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Oilers coach calls McDavid and Draisaitl’s playoff performances remarkable
LOS ANGELES - Kris Knoblauch is five months into watching Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl go to work. The Oilers rookie head coach witnessed the dynamic duo drag Edmonton back from a disastrous star...
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Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia
Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country's energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted ...
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PWHL Minnesota to host new league's 2024 entry draft
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League will hold its second draft in Minnesota in June, though an exact date and location have yet to be announced. The six-team PWHL announced Saturday that ...
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Montreal's Desbiens earns first PWHL shutout in 2-0 victory over Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ann-Renee Desbiens posted the first shutout of her Professional Women's Hockey League career in Montreal's 2-0 win over host Ottawa on Saturday. Desbiens, who backstopped Canada to a gold med...
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Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says
Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on...
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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 ...
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Canada's Sarah Mitton second in Diamond League shot put
SUZHOU, China - Canada's Sarah Mitton finished second in shot put in Diamond League track and field behind reigning world champion Chase Jackson of the United States on Saturday. Mitton of Brooklyn, N...
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New York Giants take Canadian Johnson in fourth round of NFL draft
DETROIT - Theo Johnson's NFL career will begin with the New York Giants. New York selected the Penn State tight end with the seventh pick of the fourth round, No. 107 overall, in the NFL draft Saturda...
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Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Midwest U.S.
Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisio...
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Canada's Leylah Fernandez out of Madrid Open in third-round loss to Jabeur
MADRID - Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez was ousted Saturday in the third round of the Madrid Open in a three-set loss to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur. The eight-seeded Jabeur outlasted the 21-year-ol...
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