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FIFA's Club World Cup to be broadcast on Channel 5 in UK after DAZN deal
The Club World Cup will be broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom following a sublicensing deal with DAZN, the global rights holder for the tournament. The free-to-air channel will show 23 of the newly-expanded tournament’s 63 matches live: 15 group games, four last-16 matches, two quarter-final games, one semi-final and the final. Advertisement […]
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The Club World Cup will be broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom following a sublicensing deal with DAZN, the global rights holder for the tournament.
The free-to-air channel will show 23 of the newly-expanded tournament’s 63 matches live: 15 group games, four last-16 matches, two quarter-final games, one semi-final and the final.
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All 63 matches will be broadcast for free on the online platform of DAZN, who struck a deal worth $1billion (£750million) deal with FIFA in December for the global rights.
Premier League clubs Manchester City and Chelsea will be involved in the 32-team tournament, alongside Real Madrid, Inter, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
World football’s governing body had been in talks with Apple over a global streaming deal to broadcast the tournament, but those negotiations fell through in July 2024.
Channel 5 is owned by Paramount Global, whose president of international ad sales Lee Sears described the competition as “one of the sporting events of the summer” with matches played “in peak evening time” in the UK.
DAZN’s CEO Shay Segev added “the Club World Cup will bring unparalleled engagement opportunities”.
The Club World Cup begins on June 14 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami and will run until July 13, with the final taking place at MetLife Stadium in New York.
Channel 5 was most widely known among football fans for showing UEFA Cup matches from the channel’s inception in 1997 until 2012, when it lost the rights to free-to-air commercial rival ITV Sport.
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Men’s Track and Field Takes Fifth In KCAC Championship Meet
Men’s Track and Field | 5/6/2025 10:27:00 AM Story Links SALINA, Kan. – The McPherson College men’s track and field team finished fifth at the KCAC Championships, which concluded Friday evening. The Bulldogs tallied 62 points. Evangel won the meet with 163 points. The Bulldogs were led by a pair of first-place finishes. […]
Men’s Track and Field | 5/6/2025 10:27:00 AM
SALINA, Kan. – The McPherson College men’s track and field team finished fifth at the KCAC Championships, which concluded Friday evening.
The Bulldogs tallied 62 points. Evangel won the meet with 163 points.
The Bulldogs were led by a pair of first-place finishes. Lamar Gordon notched a victory in the discus with an effort of 49.95m. Kenjuan Hampton also garnered a gold medal. In the 100m hurdles, he crossed the line in a time of 14.55 for the win. Gordon also hailed a second-place effort, which occurred in the shot put. He posted a mark of 15.97m for the silver medal.
Kobe Brown notched a B standard time in the 200m with a second-place effort of 21.07. Hampton was fourth in the event, crossing in 21.43. Amarion White earned a third-place finish in the 110m hurdles, snagging a time of 14.99. Nicolas Tornay accounted for an eighth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 6.81m.
In the 1,500m, Cody Kuss posted a time of 4:12.89 for ninth place while Isaac Hale garnered a 20th-place finish with a time of 4:37.11. In the 400m, Austin Glezen tallied a time of 53.82 for 22nd while Travis Stevens was 29th after recording a time of 56.42. Kuss posted a 33rd-place finish in 2:09.27 in the 800m while Hale was 36th (2:13.17).
The Bulldogs return to action Friday, May 9, at the Concordia Twilight Meet.
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Who won league crowns in swimming, boys’ volleyball
Amador Valley team shot after winning the 2025 EBAL Volleyball Playoff Championship. (Photo courtesy Amador volleyball) The postseason has begun for the East Bay Athletic League, with the EBAL Swimming and Diving Championships taking center stage last weekend at Dougherty Valley. Swimming is a different type of competition, where you can qualify for North Coast […]
The postseason has begun for the East Bay Athletic League, with the EBAL Swimming and Diving Championships taking center stage last weekend at Dougherty Valley.
Swimming is a different type of competition, where you can qualify for North Coast Section events over the course of the season, allowing swimmers to pick different events to compete in during the EBAL meet than they will compete in during NCS and CIF meets.
