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Ice hockey world championship sponsors increase pressure on IIHF over Russia’s return

DUESSELDORF, Germany — The pressure on the International Ice Hockey Federation grew Wednesday as two major sponsors of the men's world championship said they would review their involvement if Russia takes part. The tournament's main sponsor, automaker Skoda, says it will "reassess" its involvement if Russia plays, and another longtime backer, Strauss, says it would refuse to have its logo shown. A Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling last week obliged the IIHF to lift its exclusion of Russian national teams, which had been in place since 2022 over the war in Ukraine. Almost half ...

LIV Golf’s aim was to ‘destroy’ us, says European tour CEO

LIV Golf wanted to "destroy" the European tour, the head of the worldwide circuit has said as he prepares to welcome back many of the players who defected to the Saudi-funded breakaway league over the past four years. The professional golfing landscape was upended by the formation of LIV, which took some of the top stars from the European and PGA Tours after they accepted huge sums by PIF — Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund that bankrolled the project. Now, the breakaway league is battling to simply survive — in the form of a watered-down "LIV 2.0" version and without Saudi ...

Jets mount record-setting comeback from 4-goal deficit to stun Canadiens

MONTREAL (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets had every reason to stop believing. They were down four goals in the third period, less than three minutes from a 10th straight defeat, in their fifth game in eight nights. Their coach was on the hot seat. Their season had been rocked from the start when ...