Canada advanced past the first round of the World Baseball Classic for the first time, beating Cuba 7-2 Wednesday in a winner-take-all game at San Juan, Puerto Rico, behind Abraham Toro’s homer and Otto Lopez’s two-run single. Brothers Bo Naylor and Josh Naylor drove in runs, Owen Caissie had two RBIs and reliever James Paxton…
MILAN (AP) — David Kampf and Roman Cervenka scored 69 seconds apart in the second period and Czechia beat Denmark 3-2 on Tuesday to advance to a quarterfinal showdown with Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Czechia gets a second shot at the tournament favorite after losing to Canada 5-0 last week in their opener….
MILAN (AP) — Dalibor Dvorsky’s goal with 39 seconds sent Slovakia to the quarterfinals in men’s hockey at the olympics as the winner of the group in a tiebreaker even after losing to Sweden 5-3 on Saturday in each team’s final preliminary round game. Slovakia won Group B when Finland crushed host Italy 11-0 later…
MILAN (AP) — Host nation Italy secured a place in the quarterfinals of the Olympic women’s hockey tournament for the first time by beating Japan 3-2 on Monday. Germany followed by claiming its spot in the next round with a 2–1 overtime win over France. Both Italy and Germany improved to 2-1 and joined Sweden…
