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Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips. Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk will return to the Sens’ lineup on Thursday for their season finale against the Carolina Hurricanes. Tkachuk told reporters after practice that he will play and that there’s “no issues, no problems.” […]


Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk will return to the Sens’ lineup on Thursday for their season finale against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Tkachuk told reporters after practice that he will play and that there’s “no issues, no problems.”
Tkachuk has not played since March 30 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, as he continues to nurse an upper-body injury.
Senators head coach Travis Green said Tkachuk is “not the kind of player that just dips his toe in the water. I don’t want him going out there and just skating around. If he’s going to play, he’s going to play for keeps and he’s going to play for real.”
The Senators are in the playoffs for the first time since 2017, having claimed the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
While Ottawa has won five straight games against them, Toronto is favoured to win the series, going off at -172 to advance, per FanDuel, and the Senators opened at +142.
The two teams last met in the playoffs in 2004.
The Senators skated the following lines in practice Thursday ahead of their season finale against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Tkachuk-Stützle-Giroux
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Greig-Pinto-Amadio
Cousins-Gaudette-Zetterlund
Sanderson-Jensen
Chabot-Zub
Kleven-Matinpalo
Defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson participated in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ practice on Thursday ahead of their season finale against the Detroit Red Wings.
Ekman-Larsson has not played since April 11 after suffering an upper-body injury.
Joseph Woll practiced in the starter’s net on Thursday and is expected to start for Toronto in the season finale.
Toronto has already clinched the Atlantic Division title and will face the Senators in the first round of the playoffs.
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Wild rookie defenceman Zeev Buium skated on the top power-play unit in practice on Thursday, according to multiple reports.
After winning the NCAA championship as a freshman with Denver and returning to the Frozen Four last weekend, Buium, 19, decided to end his college career after two seasons and make the jump to Minnesota. He signed a three-year, entry-level contract on Sunday and joined the Wild at the rink for practice, meet-and-greets and more paperwork on Monday.
“Kind of like your first day school,” coach John Hynes said.
“I don’t think there was much more, development-wise, for me in college hockey,” said Buium, who was the country’s highest-scoring defenseman and one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker player of the year award. “I can obviously get bigger, stronger and faster, but taking this next step and pushing myself even more, it’s the right moment.”
The Vancouver Canucks reassigned a host of players to the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks on Thursday, general manager Patrik Allvin announced.
Defencemen Kirill Kudryavtsev and Victor Mancini, forwards Aatu Räty, Linus Karlsson, Max Sasson and Ty Mueller and goaltender Nikita Tolopilo were all reassigned to Abbotsford.
Of the group, Aatu Raty played the most significant role for the Canucks, whose playoff hopes faded down the stretch.
The native of Oulu, Finland appeared in 33 games where he scored seven goals and finished with 11 points.
Forward Jack Williams is expected to make his NHL debut for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday, per The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline.
Williams was signed out of Northeastern University in March, and will replace Zach Aston-Reese in the lineup, who is dealing with an injury.
The Blue Jackets had their playoff hopes snuffed out on Wednesday when the Montreal Canadiens clinched the final spot in the Eastern Conference with a 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Seattle Kraken
The Seattle Kraken reassigned forward John Hayden to the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, the team announced on Thursday.
Hayden has a goal and an assist in 20 games with the Kraken this season.
The 30-year-old joined the Seattle franchise in 2022-23, after making stops with the Chicago Blackhawks, New Jersey Devils, Arizona Coyotes and Buffalo Sabres in six years before then.
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Pair of Beavs Earn Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CORVALLIS, Ore. – 54 Oregon State athletes across baseball and track & field were named to the 2025 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll. Earning the title of 2025 Pac-12 Women’s Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the conference’s Women’s Top Performer of the Year, Oregon State’s Sara Sanders capped off her season […]