Highlighting the boys’ side of the meet are the league’s best two swimmers, Luka Mijatovic of Foothill and Tim Wu of Dougherty Valley.
Mijatovic is the defending CIF State champion in the 500 free and was second in the 200 free at state. Wu, Mijatovic’s training partner, is a threat in his events at state as well.
The duo won two events each, and Mijatovic swam the anchor leg on the winning 400 free relay for Foothill.
On the girls’ side, Raya Mellott of San Ramon Valley won two events, and the Wolves also took both the 200 Medley relay and the 400 free relay.
Here are the winners of each event, along with the final team scores.
Boys
Team scores: De La Salle 576, Amador Valley 434.5, Foothill 427, Dougherty Valley 343.5, Granada 293, California 271, San Ramon Valley 257, Monte Vista 217, Dublin 123, Livermore 52.
Diving: Tyler Galloway (DLS) 349.60.
200 Medley relay: DLS (Jordan Silvestri, Chase Lewis, Ryan Watson, Robbie Hamilton) 1:33.58.
200 Free: Tim Wu (DV) 1:36.10.
200 IM: Jef Johnson (DLS) 1:51.37.
50 Free: Matt Nakayama (DLS) 21.15.
100 Fly: Tim Wu (DV) 47.87.
100 Free: Luka Mijatovic (Foot) 43.65.
500 Free: Kaden Wong (Foot) 4:31.33.
200 Free relay: DLS (Matthew Nakayama, Finn Sepic, Jed Johnson, Tanner Lustig) 1:23.93.
100 Back: Cade Vieler (AV) 42.97.
100 Breast: Luke Mijatovic (Foot) 55.46.
400 Free relay: Foothill (Ethan Wang, Kaden Wong, Aiden Yeo, Luka Mijatovic) 3:40.80
Girls
Team scores: Carondelet 584.5, San Ramon Valley 505.5, Monte Vista 458, Amador Valley 410, Granada 364, California 195, Dougherty Valley 181, Foothill 175, Dublin 108, Livermore 104.
Diving: Madalynn Deswani (Cal) 467.75.
200 Medley relay: SRV (Daniela Linares Danzos, Raya Mellott, Alexis Parkinson, Maya Knapp) 1:44.29.
200 Free: Isabella Ferguson (Caron) 1:50.89.
200 IM: Raya Mellott (SRV) 2:01.91.
50 Free: Alexis Parkinson (SRV) 23.65.
100 Fly: Daniela Linares Danzos (SRV) 54.80.
100 Free: Mckinley Scobie (Foot) 51.22.
500 Free: Brooke Bennett (Gra) 4:51.12.
200 Free relay: Monte Vista (Zoe Venetta, Eva Busquets, Molly Lind, Addy VonderAhe) 1:35.57.
100 Back: Ella Busquets (MV) 53.69.
100 Breast: Raya Mellott (SRV) 1:02.72.
400 Free relay: SRV (Alexis Parkinson, Sasha Babushkina, Daniella Linares Danzos, Raya Mellott) 3:29.20.
EBAL/NCS volleyball
In another wacky week of volleyball, the EBAL finished the regular season, had its playoffs and qualified six teams for the NCS D-I playoffs.
For starters last week, Foothill beat Amador Valley 3-1 in the final regular season game to take the top spot in the Valley Division.
Then two nights later, the Falcons fell to De La Salle 3-2 in one semifinal and Amador beat San Ramon Valley, sending both the No. 2 seeds to the finals.
On Saturday the Dons claimed the playoff title with a 3-2 win over the Spartans.
Then came Sunday and the EBAL loaded up teams in NCS. Foothill received the No. 2 seed and will open play at home, hosting No. 15 Las Lomas. All games are at 7 p.m. and all take place Tuesday night.
Amador Valley got the No. 3 seed and will host No. 14 Deer Valley, with No. 5 seed De La Salle playing host to No. 12 Livermore.
Dublin got the No. 6 seed and will host No. 11 Bishop O’Dowd, with No. 7 San Ramon Valley hosting No. 10 College Park.
Finally, No. 9 Granada will open the tournament at No. 8 Liberty. Northgate was awarded the No. 1 seed.
