PARIS (Reuters) – Cardiff City’s new soccer star Emiliano Sala was on board a light aircraft that disappeared en route to the Welsh capital for his club debut, France’s civil aviation authority said on Tuesday. Sala was flying from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff when the plane lost radar contact off the English Channel island Guernsey late on …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Top seed Simona Halep had the odds stacked against her ahead of the Australian Open but the Romanian proved her title credentials with a breezy 6-2 6-3 third-round win over multiple Grand Slam winner Venus Williams on Saturday. The reward for the 27-year-old Halep is probably the toughest challenge in the women’s draw at Melbourne Park, a …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Japan’s Olympic Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda, investigated in France for suspected corruption linked to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will not attend an International Olympic Committee (IOC) marketing meeting this weekend, the IOC said on Thursday. The IOC said Takeda, an IOC member and head of the Olympic body’s marketing commission, would not be traveling to Lausanne, Switzerland …

The New York Islanders scored three times in the first five minutes, the fourth line scored twice, and Thomas Greiss made 38 saves in a 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sunday. Brock Nelson, Cal Clutterbuck, Devon Toews, Casey Cizikas and Josh Bailey scored for the Islanders, who won for the 11th time in 14 …

Serena Williams demonstrated that having a baby had not robbed her of any of her phenomenal tennis skills when she became the first mother in 38 years to reach the Wimbledon final, with a 6-2 6-4 demolition of Germany’s Julia Goerges on Thursday. Remarkably, the 36-year-old was back in a Grand Slam final just 10 months after giving birth to …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride toward his fourth Formula One title on Sunday by winning an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix after Ferrari title rival Sebastian Vettel crashed out at the start. The Mercedes driver now has a 28-point cushion over the German with six of the 20 races remaining. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who also emerged …

TORONTO — As Kevin Pillar rounded third, he had one thought on his mind as he ran toward his teammates waiting at home plate: protect his jersey. Pillar had promised his mom Wendy and his wife Amanda that he’d take a Mother’s Day picture with them after Toronto’s 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday and he wanted to …

Canadian paddlers had a successful final day of action at this weekend’s Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois Rivieres, Que., scored Canada’s only gold of the weekend, picking up the victory in the women’s C1 200 metre event. Vincent-Lapointe finished the final in 45.842 seconds, just ahead of teammate Katie Vincent, who took bronze in 46.295. Vincent, of Mississauga, Ont., …

It’ll be an all-Ontario Hockey League matchup on Sunday in the Memorial Cup final when the Windsor Spitfires play the Erie Otters. The host Spitfires (3-0) haven’t played since locking up a berth in the final with a 4-2 round-robin win over Erie on Wednesday. The OHL champion Otters (3-1) knocked off the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Saint …