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Ayase Ueda scores twice in Japan’s 4-0 win against Tunisia in 1,000th men’s World Cup match

Ethan Wilcox, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:21 AM CDT

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Japan moved one step closer to reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive time after pummeling Tunisia 4-0 in Group F, securing a milestone victory in the tournament's 1,000th men’s match.

Japan’s four goals were the most the Samurai Blue have ever scored in a World Cup game, as it comfortably dismantled a Tunisia side that became the first to ever fire its coach after the opening match.

Ayase Ueda scored twice, along with Daichi Kamada and Junya Itō to put Japan level with the Netherlands on four points. The Dutch are currently on top of the group due to having scored one more goal than Japan across its two matches.

Even after leading 2-0 just over half an hour into the match, Japan continued to apply pressure to a disjointed Tunisian defense.

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Audrey Leduc (1711) wins the senior women's 200m final during the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa on Sunday, June 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Audrey Leduc, Aaron Brown claim 200m titles at Canadian track and field championships

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Audrey Leduc, Aaron Brown claim 200m titles at Canadian track and field championships

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Yesterday at 4:55 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Audrey Leduc won her third straight national title in the women's 200 metres with a championship record time at the Canadian track and field championships on Sunday.

Leduc ran 22.38 seconds to handily win the race ahead of Marie-Éloïse Leclair (22.87) and Alyssa Marsh (22.95).

On the men's side, Aaron Brown took home the title with a time of 20.33 seconds.

The Toronto native, who earned his sixth 200-metre Canadian title on Sunday, finished ahead of Eliezer Adjibi (20.37) and Brendon Rodney (20.60).

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Golf

Wyndham Clark avoids record collapse, holds on to win U.S. Open

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Wyndham Clark avoids record collapse, holds on to win U.S. Open

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 6:29 PM CDT

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — On the edge of the greatest collapse in U.S. Open history, Wyndham Clark held his nerve against a charge by Sam Burns and a Shinnecock Hills gallery that never gave him much love Sunday until he captured his second Open title in four years.

Six shots ahead at the start of the final round, Clark's final act was two putts from just outside 50 feet for par that gave him a 3-over 73 and a one-shot victory over Burns.

Clark, who won the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, became the first wire-to-wire winner of the U.S. Open since Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014.

This sure didn't feel like that. His lead was down to a single shot after just five holes, and the stress followed him the rest of the way.

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Updated: Yesterday at 6:29 PM CDT

Soccer

Curacao’s Eloy Room makes 15 saves, sends island nation to 0-0 draw with Ecuador in World Cup

Dave Skretta, The Associated Press 4 minute read Preview

Curacao’s Eloy Room makes 15 saves, sends island nation to 0-0 draw with Ecuador in World Cup

Dave Skretta, The Associated Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Curacao better make some room for a new national hero.

Eloy Room delivered for his tiny Caribbean nation one of the finest performances in World Cup history on Saturday night, making 15 saves against a relentless Ecuador attack and helping The Blue Wave earn its first-ever point with a 0-0 draw against La Tri.

The outcome also allowed Germany, which beat Ivory Coast earlier in the day, to clinch Group E.

“It’s going to be an insane memory,” said Room, who plays for USL Championship club Miami FC. “You don’t think about it when you do it but of course it’s going to be something you look back to. For me as a goalkeeper, this is almost a perfect game."

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

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Ethan Katzberg competes in the senior men's hammer throw final during the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa on Saturday, June 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Katzberg wins national hammer throw title

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Katzberg wins national hammer throw title

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

OTTAWA - Two-time world champion hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg added another Canadian track and field title on Saturday.

The Kamloops Track and Field Club member, who won Olympic gold in 2024 in Paris, threw for 81.13 metres on his sixth and final throw to win the national hammer throw championship.

Rowan Hamilton of Chilliwack, B.C., a member of the Kajaks Track and Field Club, finished runner-up to Katzberg with a best throw of 75.45, his second of six attempts.

Alberta's Andreas Troschke of the Chinook Track and Field Club finished third with a 68.44 throw, followed by Jared Skeath (65.49) of York University Track and Field Club, and Joey Lussier (62.48) of C.A. University, Laval, Que.

