National Sports

Vancouver Whitecaps get defender Victor Giro in trade with Orlando City SC

VANCOUER, B.C. — Defender Victor Giro was acquired by the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday, sending a natural third round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft to Orlando City SC in return. Giro was acquired by the Lions in January 2017.

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Orlando SC acquires Canadian Tesho Akindele in trade with FC Dallas for cash

ORLANDO, Fla. — Canadian forward Tesho Akindele was traded to Orlando City SC on Sunday by FC Dallas in exchange for US$100,000 of targeted allocation money in 2019 and $50,000 of general allocation money in 2020.

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Wolves beat 10-man Newcastle with late goal

NEWCASTLE, England — Newcastle held on with 10 men for most of the second half before conceding in injury time to give Wolverhampton Wanderers a 2-1 win in the Premier League on Sunday. The visitors took the lead at St.

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Ottawa's Weidemann wins silver at long-track speedskating World Cup

TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Ottawa's Isabelle Weidemann captured the silver medal in the women's 5,000 metres on Sunday, the final day of races at the World Cup long-track speedskating in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland.

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Samuel Girard wins 500-metre short-track gold as Canada takes five medals

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Samuel Girard of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que. was golden on Sunday, earning his first international medal of the season on Sunday at the World Cup short-track speedskating event in Kazakhstan. His time of 40.

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UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway smashes records with bloody UFC 231 win

TORONTO — The tributes were quick to roll in after featherweight champion Max (Blessed) Holloway's bloody, brutal and lopsided TKO win over No. 1 challenger Brian (T-City) Ortega at UFC 231. "What a fight ...

Dec 9, 2018 10:08 AM Read more >

Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup parallel slalom event

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup event for the third time in eight days, beating Petra Vlhova in the head-to-head final of parallel slalom on Sunday.

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Oklahoma's Murray beats Alabama's Tagovailoa for Heisman

NEW YORK — Kyler Murray waited three years to fulfil the five-star potential he brought to college football. With one shot to deliver, Murray replaced a Heisman Trophy winner by becoming a Heisman Trophy winner.

Dec 9, 2018 8:31 AM Read more >

Canada's Nelson impresses in short-notice UFC fight despite second-round loss

TORONTO — Canadian fighter Kyle (The Monster) Nelson packed light for his regular three-hour trip from cottage country to Stoney Creek, Ont., for training this week.

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Scores and Schedule

Saturday's Games NHL Boston 6 Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 1 (OT) Calgary 5 Nashville 2 Philadelphia 6 Buffalo 2 Los Angeles 5 Vegas 1 N.Y. Islanders 3 Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 7 Colorado 1 N.Y.

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