A dazzling 12-strikeout display from rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage carried the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday to leave the Canadian franchise one win away from a first World Series title in 32 years.A day after tying the series with victory in game four, the Blue Jays …
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The result was excruciatingly close: 30 years ago Thursday, in a referendum on Quebec’s independence, 50.6 percent of people voted “no,” and 49.4 chose “yes” — an outcome that left Canada whole.But the mass of devoted separatists who rallied in Montreal this month insist the fight for an independent Quebec is gaining momentum again, after …
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. blasted a two-run home run as the Toronto Blue Jays bounced back to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 and tie the World Series at two games apiece on Tuesday.Less than 24 hours after a shattering 18-inning game three loss, the Blue Jays climbed off the canvas to breathe new life into …
Toronto Blue Jays star George Springer has been ruled out of Tuesday’s World Series game four against the Los Angeles Dodgers due to injury, the team confirmed.Springer, the leadoff hitter in the Blue Jays lineup, exited Monday’s game three defeat to the Dodgers in the seventh inning after appearing to strain his right oblique.The 36-year-old …
Freddie Freeman blasted a walk-off home run in a record-equalling 18-inning World Series classic to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.Freeman — who had smashed an iconic walk-off grand slam in the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series win over the New York Yankees — launched a mammoth …
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Top-seeded Philadelphia Union survived a huge scare before opening their Major League Soccer playoff campaign with a nervy victory over Chicago Fire on Sunday.Philadelphia, the Supporters Shield winners after finishing the regular season with the best record in the league, needed a penalty shoot-out to beat Chicago in the first game of their best-of-three series.The …
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s complete-game masterclass on the mound and home runs from Will Smith and Max Muncy propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays that knotted the World Series at one game apiece on Saturday.Japan’s Yamamoto, who pitched Major League Baseball’s first postseason complete game in eight years in …
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Australian Lani Pallister crushed Katie Ledecky’s 800m freestyle short course world record on Saturday, roaring to victory in 7min 54.00sec as the Toronto World Cup closed with five world records on the day.Pallister sliced 3.42sec off the world record that US great Ledecky set at a World Cup meeting in Indianapolis on November 5, 2022 …
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US President Donald Trump slammed Canada for playing “dirty” Friday as a row over an advertisement featuring former leader Ronald Reagan that prompted Trump to scrap trade talks showed no sign of abating.The Canadian province of Ontario said it would pull the offending anti-tariff ad on Monday so that negotiations could restart, after Trump alleged …
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Addison Barger blasted a towering grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays thrashed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 to take a 1-0 lead in Major League Baseball’s World Series on Friday.Barger’s 413-foot blast to center field at Toronto’s Rogers Centre was the highlight of a spectacular nine-run sixth inning by the Blue Jays, …
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