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AP source: Rory McIlroy to leave agency, start up his own management group
Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group, The Associated Press has learned. It will be the second time since October 2011 that McIlroy has changed management. A person with knowledge of the decision said McIlroy will create his own team with his father, close
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PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants to keep working with Beckham, discussions ongoing
PARIS – Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants David Beckham to carry on working with the club after his retirement and is hopeful of reaching an agreement with the former England captain within the next two weeks. The 38-year-old midfielder announced Thursday that he will retire from football after PSG’s last game of the season.
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Defending champion Hesjedal and Tour de France winner Wiggins withdraw from Giro
BUSSETO, Italy – Canadian Ryder Hesjedal has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia. The Garmin-Sharp team said the defending champion pulled out due to a “deteriorating physical condition.” The Victoria native, who was more than 32 minutes behind in 38th, called the decision “heartbreaking.” Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins also withdrew on the advice of
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LA leaves it late in victory over Sharks
The LA Kings scored two power-play goals, 22 seconds apart by Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis late in the third period to pull out a 4-3 win and a 2-0 series advantage over San Jose.
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Plenty to Talk About: 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup not short on storylines
SASKATOON – The 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup won’t be short on intriguing storylines. First there are the hosts who want to make amends for an up-and-down season. Add to the mix a record-setting powerhouse from Nova Scotia, a club from Ontario that scored in the final second of Game 7 to advance, and a team
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Thursday’s Scoreboard
Thursday’s Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals New York Rangers at Boston, 7:30 p.m. (First game of series) Western Conference Semifinals San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. (Los Angeles leads series 1-0) – World Hockey Championships Quarter-finals At Stockholm, Sweden Sweden 3 Canada 2 (SO) Switzerland 2 Czech Republic 1 At
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Canada eliminated at World Championship
Canada’s World Hockey Championship medal hopes end with a 3-2 shootout loss to Sweden. Canucks defenceman Alex Edler was tossed from game after a knee-on-knee hit on Canada’s Eric Staal.
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Canada captain Staal injured in knee-on-knee collision with Sweden’s Edler
STOCKHOLM – Canadian captain Eric Staal had to be helped off the ice after a knee-on-knee collision with Sweden defenceman Alex Edler in the first period of the quarter-final game at the world hockey championship. Staal clutched his left knee and was in obvious pain after Edler skated into the Sweden zone and clipped Staal’s
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Guay and Osborne-Paradis headline Canada’s ski team for next season
VANCOUVER – World downhill champion Erik Guay and three-time World Cup winner Manuel Osborne-Paradis headline Canada’s 23-member alpine ski team for the Sochi Olympic season. Seventeen men and six women that Alpine Canada believe have podium potential were named to the national squad Thursday. All-rounder Marie-Michele Gagnon and slalom specialist Erin Mielzynski — the first
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MLB hoping for large instant replay expansion for umpires in 2014
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball hopes to expand video review by umpires for the 2014 season and says all calls other than balls and strikes could be subject to instant replay. Commissioner Bud Selig and MLB executive vice-president Joe Torre say they still can’t commit to expanded replay for next year. Torre hopes
