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Valour FC avenges 2023 loss to TSS Rovers, moves on in Canadian Championship play

Valour FC avenges 2023 loss to TSS Rovers, moves on in Canadian Championship play

WINNIPEG — Unlike 2023, semi-pro TSS Rovers did not manage to get past Valour FC this time. But the League1 B.C. champion made the Canadian Premier League side work for its 1-0 Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round win Wednesday.
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Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer throws to hitters for the 1st time since going on injured list

Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer throws to hitters for the 1st time since going on injured list

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Max Scherzer took what the Toronto Blue Jays hope is a significant step in his return from a right thumb injury on Wednesday when he threw to hitters for the first time since going on the injured list in March .
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NCAA settlement plan for roster limits gets do-over to save players who lost spots on teams

NCAA settlement plan for roster limits gets do-over to save players who lost spots on teams

Attorneys handling the $2.
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Complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial says she adopted a 'persona' to cope

Complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial says she adopted a 'persona' to cope

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five ex-world junior hockey players agreed Wednesday that she took on a "porn star persona" as a coping mechanism while in a hotel room with the men and that it may have appeared to them that she was
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Blue Jays call up outfielder Clase and reliever Fisher; send down Roden and Tate

Blue Jays call up outfielder Clase and reliever Fisher; send down Roden and Tate

LOS ANGELES — Outfielder Jonatan Clase was recalled from triple-A Buffalo and right-handed pitcher Braydon Fisher was selected to the Blue Jays' major-league roster before Toronto's game against the Los Angeles Angels tonight.
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Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

After a mammoth undertaking of buying an NHL team, moving players, coaches and a full staff more than 600 miles and getting it all together in a matter of months before the puck dropped on a new season, it is perhaps a fitting identity that owners Ry
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Oilers want to back up one road win with another in series against Golden Knights

Oilers want to back up one road win with another in series against Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers smell a golden opportunity in Las Vegas. The Oilers seek to take a 2-0 playoff series lead from the road back to Edmonton for the first time since 2017.
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Teen skateboarder dies in hospital after Calgary collision involving SUV

Teen skateboarder dies in hospital after Calgary collision involving SUV

CALGARY — Police say an Alberta teen has died after he was hit by an SUV in Calgary last week while riding his skateboard. Officers were called to a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle at Hunterview Drive and Hunterbrook Road.
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Muhammad wants Della Maddalena to 'eat his words and eat these fists' at UFC 315

Muhammad wants Della Maddalena to 'eat his words and eat these fists' at UFC 315

MONTREAL — Jack Della Maddalena wants to take Belal Muhammad's welterweight championship belt — and end his career. “He's had a good run in the UFC,” Della Maddalena said in a recent interview. “It’s retirement time, buddy.
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PSG beats Arsenal to reach Champions League final, will face Inter Milan for elusive title

PSG beats Arsenal to reach Champions League final, will face Inter Milan for elusive title

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain weathered one attack after another and showed remarkable adaptability to hold off and defeat an inspired Arsenal 2-1 to reach the Champions League final on Wednesday.
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