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Riley gets first individual PGA Tour win by 5 at Colonial

Riley gets first individual PGA Tour win by 5 at Colonial

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Davis Riley was practising a week before Colonial when he got an unsettling call that his older sister had a seizure at work, which led to the discovery of a tumour on her brain and surgery the next day.
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Grayson Murray's parents say the two-time PGA Tour winner died of suicide

Grayson Murray's parents say the two-time PGA Tour winner died of suicide

Grayson Murray's parents said Sunday their 30-year-old son took his own life, just one day after he withdrew from a PGA Tour event. The family asked for privacy and that people honour Murray by being kind to one another.
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Canada's Gabriel Diallo falls in first round of French Open after five-round battle

Canada's Gabriel Diallo falls in first round of French Open after five-round battle

PARIS — Canada's Gabriel Diallo rallied but fell just short, losing 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-5 to Japan's Kei Nishikori on Sunday in first-round men's singles action at the French Open.
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Sweden rallies late to defeat Canada, take bronze at hockey worlds

Sweden rallies late to defeat Canada, take bronze at hockey worlds

PRAGUE — Canada will be leaving the world hockey championship empty-handed. Sweden scored three unanswered goals in the third period to earn a 4-2 comeback win over Canada and claim bronze on Sunday.
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Vierling's 2nd homer, 3-run drive in 9th, lifts Tigers over Blue Jays 14-11 after wasting 5-run lead

Vierling's 2nd homer, 3-run drive in 9th, lifts Tigers over Blue Jays 14-11 after wasting 5-run lead

DETROIT (AP) — Matt Vierling homered twice, including a tiebreaking, three-run drive off Jordan Romano in the ninth inning that gave Detroit a wild 14-11 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday after the Tigers wasted a five-run lead and recovered f
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Oilers lament lack of power-play opportunities in Western Conference final

Oilers lament lack of power-play opportunities in Western Conference final

DALLAS — Connor McDavid didn't have an answer.
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Pogacar wins the Giro d'Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title

Pogacar wins the Giro d'Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title

ROME (AP) — Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday with the race’s biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades — earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles.
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Southampton back in the Premier League after winning playoff final, the richest game in world soccer

Southampton back in the Premier League after winning playoff final, the richest game in world soccer

LONDON (AP) — Southampton secured an immediate return to the Premier League on Sunday by beating Leeds 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in the Championship playoff final, the richest one-off match in world soccer.
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Marchment scores winner, Stars beat Oilers 3-1 to even Western Conference final 1-1

Marchment scores winner, Stars beat Oilers 3-1 to even Western Conference final 1-1

DALLAS — Kris Knoblauch would have happily taken a split earlier in the week.
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No Messi, no problem: Inter Miami downs slumping Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1

No Messi, no problem: Inter Miami downs slumping Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1

VANCOUVER — Missing soccer icon Lionel Messi wasn't an issue for Inter Miami on Saturday. Even without the World Cup-winning superstar, Miami (10-4-2) cruised to a 2-1 victory over the slumping Whitecaps (5-5-4) in Vancouver.
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