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Toronto's Josh Liendo sets world record in 100m butterfly, Montreal's Ilya Kharun claims silver
Toronto’s Josh Liendo wins the men’s 100-metre butterfly final with a world record time of 47.68 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2025 stop in Toronto. Montreal’s Ilya Kharun finishes second to capture the silver medal. Source link
Women's Pro Baseball League selects N.Y., Boston, L.A., San Francisco for 1st season
The Women’s Professional Baseball League has chosen New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco as the cities of the four teams that will compete in the inaugural season, the league announced Tuesday. Source link
Italy’s Marta Bassino questionable for Milan-Cortina Olympics after pre-season ski crash
Italian skier Marta Bassino was diagnosed with a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau in her left leg following a crash in pre-season training on Wednesday and was due to be operated on. Source link
X-ray glasses? All the 'mind-boggling' allegations in the FBI's NBA gambling probe
The specific allegations in the FBI’s illegal gambling investigation that’s thrown the NBA into chaos are, to quote FBI director Kash Patel, “mind boggling.” Source link
Rachel Homan, Canadian teammates rally for 3rd consecutive win at Pan Continental event
Canada’s Rachel Homan rallied from an early deficit to post an 11-9 win over South Korea’s Eunji Gim on Thursday at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Virginia, Minn. Source link
'Heart and soul of our team': Montreal Victoire extend 3 key players
The Montreal Victoire locked up three members of the team’s core through the 2027-28 season. The team announced the contract extensions with captain Marie-Philip Poulin, assistant captain Laura Stacey and starting goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens on Thursday, a few weeks before the team opens its season on the road against the Boston Fleet. Source link
Rookie Trey Yesavage named Blue Jays' starter for Game 1 of World Series
Toronto rookie Trey Yesavage will get the start when the Blue Jays open the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at Rogers Centre. Source link
Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov advance to Swiss Indoors quarterfinals
Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals with straight-set wins at the Swiss Indoors on Thursday. Source link
Blue Jays' Guerrero Jr., Bichette, Springer named Silver Slugger finalists
Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is up for a second straight silver slugger award. Toronto teammates George Springer and Bo Bichette are also finalists at their respective positions. Source link