If the seeds play out on Tuesday, Thursday in the quarterfinals Foothill would host San Ramon Valley and Amador Valley would host Dublin.
That would guarantee a spot for the EBAL in the NCS championship match to be played May 19.
In the upper-half of the bracket, the Liberty-Granada winner will face the Northgate-Castro Valley winner. The De La Salle-Livermore winner will face the winner of No. 4 Moreau Catholic and No. 13 James Logan.
Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for the Pleasanton Weekly. This column originally appeared in Tri-Valley Preps Playbook, a weekly sports e-newsletter published by Embarcadero Media Foundation.
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York Suburban boys’ volleyball shows talent, youth in loss to Manheim Central
The Trojans dropped three close sets to the powerhouse Barons on Monday in a possible District 3 Class 2A championship preview. Ryan Vandersloot | For The York Dispatch George Street dining in York City has a different look this year Construction started on the new outdoor dining zone along George Street on April 30, 2025. […]
The Trojans dropped three close sets to the powerhouse Barons on Monday in a possible District 3 Class 2A championship preview.
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The York Suburban boys’ volleyball team knew two things as the Trojans took the floor Monday evening. They knew their clash against Manheim Central was a de facto match for the right to host a potential District 3 Class 2A final in a few weeks. But they also new the outcome, while significant, would be less important than winning a possible rematch.
With those two realities in mind, the Trojans battled the Barons tooth, nail and fist on their home court. An up-and-coming Suburban squad knew it wouldn’t be easy — Manheim Central, after all, was the district champion and state runner-up a season ago — but the Trojans showed they certainly have everything they need to take on the best in the state.
Well, almost.
Despite a spirited effort throughout the night, the Suburban boys showed their lack of experience in the moments that mattered. The hosts had a chance to win Sets 1 and 2 but saw the Barons rally back each time, including a heartbreaking fall after leading by two points late in the second. The Trojans came out a little flat to begin Set 3 and never were able to fully recover, as they dropped a hard-fought 25-23, 27-25, 25-22 contest against the No. 2 team in the latest statewide Class 2A coaches’ rankings.
“I would say our youth showed a little bit tonight,” Suburban coach Oliver Good said. “I think we need to continue to grow mentally and work through our growing pains and continue to progress as a team.”
Perhaps the biggest challenge for the Trojans (13-2) is developing a mentally tough approach later in sets. Evidence of that was widely on hand Monday, as the Barons (14-0) seemed to turn on a switch late in each of the three frames.
“I don’t know what it is, but when the points get into the 20s, our guys just take over,” Manheim Central coach Craig Dietrich said. “It’s nerve-racking to watch as a coach, but it’s really fun to watch, too.”
The Barons have accumulated a lot of experience in these big-game situations over the past few years. That’s a trait that was also a hallmark of the great York Suburban teams of the past, but after somewhat of of a rebuilding season in 2024, that’s something most of the current Trojans roster lacks at this time.
“We know that they are a very solid team, a solid program that is well-coached,” Good said. “When you face a program like that, you just have to execute efficiently, and we have to continue to run our offense.”
At many points Monday, the Trojans showcased the type of team they have the potential of being. Truett Miller finished with a team-best 15 kills, while Trent Weinstein and Robert Berry combined for 17 kills.
The efficiency, however, is what Good was hoping to see, as a half-dozen or so hitting errors made a big difference in determining the outcome.
The silver lining for Trojans is that they will likely have an opportunity to earn a rematch come the District 3 tournament. To add even more to it, the Barons have been riddled with injuries throughout April but played just their fourth match all season with their entire lineup at full strength. Good’s team got a glimpse of its main competition in peak form, and the Trojans showed they could stand toe-to-toe with them.
“I think if the guys continue to buy in and clean up a couple of things, that will make us even better,” Good said. “And, hopefully, we’ll get another shot to see them down the road.”
The Trojans will close their regular season at York Catholic on Tuesday, then chase a York-Adams League title when that tournament starts May 12. The district playoffs begin May 20, and with Manheim Central and Suburban well clear of the field atop the 2A power rankings, a rematch would come in the district final May 29.