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Soccer

Germany, Ivory Coast not looking too far ahead as Group E results come into focus

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Germany, Ivory Coast not looking too far ahead as Group E results come into focus

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

TORONTO - Julian Nagelsmann doesn't want Germany to get too far ahead of itself at the FIFA men's World Cup.

Germany advanced to the knockout stage of the FIFA men's World Cup for the first time since 2014 on Saturday after Deniz Undav's brace completed their 2-1 rally past Ivory Coast. Nagelsmann was asked after the victory if it was worth celebrating Germany's first advancement in 12 years.

"I think the most important topic for us is to focus on the next match, to adapt a little bit some details, to try to convince the players more, and to talk about the way we want to play," said Nagelsmann, who is in his third year of managing the team.

"We have high ambitions, but I think every team in the World Cup has high ambitions."

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Soccer

Germany's Nadiem Amiri (20) celebrates with Deniz Undav (26) after Undav's goal against Ivory Coast in stoppage time during the second half of a World Cup Group E soccer match in Toronto on June 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Undav scores pair, including stoppage-time winner, as Germany tops Ivory Coast 2-1

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Undav scores pair, including stoppage-time winner, as Germany tops Ivory Coast 2-1

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

TORONTO - Substitutes helped win the day for Germany in a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast that wasn't in hand until late in stoppage time on Saturday at Toronto Stadium.

Deniz Undav scored twice after being subbed on in the second half to help his team clinch a spot in the knockout phase at the FIFA World Cup.

"We want to achieve the most and the most is the title," Undav said, his player of the match trophy at his side. "We will do everything for it."

The four-time World Cup champions have opened with two victories and will make it out of group play for the first time since winning the tournament in 2014.

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Undav scores twice as Germany beats Ivory Coast 2-1, advances to World Cup knockout phase

Lexie Linderman, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Undav scores twice as Germany beats Ivory Coast 2-1, advances to World Cup knockout phase

Lexie Linderman, The Associated Press 3 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

TORONTO (AP) — An hour into the game, Germany was getting outplayed by Ivory Coast and trailed by a goal.

Coach Julian Nagelsmann needed a spark and substituted in three fresh players, one of whom was Deniz Undav. That decision paid off big time.

Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on Saturday and clinched a spot in the knockout phase at the World Cup.

“It’s important that everyone sees that even the players from the bench can decide games,” said Undav, who also scored in Germany’s 7-1 opening match rout of Curacao. “Now we have a really important signal to the team. I think that’s very important in a game like this.”

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Baseball

Okamoto hits a 3-run homer as the Blue Jays rally past the Cubs 8-6

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Okamoto hits a 3-run homer as the Blue Jays rally past the Cubs 8-6

The Associated Press 2 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

CHICAGO (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto hit a three-run home run to cap a five-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Saturday.

Daulton Varsho returned from the 10-day injured list and added a three-run shot as Toronto won for the fourth time in five games.

Matt Shaw and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered for the Cubs, who wasted a 5-0 lead in the late innings and missed a chance to win their third straight.

Chicago's Jacob Webb (1-2) came on with two on in the eighth and gave up consecutive RBI singles to Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to tie the game at 5-all.

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Soccer

Brobbey and Gakpo strike twice each as Netherlands routs Sweden 5-1 to lead Group F

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Brobbey and Gakpo strike twice each as Netherlands routs Sweden 5-1 to lead Group F

Kristie Rieken, The Associated Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

HOUSTON (AP) — Under intense pressure after an opening-game draw, the Netherlands delivered a dominant performance against Sweden in the World Cup on Saturday to move atop the Group F standings.

Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo scored two goals apiece to power Netherlands to the 5-1 win.

Brobbey’s goals came in the first half, helping the Netherlands get off to a great start and roll to the big win after playing Japan to a 2-2 draw Sunday.

The victory gives Netherlands a group-leading four points. Sweden has three points, with Japan and Tunisia scheduled to play later Saturday.

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Canada falls 3-1 to host Thailand in women’s Volleyball Nations League

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Canada falls 3-1 to host Thailand in women’s Volleyball Nations League

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

BANGKOK - Canada's women's volleyball team fell 3-1 to host Thailand in Volleyball Nations League play on Saturday.

Canada dropped the opening set 25-21 before evening the match with a 25-22 victory in the second. Thailand responded by taking the next two sets 25-18 and 25-20.