Earning the title of 2025 Pac-12 Women’s Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the conference’s Women’s Top Performer of the Year, Oregon State’s Sara Sanders capped off her season with an Honorable Mention All-America finish in the javelin. In her first-ever NCAA Championship appearance, the senior placed 18th overall with a mark of 48.47m/159-0 after missing two seasons due to injury. Earning her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Chemistry, Sanders was named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll each year since 2022.
Earning the title of 2025 Pac-12 Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Wilson Weber was named an All-American and First-Team Academic All-American in 2025, his last year with the Beavers. A catcher, he batted .326 with 15 doubles, 12 home runs and 58 RBI. He earned his degree in business administration while the Beavers were competing in the Men’s College World Series in Omaha.
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be on their respective roster with a cumulative GPA of at 3.3 and have served at least one year in residence at the institution.
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Tyce Peterson, Human Development & Family Science
Chase Reynolds, Animal Sciences
Eric Segura, Business Administration
Andrew Talavs, Communication Studies
Easton Talt, Business Administration
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SUMMER FUN: Young swimmers invited to Watford Water Polo’s summer camp
Watford Water Polo and Next Level Swimming Academy are inviting residents to their upcoming summer camp. Boys and girls are welcome to the five-day camp from August 4 to 8. The Cadets camp will take place at Habs’ Girls’ School between 8.45am and 12.30pm. Attendees must be at least nine years old. The U12 and […]

Watford Water Polo and Next Level Swimming Academy are inviting residents to their upcoming summer camp.
Boys and girls are welcome to the five-day camp from August 4 to 8.
The Cadets camp will take place at Habs’ Girls’ School between 8.45am and 12.30pm. Attendees must be at least nine years old.
The U12 and U14 camp will take place at Habs’ Boys’ School from 12.45pm to 5pm. The minimum age is those starting secondary school in September 2025.
The camp costs £124. For more information, please email info@nextlevelswimming.co.uk or watfordwaterpolo123@gmail.com
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Louisiana Tech announces move to Sun Belt Conference – The Vicksburg Post
Louisiana Tech announces move to Sun Belt Conference Published 1:07 pm Tuesday, July 15, 2025 RUSTON, La. — Louisiana Tech announced Tuesday that it has accepted an invitation to leave Conference USA and join the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt Board of Directors, which includes the presidents of the 13 conference member institutions, voted […]

Louisiana Tech announces move to Sun Belt Conference
Published 1:07 pm Tuesday, July 15, 2025
RUSTON, La. — Louisiana Tech announced Tuesday that it has accepted an invitation to leave Conference USA and join the Sun Belt Conference.
The Sun Belt Board of Directors, which includes the presidents of the 13 conference member institutions, voted unanimously to invite Louisiana Tech to join no later than July 1, 2027.
Louisiana Tech and conference officials touted the move as a chance to renew regional rivalries with Sun Belt members like Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern Miss, reduce travel for its student-athletes, and strengthen regional recruiting and its alumni base.
Louisiana Tech will be the Sun Belt’s seventh member in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama. Conference USA currently sprawls across 11 states from New Mexico to Delaware following the past decade-plus of conference realignment.
“Through all the uncertainty surrounding college athletics, we are pleased that Louisiana Tech has found its rightful home as a member of the Sun Belt Conference,” Louisiana Tech Director of Athletics Ryan Ivey said in a statement. “The opportunity for more fan engagement, reduced travel burden, and the renewal of storied rivalries will allow our student-athletes to pursue excellence in sport and in the classroom.”
Louisiana Tech will become the Sun Belt’s 14th full-time member. It will replace Texas State, which is departing for the reformed Pac-12 in 2026.
The other Sun Belt members in 2027 will be App State, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Old Dominion, South Alabama, Southern Miss and Troy.
Louisiana Tech sponsors 16 varsity sports. It participates in every sport sponsored by the Sun Belt except beach volleyball, men’s soccer, men’s tennis and women’s golf. The Sun Belt sponsors every sport in which the Bulldogs compete except women’s bowling.
Louisiana Tech was previously a member of the Sun Belt from 1991 to 2001. It joined the Western Athletic Conference from 2001-12, then joined Conference USA in 2013.
The Sun Belt last expanded by four teams in 2022, with Southern Miss, Marshall and Old Dominion leaving C-USA to join and James Madison moving from the Colonial Athletic Association. Louisiana Tech was left out then, but is being welcomed now as the college sports landscape continues to shift.
“The Sun Belt has remained steadfast in its commitment to regional rivalries, geographic alignment and competitive excellence,” said Georgia Southern and Sun Belt Board of Directors President Dr. Kyle Marrero. “When it came time to add a new member to the Sun Belt Conference, it became clear that Louisiana Tech was the right fit. This addition renews long-standing rivalries, enhances our divisional structure, strengthens the competitive profile of the league across multiple sports and eases travel for fans and teams.”
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Stingers into Quarter Finals After Topping Group Stage
The Ord Minnett Australian Women’s Water Polo team has topped their group at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, with a dominant 15-6 win overnight against Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in the final preliminary match. The Paris Olympic silver medalists remain undefeated in the opening stages of their 2025 World Aquatics Championships campaign with wins […]

