoor track and field championships.
Canada’s men’s volleyball team opened its Volleyball Nations League season with a 3-2 (24-26, 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13) loss to Germany on Wednesday.
All four world championships in ice skating plus an annual awards ceremony will be brought to one city in 2028 as a showcase for the sports, the International Skating Union said Wednesday.
Organizations argue in new statement of defence that the case is about the largest minor hockey organization in the world trying to exert improper control over independent, non-profit clubs, Rick Westhead writes.
Canada’s Marco Arop finished second in a season-best effort in the men’s 800 metres in Diamond League action.
Swedish star Armand “Mondo” Duplantis fell to his first loss in the pole vault since 2023 at his home Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday.
England captain Ben Stokes warned Sunday that test cricket needs better pitches than the one served up at Lord’s for his team’s 115-run win over New Zealand in the first match of the series.
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