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TORONTO — Addison Barger's three-run homer ignited a six-run eighth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays an 8-4 comeback win Sunday to sweep the four-game series against the Athletics.

PHILADELPHIA — Edmonton's Marco Arop won the short-distance title at a Grand Slam Track event after finishing fourth in Sunday's men's 1,500-metre race. Arop finished in a personal-best time of three minutes 35.

British rider Simon Yates cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday — finally winning the race that had eluded him so often.

TORONTO — He was a big part of the Toronto Argonauts' Grey Cup championship last season. but Ka'Deem Carey won't help them defend it. The veteran running back was among Toronto's final cuts released Sunday.

ROME (AP) — British rider Simon Yates cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday — finally winning the race that had eluded him so often.

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays put outfielder Daulton Varsho on the 10-day injured list Sunday because of a strained left hamstring, one day after the 2024 Gold Glove winner left a game against the Athletics after injuring his leg running the b

PARIS (AP) — Two fans died and a police officer is in a coma after mass nationwide celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain’s historic Champions League victory , European soccer’s biggest prize, French authorities said Sunday.

EDMONTON — A new business in a historic downtown Edmonton building is generating some major buzz.

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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state's governor said.