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MANCHESTER, England — Noah Okafor scored twice in the first half hour as Leeds United beat Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford to climb six points clear of the Premier League relegation zone on Monday. It was the first time Leeds has won a league match at Old Trafford since 1981 and the Yorkshire club …

Entering his sophomore NBA season, Jamal Shead knew there was one statistical category he wanted to lead the league in: games played. He got there Sunday, appearing in his 82nd game of the Toronto Raptors’ season — one of just 18 players in the league to suit up in all 82 games in 2025-26. The …

SEATTLE — Canada’s Josh Naylor hit his first two homers of the season and drove in five runs, George Kirby allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings, and the Seattle Mariners completed a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-2 win on Monday. It was Naylor’s seventh career game with five or more …

The next class of basketball stars will be selected for the start of their professional careers at Monday’s WNBA draft in New York City. Here’s all 45 picks as they happen: 1. Dallas: 2. Minnesota (from Chicago):3. Seattle (from Los Angeles):4. Washington:5. Chicago (from Connecticut):6. Toronto:7. Portland:8. Golden State:9. Washington (from Seattle):10. Indiana:11. Washington (from New York via Connecticut):12. Connecticut (from Phoenix):13. Atlanta:14. Seattle (from Las Vegas):15. Connecticut (from Minnesota …

The games are about to get more intense, and Sportsnet is your home for NBA Play-In Tournament action. Sportsnet will carry three games in the play-in tourney as eight squads battle it out to try to secure one of the final four playoff spots. Canadian Shaedon Sharpe is Portland’s second-leading scorer. He returned from a …

Blue Jays Latest April 13

The Washington Mystics will be re-signing the restricted free agent to a three-year deal after the Tempo came to terms on an offer sheet with Austin, Alexa Philippou of ESPN reported Monday. The Mystics matched the Tempo’s offer sheet, which was worth $3.57 million, Philippou reported. Austin became a restricted free agent after completing her …

Ahead of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Ingram was named the Eastern Conference’s player of the week Monday. The 28-year-old helped lead Toronto to a 3-1 record last week, averaging 25.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game on 57.8 per cent shooting from the field as the team managed to secure the …

Embiid underwent a successful appendectomy on April 9. Philadelphia coach Nick Nurse said Embiid felt fine in practice on Wednesday before he learned of the situation Thursday morning. The seven-foot centre’s status is also doubtful should the 76ers advance to the playoffs, as he is in the early stages of recovering from the procedure and …