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Namibia stages dramatic comeback to edge Canada in World Cup League 2 cricket play
WINDHOEK - Namibia rallied for a dramatic comeback to defeat Canada by 12 runs in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 play Saturday. The one-day international featured several shifts in momentum as C...
Mar 15, 2025
Lewis Hamilton 8th in qualifying in Ferrari debut as Norris takes pole for F1 race in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - McLaren locked up the front row in Melbourne for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, having dominated its rivals, including Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari - whose drivers, Cha...
Mar 15, 2025
Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.’s Lockheed Martin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada's plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets. The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost o...
Mar 15, 2025
Swiss ski star Odermatt secures overall and GS World Cup titles in race won by teammate Meillard
HAFJELL, Norway (AP) - Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt didn't win the race, but he did earn two crystal globes and set a national record in Alpine skiing on Saturday. Odermatt finished second behind tea...
Mar 15, 2025
Canada's Homan beats Lithuania, falls to Scotland on opening day at women's worlds
UIJEONGBU-SI - The Canadian team skipped by Rachel Homan split its first two games Saturday at the LGT world women's curling championship. Homan, from Ottawa, opened round-robin play with a 13-2 rout ...
Mar 15, 2025
Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man wo...
Mar 15, 2025
Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes in US South; At least 5 dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - At least five people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. At least two people were killed in Missouri after a tornado struck the Bakersfield area. ...
Mar 15, 2025
Swiss ski star Odermatt secures overall and GS World Cup titles in race won by teammate Meillard
HAFJELL, Norway (AP) - Marco Odermatt finished second behind Swiss teammate Loic Meillard in a World Cup giant slalom Saturday to formally lock up his fourth straight overall and GS titles. The only r...
Mar 15, 2025
Israeli airstrikes killed 8 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say
CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people, including a local reporter who was operating a drone. The Indonesian Hospital said it received ei...
Mar 15, 2025
Starmer tells global leaders to 'keep the pressure' on Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to "keep the pressure" on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine. In his opening remarks Saturday to a v...
Mar 15, 2025