Author: National Tone

CHICAGO (AP) — Saku Maenalanen and Pierre-Luc Dubois each scored two goals and the Winnipeg Jets routed Chicago 7-2 on Sunday night, handing the Blackhawks their seventh straight loss. Kyle Connor connected for the third straight game and had two assists, Mark Scheifele had his team-leading 11th goal, and Jansen Harkins also scored for the Jets. They have won two straight and three of four to improve to 13-6-1. Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves and defenseman Josh Morrissey had three assists as Winnipeg dominated with a 44-shot attack. Taylor Raddysh scored for the second straight game and Jujhar Khaira had…

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Each nation dreams of lifting the World Cup. Not one squad has come to Qatar just for the fun of it — they are all in it to win. But the first stage of eliminations is nearly upon us as the tournament’s group stage draws to a close. Half of the 32 teams that started in Qatar will be packing their bags and heading home. So, who needs what to survive into the Round of 16? Group A Host nation Qatar, finding themselves fourth of four in their group, had the ignominious honour of being the first team knocked out…

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Croatia crushed any hopes Canada had of progressing in Qatar, with the 2018 finalists fighting back after Alphonso Davies got his country off to a flying start by scoring their first ever World Cup goal.Bayern Munich winger Davies put Canada ahead after only 68 seconds, darting into the box and meeting Tajon Buchanan’s cross with a towering header in the game’s first attack.Croatia did not panic after falling behind, though, and created numerous chances, with striker Andrej Kramaric seeing a goal ruled out for offside.The former Leicester player did equalise when he found the net with a first-time angled shot…

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The energy deprivation facing Ukrainians has renewed tensions between Ukraine’s president and Kyiv’s mayor amid a looming power crisis and the winter period setting in. Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Sunday defended himself against allegations levelled by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that too many Kyiv residents were still without power and that centres that had been set up for them to stock up on food, water, battery power and other essentials were insufficient Klitschko wrote on Telegram that hundreds of such centres are in operation, as well as hundreds of emergency generators, adding that “I do not want, especially in the current…

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Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. Day-by-day TV listings – Full coverage detailsBrazil head coach Tite says the high number of fouls on Neymar “has to be stopped” after the forward was injured in their group-stage win over Serbia. Neymar appeared to be in tears on the bench after being substituted in the 80th minute with a sprained ankle.The 30-year-old was on the receiving end of a heavy tackle from Nikola Milenkovic in…

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The Chicago White Sox have come to an agreement with free agent pitcher Mike Clevinger, a source told The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The terms of the deal are still undisclosed. The right-hander carried a 4.33 ERA with 91 strikeouts in 22 starts with the San Diego Padres in the 2022 season. From 2017-2020 Clevinger was a stable-if-not-strong pitcher with Cleveland and San Diego, putting up a 2.96 ERA in 82 starts for the two teams. He spent the 2021 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. He joins a talented White Sox rotation featuring…

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Brussels, Belgium – When Morocco scored its second goal and secured its victory over Belgium at this year’s World Cup, a crowded youth centre in Brussels burst into cheers and hugs. The Belgium capital is home to a sizeable Moroccan diaspora, and on Sunday, some 50 teenagers, young adults and volunteers gathered at Capital’s three-storey art deco headquarters to watch the game. Young men and women, many of them of Moroccan heritage, sat in chairs in front of the big screen in the building’s atrium to watch the match taking place in Qatar’s Al Thumama Stadium. A few teenagers sold…

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Roared on by a sea of red and green in the stands, Morocco hold on for only their third ever World Cup win.Morocco have taken a massive stride towards qualification for the round of 16 after a 2-0 win over Belgium. Morocco showed great resolve in keeping Belgium at bay for a majority of the game on Sunday and took the lead through substitute Abdelhamid Sabiri’s free kick in the 73rd minute. The final 20 minutes saw Belgium ramp up the pressure in search of a goal, but Walid Regragui’s side held on firmly and went down the other end…

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After Canada impressed on the world stage in a 1-0 loss to Belgium, the men’s national team opened its second game with a bang. Then they came back down to earth. Canada failed to carry the momentum after Alphonso Davies’s electric goal 67 seconds into the team’s second game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup against Croatia. Instead, the team let loose in the final 20 minutes of the half, allowing the 2018 finalists to come storming back to take a 2-1 lead. For Canadian supporters, that’s a wide range of emotions for one half. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin:…

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In March, there was a collective cheer when United Nations member states adopted a historic resolution to end plastic pollution during the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi. Governments agreed to start work on a global, legally binding agreement that addresses the full lifecycle of plastic and that will come into effect in 2024. The decision has been called ambitious, revolutionary, and historic. The resolution established an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to put together the text of the agreement. Its first meeting will begin on November 28 in Uruguay. Thinking of the upcoming negotiations for the plastics treaty has me swinging between…

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