Thailand held advantages in attack points (55-47), aces (6-4) and points off errors, capitalizing on 29 Canadian errors compared with 16 of its own. Canada led in blocks (17-7).

The Canadian women are now 2-1 in Week 2 of VNL action and 4-3 overall after opening the tournament with a 2-2 record in Quebec City earlier this month.

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Boston Fleet's Theresa Schafzahl (37) celebrates her goal against the Ottawa Charge with Jamie Lee Rattray (47) during first period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Sceptres sign veteran forward Rattray, Victoire add Eldridge in PWHL

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Sceptres sign veteran forward Rattray, Victoire add Eldridge in PWHL

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

TORONTO - The Toronto Sceptres signed veteran forward Jamie Lee Rattray to a two-year Professional Women's Hockey League contract on Saturday.

Rattray joins the Sceptres after spending three seasons with the Boston Fleet, producing 12 points in 30 games last season.

The 33-year-old from Ottawa won Olympic gold with Canada at the 2022 Beijing Games and is a seven-time medallist at the world championships.

Rattray returns to the Toronto area after playing five seasons with the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Brampton/Markham Thunder before the PWHL's inception.

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Carolina Hurricanes fans crowd onto Fayetteville Street prior to the start of the Stanley Cup Championship celebration in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for Stanley Cup parade and rally

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Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for Stanley Cup parade and rally

Aaron Beard, The Associated Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Thousands of jubilant Carolina Hurricanes fans crammed onto sidewalks, peered out office building windows and even lined up on floor after floor of a parking deck to cheer and wave at the team's Stanley Cup championship parade on Saturday.

The turnout that packed downtown was enough to leave their coach — the captain of the team's last Cup winner 20 years earlier — at a loss for words.

“I’m in shock,” Rod Brind'Amour said in the gap between the end of the parade and the start of the rally that concluded the day's festivities in North Carolina's capital. “It doesn’t happen very often, but I’m just kinda speechless."

The Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, drawing a crowd that police estimated at 150,000, according to city public information officer Julia Milstead. That represented nearly a third of Raleigh's population (506,306) according to U.S. Census estimates for July 2025.

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Soccer

‘We just have to push’: Canada in position to win FIFA World Cup group

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Preview

‘We just have to push’: Canada in position to win FIFA World Cup group

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

VANCOUVER - Canada has already made history at this summer's FIFA World Cup.

The team doesn't plan to stop any time soon.

An emotional 6-0 drubbing of Qatar on Thursday vastly improved Canada's chance of not only advancing to the tournament's knockout stage but winning Group B.

“I really feel like we’re a soccer country. We just have to push. We just have to show that united we can make things shine," vice captain Stephen Eustaquio said after the victory, the country's first ever in a men's World Cup.

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Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

Soccer

The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada

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The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada

The Canadian Press 7 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:57 AM CDT

Here are the latest developments from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All times Eastern:

1:56 a.m.

Japan registers a 4-0 victory over Tunisia to move to the top of Group F with the Netherlands. Both teams have a win and a draw. Sweden has a win and a loss, and Tunisia is eliminated from advancing with their second straight loss.

1:44 a.m.

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Updated: Yesterday at 12:57 AM CDT

Soccer

Fans make their way to Toronto Stadium on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

Germany, Ivory Coast fans praise ‘tough’ matchup in Toronto’s 3rd FIFA World Cup game

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Germany, Ivory Coast fans praise ‘tough’ matchup in Toronto’s 3rd FIFA World Cup game

Sharif Hassan and Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Saturday, Jun. 20, 2026

TORONTO - Exhilarated fans of Germany and Ivory Coast heaped praise on their teams — and each other's — as the third World Cup game hosted by Toronto ended with a dramatic, last-minute comeback that secured Germany its spot in the knockout phase.

Claude Akette, who came from Burlington, Ont., with her children to support Ivory Coast, called it a "very good game, very tough game" for both countries, one that showed her team came to the tournament to fight.

“Germany played well and they deserved the victory, but we didn't play bad. We were good,” Akette said as she and thousands of other soccer fans poured out of BMO Field, temporarily renamed Toronto Stadium for the World Cup.

"We have a great team, a very great team, great players, so we're here to show to the rest of the world that Ivorians (are) never discouraged."

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