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Jackson to appear at 5th Olympics for Australia's Opals. Mills, Giddey in Boomers team
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Basketball star Lauren Jackson will compete at her fifth Olympics after being selected in Australia’s 12-player squad on Sunday just four months after again coming out of retirement. The Opals, Boomers and the 3x3 teams were announced by Chef de...
Canada beats Venezuela in extra round of penalty kicks, reaches semifinals in 1st Copa America
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Canada hasn't scored much on the way to the semifinals of its first Copa America. Don't look for apologies from American-born coach Jesse Marsch. Ismaël Koné scored in the sixth round of the shootout right after a third save by Maxime...
Tearful Germany coach lauds his team's example for German society at Euro 2024
BERLIN (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann struggled to hold back tears Saturday as he talked about his team’s exit from the European Championship the night before. He said Germany's performances at Euro 2024 and going toe-to-toe with Spain on Friday showed the benefit of...
USA Basketball men's Olympic team arrives for camp in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There’s something that Kobe Bryant once said that has stuck with U.S. men’s Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr and seems especially important now. It was about how other nations have made big strides in basketball, how the gap between the rest of the world and...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents serving warrants
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won't be eligible...
Chinese woman facing charge of trying to smuggle turtles across Vermont lake to Canada
A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to Border Patrol agents. Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was...
Canadian women's Olympic soccer team loaded with veterans who won gold in Tokyo
The Canadian women's soccer team's roster for the Paris Olympics includes 13 players from the team that won the gold medal at the Tokyo Games. Coach Bev Priestman selected three players who have struggled recently with injuries, Seattle Reign midfielder Quinn, Kansas City Current...
US women's soccer is in transition heading into Olympics. Spain hopes to build off World Cup win
The signs that the U.S. national team's dominance was slipping started to emerge back at the Tokyo Olympics. The United States was vying to become the first team to win an Olympic gold medal after winning a Women's World Cup. But the team stumbled along the way. The...
Deal reached in WestJet strike but travel disruptions still expected for Canadian airline
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers over the Canada Day long weekend. WestJet said late Sunday there will still be flight disruptions...
Today in History: July 1, Dominion of Canada is formed
Today in History Today is Monday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2024. There are 183 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect....
