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The 2026 World Cup is less than two weeks away, as the Canadian national team will begin its tournament on June 12 in Group B against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Canadian midfielder Marcelo Flores was looking forward to being one of the top players for his country on the world’s biggest stage this summer.On Saturday, Flores left during the second half of the Concacaf Champions Cup final while playing for Mexico’s Tigres against Toluca.While he was dribbling in Toluca’s box, Flores went down, grasping his right knee after clipping his foot in the grass. The 22-year-old was unable to put any…

A Massachusetts family of four who died when a bus triggered a multi-vehicle crash in Virginia, had been heading to a wedding with a car packed full of homemade treats for the celebration.The family wedding is still set to proceed Sunday in South Carolina, but it will also serve as an occasion to grieve the loss of Dmitri and Ecaterina Doncev and their two children, Emily, 14, and Mark, 7, a relative confirmed Saturday.”A son, a father – the whole family – everyone that has been dear to us,” Carolina Bublik said. The Doncevs lost their lives when a motorcoach…

The 2019 college baseball season went down as one of the most successful years in the long and storied history of the LIU-Post Division II program. A 38-win Pioneer team won the East Coast Conference regular season championship with a three-game cushion over New York Tech’s second place squad, and neither Bridgeport nor Queens came within 10 games of passing the club’s overall success. Freshman Josh Loeschorn doubled postseason honors as the Pitcher and Rookie of the Year, and head coach Mike Gaffney earned Coach of the Year honors for leading the club to 33 regular season victories and its…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports WriterConnor Wong and Jarren Duran drove in three runs apiece, Sonny Gray allowed one run in six innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Guardians 9-1 on Saturday. Caleb Durbin also drove in a pair of runs for the Red Sox, who won for only the second time in eight games. Cleveland – which is 2-3 on its six-game homestand – committed a season-high four errors, including two by Jose Ramirez. The All-Star third baseman also accounted for the Guardians’ lone run with an RBI double in the first inning to drive in Travis Bazzana,…

Throughout my 50 years covering sports for The Post, written about a recurring phenomenon: Tickets to the biggest events always end up in the wrong hands — no explanations given, no paid receipts provided.  And with the World Cup soon to begin on this continent, FIFA again seems to be imitating the International Olympic Committee, by doing big business in the shade — the kind that tables provide when dealing under them.  Not that we, here in the land of the free, don’t have our own suspect ticket issues to explain.  The 1997 Packers-Patriots Super Bowl in New Orleans was…

Beth McDermott  |  Provincetown BannerThe Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Agricultural Resources, and the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association announced the return of the Growing Wild campaign, offering free pollinator-friendly plant kits to residents across the state.The program, as it enters its sixth season, aims to create habitats for bees, butterflies and other pollinators, according to a community announcement.The Growing Wild campaign will distribute kits at 21 nurseries and six DCR parks. The kits include two native perennials, native seed packets and educational materials on cultivating a pollinator-friendly garden. Among the sponsors is Mahoney’s Garden Center…

The Eagles took the lead in the bottom of the eighth on Jack Toomey’s solo home run. The Wellesley native’s drive to right just cleared the fence at 314 feet and had BC just three outs away from a win.Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.After Liberty was able to regain the lead in the top of the ninth, Solier came to the plate with two outs and a runner on second, but he lined out to center field to end the game.BC (36-22) will play in Saturday’s elimination game at…

Local News The loss marked the 11th time this season the Legacy (2-7-3, 9 points) have conceded first. The expansion Legacy made their first visit to Kansas City for a one-match road trip. John Tlumacki/Boston Globe Staff For the first 68 minutes of their NWSL road game against the Current on Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo., the Legacy prevented Temwa Chawinga, the two-time reigning league MVP and golden boot winner, from posing a scoring threat. Until, that is, calamity struck in the 69th minute. That’s when Chawinga rose up and buried a rebound that propelled the Current to a…

If anyone thought Team USA was satisfied with Olympic gold and ready to coast through the rest of the international hockey calendar, Matthew Tkachuk has a message.Wrong.The Florida Panthers star joined “The Pat McAfee Show” on Thursday and discussed his plan to play for Team USA at the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland. USA Hockey’s preliminary roster, announced May 7, includes Tkachuk for the first time, since the Panthers failed to reach the NHL playoffs this season.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!The tournament begins May 15 in Zurich and Fribourg,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Trump reacted to the news that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) updated its policies to ensure only biological females compete in women’s sports, and will use genetic testing as enforcement. Trump credited the decision to his own “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order that he signed last year. “Congratulations to the International Olympic Committee on their decision to ban Men from Women’s Sports. This is only happening because of my powerful Executive Order, standing up for Women and Girls!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.White House press secretary Karoline…