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NHL free agency: Plenty of talented players still up for grabs The 2019 free-agent summer turns 22 days old on Monday. As usually is the case action among the 31 NHL clubs somewhat has been muted in the past few of weeks since marquee players such as Joe Pavelski, Artemi Panarin, Matt Duchene, Sergei Bobrovsky Wayne Simmonds, Tyler Myers, Brandon ...

Aussie Horton applauded by fellow swimmers for protest against Sun over doping suspension Mack Horton walked into the dining room at the athletes’ village and the applause began. It swelled into a standing ovation for the Australian swimmer after his personal protest against China’s Sun Yang at the world championships. Horton refused to step onto the podium or shake Sun’s ...

Canadian teen Maggie MacNeil wins shocking gold at swimming worlds Maggie MacNeil of London, Ont., knocked off three-time world champion and defending Olympic gold medallist Sarah Sjostrom to win the women’s 100-metre butterfly, posting a Canadian-record time of 55.83 seconds at the world aquatics championships on Monday. Early on, Sjostrom was nearly one second ahead of MacNeil, who was fifth, but the Canadian took ...

Transfer news LIVE: Man Utd £80m deal accepted, Arsenal medical tomorrow, Liverpool stall Transfer news LIVE | Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the latest rumours and gossip Monday, July 22 Manchester United are on the verge of signing defender Harry Maguire The Red Devils have met Leicester’s £80million valuation Mykola Shaparenko is being monitored by three ...

Canadians Pavan, Humana-Paredes golden in beach volleyball final in Edmonton Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan stormed to a gold medal finish at the inaugural Edmonton Open on Sunday. In a battle of top seeds, the Canadian duo had little trouble dispatching Americans Betsi Flint and Emily Day in straight sets (21-11, 21-16) to top the podium. “It was so much fun to ...

Liverpool fans react as Yasser Larouci stretchered off after horror tackle by Sevilla star Liverpool were taking on Sevilla in Boston as part of their tour of the United States when with the game tied 1-1 Gnagnon made a “disgusting tackle” on Larouci. Proceeding the horror tackle Sevilla had the ball on their right flank and Munir El Haddadi was ...

Shane Lowry beats bad omens and bad weather to become Irish hero with Open success The Open’s return to these parts after a 68-year intermission delivered a fitting champion – the fifth from the island of Ireland – amid remarkable scenes after a final round procession. With the crowd swarming onto the fairway behind him, Lowry arrived as a conquering ...

Tigers top Jays with Nicholas Castellanos 10th inning walk-off homer Nicholas Castellanos led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run, and the Detroit Tigers snapped their six-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. The Tigers won for only the eighth time in their last 41 games — and this ...

Canadian team takes bronze in women’s 4x100m relay at aquatics worlds Sports·Video Kayla Sanchez, Maggie MacNeil, Penny Oleksiak and Taylor Ruck posted a time of three minutes 31.78 seconds to lead Canada’s 4×100 relay team its first medal at the event since 1978. Social Sharing Posted: Jul 21, 2019 9:41 AM ET | Last Updated: July 21 Kayla Sanchez, Maggie ...

Roy Halladay’s widow calls late pitcher ‘true competitor’ at Hall of Fame induction The late Roy Halladay has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. His widow, Brandy, delivered the speech and fought back tears as she spoke. The 40-year-old Halladay was killed in a plane crash in November 2017. “I knew I was going to ...