Month: October 2021

Oct 10, 2021 Canada failed to qualify for the Rugby World Cup for the first time after being beaten 33-24 by Chile on Saturday, while Uruguay clinched their place after overturning a three-point first-leg deficit against the United States. Canada won their first tie 22-21 a week ago but Saturday’s drubbing in Valparaiso, Chile, kept
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11:43 AM BST The British & Irish Lions announced the formation of a steering group on Tuesday to look into the feasibility of establishing a women’s Lions team. Former Lion Ieuan Evans will chair the 13-member group which will include administrators from professional rugby such as Lions managing director Ben Calveley and chief operating and
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10:17 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens and rising star Nick Suzuki have reached agreement on an eight-year, $63 million contract. The 22-year-old is going into the final season of a four-year, $4.16 million deal he signed with the Vegas Golden Knights. Suzuki was the main prospect in the trade that sent longtime Montreal captain Max
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6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL Power Rankings are the perfect place to track improvement. While usually that improvement is strictly on the team level, we decided to take it even further this week, as we had our NFL Nation writers identify the most improved player on the team they cover. The answers below
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8:00 AM ET It’s time for our dumbest NBA preseason tradition: League Pass Rankings! These rankings turn 10 today. I can’t believe I continue to trick publications into running them. These are not power rankings! They are watchability scores, derived from an ancient formula Bill Simmons claims appeared before him when he ingested too many
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