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IIHF president: IOC to keep Russia out of 2026 Games
The president of the International Ice Hockey Federation told reporters that the International Olympic Committee plans to exclude Russia from the 2026 Winter Olympics.,Luc Tardif was quoted Sunday by HockeyNews.se and Hokej.cz on the topic of Russian participation in future events -- chiefly the nex...

Supernova wins, leaves DhillDucks winless at OWCS NA Stage 2
Supernova topped DhillDucks in a battle of the two remaining winless teams at the Overwatch Champions Series North America Stage 2 on Sunday, leaving DhillDucks alone in last place after three weeks.,Supernova opened the match with a 2-0 win on Oasis Control before DhillDucks won 3-1 on Circuit Roya...

Cloud9 reach upper-bracket final against FlyQuest at 2025 Split 2
Cloud9 swept Team Liquid 3-0 on Sunday in the upper-bracket semifinals in the League of Legends LTA North 2025 Split 2 in Los Angeles.,The upper-bracket final is June 7 against FlyQuest, which swept Shopify Rebellion 3-0 on Saturday in the semifinals.,Cloud9 won in 33 minutes on blue, 28 minutes on ...

PARIVISION stays unbeaten in DreamLeague 26's Group Stage 2
PARIVISION moved to 3-0 in Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 26 with another victory on Sunday.,PARIVISION swept Yakult Brothers 2-0, while the other three matches finished in 2-1 scorelines: Talon Esports over Nigma Galaxy, Gaimin Gladiators over Aurora Gaming and BetBoom Team over winless Team L...

First-place NTMR improves to 4-0 at OWCS NA Stage 2
NTMR improved to 4-0 and moved into sole possession of first place with a 3-0 sweep of Team Liquid on Saturday in the Overwatch Champions Series North America Stage 2. ,NTMR opened with a 2-1 win on Illios, following that with a 3-0 victory on New Junk City and closed with a 144.86-6.51m triumph on ...

Flyquest advance to upper-bracket final at 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest swept Shopify Rebellion 3-0 on Saturday in the upper-bracket semifinals in the League of Legends LTA North 2025 Split 2 in Los Angeles.,With the victory, FlyQuest advance to the upper-bracket final on June 7 and await the winner of the other upper-bracket semifinal on Sunday between Cloud9 ...

PARIVISION 2-0 at Group Stage 2 of DreamLeague 26
PARIVISION swept BetBoom Team to improve to 2-0 in Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 26 on Saturday.,Talon Esports also swept its second match of the event, while Nigma Galaxy and Aurora Gaming also picked up wins. ,Group Stage 2 consists of a single round-robin of best-of-three matches. Four team...

O's strike late, edge Red Sox to split day-night twin bill
Ryan O'Hearn and Dylan Carlson recorded RBI hits in the final two innings to lift the visiting Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in the back end of a split doubleheader on Saturday night.,A duel between Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers and Boston counterpart Lucas Giolito remaine...

Michael Schumacher's Ferrari sets Formula One record at auction
Michael Schumacher's Ferrari Formula One car that won the 2001 Monaco and Hungarian grand prix races was sold for $18.17 million, according to RM Sotheby's.,Selling ahead of qualifying in Monaco on Saturday, the F2001 car that the legendary German driver used en route to that year's world title beca...

BetBoom Team, Yakult Brothers sweep at Group Stage 2 of DreamLeague 26
BetBoom Team and Yakult Brothers swept their opening matches in Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 26 on Friday.,Facing off against Aurora Gaming, BetBoom Team took a pair of 41-minute matches, first on red and then on green. Yakult Brothers defeated Team Liquid with a 35-minute victory on green, f...

Corey Heim runs away with Truck Series race at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. -- This time, Corey Heim didn't just slam the door on his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competition -- he nailed it shut., ,Heim's three previous 2025 wins notwithstanding, the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota has had difficulty closing out races with a dominant truck this sea...

Stuart Skinner blanks Stars as Oilers even West finals
Goaltender Stuart Skinner posted his third shutout of the playoffs to backstop the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday and even their Western Conference final series.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins collected one goal and one assist to lead the Oilers, who tied the best-of-...

Stuart Skinner blanks Dallas; Oilers even conference finals
Goaltender Stuart Skinner posted his third shutout of the playoffs to backstop the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday and even their Western Conference final series.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins collected one goal and one assist to lead the Oilers, who tied the best-of-...

Pacers fend off Knicks, go home up 2-0 in East finals
Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-best 39 points and the Indiana Pacers picked up their second straight road triumph in the series by outclassing the New York Knicks 114-109 on Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.,Siakam made 15 of 23 field-goal attempts to set the tone for I...

Thunder roll again at home, grab 2-0 lead on Wolves
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points and Jalen Williams added 26 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-103 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday.,The Thunder lead the best-of-seven series 2-0 going into Game 3 on Saturday in Minneapo...

Sam Bennett, Panthers roll to 2nd road rout of Hurricanes
Sam Bennett recorded two goals and an assist while leading the Florida Panthers to a 5-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe added three assists for the Panthers, who le...

8 teams advance to Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague 26
Gaimin Gladiators rallied to beat Team Falcons in a tiebreak Thursday to secure the final berth in Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 26.,The Falcons opened with a 32-minute win on green, but the Gladiators answered with a 33-minute win on green and a 27-minute victory on red to finish fourth in Gr...

Nigma Galaxy, PARIVISION advance at DreamLeague 26
Nigma Galaxy and PARIVISION each won two matches on Wednesday to seal berths in DreamLeague Season 26's second group stage.,Aurora Gaming also wrapped up a spot in the second group stage thanks to a win and a tie.,In Group A, Nigma Galaxy swept both BOOM Esports and BetBoom Team 2-0, while Aurora Ga...

Aurora, BOOM on the rise at DreamLeague Season 26
Aurora Gaming rose to the top of Group A, while BOOM Esports made the biggest move with a pair of wins as DreamLeague Season 26 continued Tuesday.,BOOM was the only team in either group to win both its matches Tuesday, moving it into a tie for second in Group A. Meanwhile, PARIVISION and Yakult Brot...

Several teams start strong on first day of DreamLeague Season 26
No team was a perfect 2-0-0 on the first day of DreamLeague Season 26, but six different Dota 2 teams got off to strong starts with one win and one tie in Monday's action.,Aurora Gaming and BetBoom Team are 1-0-1 to sit atop Group A, while four teams are tied atop Group B: Gaimin Gladiators, NAVI Ju...