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Canadian men cruise to three easy wins on Day 1 of Olympic rugby qualifier

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Canada cruised to three straight victories on Day 1 of a regional Olympic rugby sevens qualifying tournament.

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Cashner solid through seven innings to lead Orioles over Blue Jays

TORONTO — Another strong outing from a Baltimore Orioles starter has handed the Toronto Blue Jays back-to-back losses against the worst team in the majors.

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Throwback Expos day at D.C. baseball game divides Montrealers — and Americans

MONTREAL — An Expos throwback day at the Washington Nationals' ballpark has divided Montrealers, with some cheering the vintage uniforms donned by players Saturday afternoon as an overdue homage and others chastising the move as an "insult" to their

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Won and done: Star forward Kawhi Leonard leaves Raptors for LA Clippers

TORONTO — The laugh. The load management. The shot. The NBA championship. The parade. It was a heck of a season, but it appears that's all the Toronto Raptors are going to get from Kawhi Leonard. Won and done.

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Toronto Wolfpack survive sloppy play to extend rugby league win streak to 14

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack keep winning. But coach Brian McDermott isn't liking much of what he's seeing these days.

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Teunissen wins Tour opening stage, Thomas crashes at end

BRUSSELS — Apart from the celebrations of Eddy Merckx's first victory at the Tour de France half a century ago, nothing went according to plans on the race opening day.

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On the eve of the World Cup final, Rapinoe calls out FIFA

LYON, France — Megan Rapinoe called out FIFA on the eve of the Women's World Cup title match.

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"Build this man a statue": Twitter responds to Leonard's move to Clippers

Raptors Twitter was ignited Saturday morning following reports that Kawhi Leonard will be signing with the Los Angeles Clippers.

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Sweden beats England 2-1 to take third at Women's World Cup

NICE, France — Kosovare Asllani set Sweden on its way to a 2-1 victory over England for third place in the Women's World Cup on Saturday night but the midfielder almost didn't play in the bronze medal match.

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Raptors face uncertain future, but will have truckload of cap space next summer

TORONTO — Less than a month ago, Pascal Siakam was crossing the stage at the NBA awards in Santa Monica, Calif., to accept the league's Most Improved Player award.

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