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Aki Named GCC Coach of the Year Following Undefeated Conference Season and Tournament Title
Story Links LOS ANGELES – For the first time in his young career, LMU Women’s Water Polo Head Coach Ikaika Aki has been named Golden Coast Conference Coach of the Year. This season, Aki guided his Lions back to the NCAA Championship after winning the GCC Tournament to close out the […]
LOS ANGELES – For the first time in his young career, LMU Women’s Water Polo Head Coach Ikaika Aki has been named Golden Coast Conference Coach of the Year.
This season, Aki guided his Lions back to the NCAA Championship after winning the GCC Tournament to close out the season. This is LMU’s GCC Tournament win since 2015 and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2012.
The Lions posted their second consecutive undefeated season in conference play in 2025. Aki has now won 16 consecutive GCC regular season games and has not lost in conference play since his first season as Head Coach. In total, Ikaika has posted an incredible 20-1 record in conference, winning over 95 percent of his league games.
Aki helped mentor the back-to-back GCC Player of the Year in Ruth Arino Ruiz this season, as well as a total of four All-Conference selections including three First Team All-GCC members.
The season will continue for Aki and the Lions in Indianapolis this Friday for the First Round of the NCAA Tournament played at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. The Lions will face 2-seed UCLA on Friday at 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT.
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Worcester Red Sox boring? John Oliver thinks so
Instead of politics, it was baseball that took center stage during a recent episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” including a reference to Worcester’s very own WooSox.Toward the end of the show, Oliver explained his love for some minor league baseball teams and, specifically, their marketing strategies. Many of these teams have opted […]
Instead of politics, it was baseball that took center stage during a recent episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” including a reference to Worcester’s very own WooSox.Toward the end of the show, Oliver explained his love for some minor league baseball teams and, specifically, their marketing strategies. Many of these teams have opted to draw in fans, but with unusual team names, wild merchandise and over-the-top themed nights.
He referenced the upcoming glow-in-the-dark “cosmic baseball” game at Polar Park, hosted by the Tri-City Chili Peppers, on Aug. 15 and 16.
Now, Oliver said, he wants in on the action.
Here’s his pitch: Oliver is looking for a minor league baseball team not just to sponsor, but to get involved in some of the creative marketing happening on and off the field.
“My only real criticism is that some minor league teams just aren’t really pulling their weight, as some are just boringly named after their major league affiliate like the Worcester Red Sox or the Iowa Cubs,” Oliver said. “Others are just first-thought choices like the Buffalo Bisons and the St. Paul Saints, which is pretty disappointing. Because in not embracing the glorious eccentricity of the magnificent league they belong to, they’re kind of leaving money on the table.”
His comments caught the attention of local baseball fans on social media who were quick to suggest new team names such as Worcester Smiley Faces, Worcester Grass Cats, Worcester Cool Cats and the Gritty Kitties.
Others suggested reaching out to Oliver for advice.
“It’ll be so cool to see us get a John Oliver rebrand and it’ll boost business and morale,” one Reddit user wrote.
Oliver said his favorite theme night was the Helen McGuckin Night, hosted by the Charleston RiverDogs, the Single-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The entire night was dedicated to a woman named Helen McGuckin, who had left a 2-star Google review for the team.
“I promise we will put just as much time, energy and research into this as we do into exposing the dark underbelly of America’s criminal justice system,” Oliver said. “Arguably more.”
The late-night host is asking any team interested in signing a contract, to reach out via email at JohnOliver@Buntstuff.com
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Stan State women’s volleyball team finds success through unity and confidence
CSU Stanislaus volleyball team has dominated this season, showcasing not only their skill, but also its passion and teamwork. Leah Mendoza (Sophomore, Child Development) said the team’s success stems not only from how they play on the court, but also from how well they connect off it. According to Mendoza, their achievements are due to […]
CSU Stanislaus volleyball team has dominated this season, showcasing not only their skill, but also its passion and teamwork.
Leah Mendoza (Sophomore, Child Development) said the team’s success stems not only from how they play on the court, but also from how well they connect off it.
According to Mendoza, their achievements are due to the team’s bond, the confidence that they have built through the support they provide one another and the competitive drive they all possess.
For the Stan State volleyball team, success is a team effort—and this season is proof of that.
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