The Ord Minnett Australian Women’s Water Polo team has topped their group at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, with a dominant 15-6 win overnight against Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in the final preliminary match.
The Paris Olympic silver medalists remain undefeated in the opening stages of their 2025 World Aquatics Championships campaign with wins over Italy, New Zealand and hosts Singapore.
Finishing top of the group automatically qualifies the Ord Minnett Aussie Stingers through to the quarter finals which will be held on Saturday 19 July.
The team will now wait to see who they meet in the quarter finals following Thursday’s cross over stages.
Dual Olympian and New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holder Bronte Halligan has stepped into the role of captain, leading her team from the front. She said her side will carry a lot of confidence into the quarter finals after topping the group stages.
“It’s so exciting to top our group stage here in Singapore, it was our first goal coming into the World Championships,” Halligan said. “The girls put in really good efforts, it’s very hot here in Singapore but we just stuck to our game plans and came away with three from three wins… I’m really proud of the girls.
“It’s tough here at the World Championships… it’s not like an Olympic Games where there are 10 teams, here there are 16 teams all vying for that spot on the podium. From the top eight through anything can happen so I’m excited to get to that part of the tournament and see what we can and hopefully get to that podium spot.”
NSWIS athlete Sienna Hearn was named Player of the Match.

The team includes multiple NSWIS scholarship holders such as Hayley Ballesty, Sienna Green, Bronte Halligan, Sienna Hearn, Dani Jackovich, Tilly Kearns, Alexie Lambert, Gen Longman, and Olivia Mitchell, as well as NSWIS staff – Senior Sports Physiotherapist Bernie Petzel and Sport Performance Analyst Joshua Dipple.
The Aussie Stingers now have a three day break while they wait to see who they’ll face off in Saturday’s quarter final.
The Ord Minnett Australian Men’s Water Polo Team, the Aussie Sharks, continue their World Championships campaign tomorrow, Wednesday 16 July, in a must win match against Japan at 12:35pm AEST.
The World Aquatics Championships are live and free on 9Now.
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Group stage of Women's Euro 2025 sets attendance records
The group stage of Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland was the highest-attended in the tournament’s history, breaking the previous record from 2022. UEFA confirmed that a record-breaking 461,582 people attended the 24 games, surpassing the 357,993 that watched in England three years ago. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The 24 matches were held across eight different cities, […]

The group stage of Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland was the highest-attended in the tournament’s history, breaking the previous record from 2022.
UEFA confirmed that a record-breaking 461,582 people attended the 24 games, surpassing the 357,993 that watched in England three years ago.
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The 24 matches were held across eight different cities, with 22 of the games sold out, while the average attendance was 19,233 spectators per match.
UEFA confirmed some other records broken across the two weeks include:
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Highest attendance at a group stage match not involving the host nation (broken twice): 29,520 Spain vs Portugal in Bern; 34,165 Germany vs Denmark in Basel.
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Most fans at a women’s football match in Switzerland: 34,165 Germany vs Denmark in Basel.
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Most away fans at a Women’s Euro match: More than 17,000 from Germany in the stands to see their team defeat Denmark.
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Most fans at a Switzerland women’s national team match: Switzerland vs Norway in Basel on the opening day, 34,063.
On the pitch, the 89 goals scored was also the highest ever in the tournament’s group stage, surpassing the 78 scored in 2022.
Spain matched England’s group stage record of 14 goals, a feat the Lionesses achieved in 2022, where they went on to win the tournament.
Wales and Poland made their Euro 2025 tournament debuts, with Wales’ Jess Fishlock making more history in the process by becoming the oldest goalscorer in Women’s Euro finals history at 38 years and 176 days.
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UEFA’s women’s football director Nadine Kessler said: “If it was not clear before, it is undeniable now – women’s football is unstoppable and here to stay.
“Before a ball was even kicked, over 600,000 tickets were sold – a record-breaking milestone that speaks volumes about the growing passion for the women’s game.
“Nearly every match has been a sell-out, with electric atmospheres and fans turning out in unprecedented numbers. Millions more are following the action around the world through social media and live broadcasts.
“This is more than a tournament; it’s a movement, and the response from across Europe and beyond proves that women’s football is not only here to stay – it is setting the new standard.”
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Women's Volleyball 2025 Single Match Tickets on Sale Now
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Single match tickets for the 2025 Ohio State women’s volleyball season are now on sale and can be purchased HERE. Ohio State students can attend for free with a valid BuckID. Tickets for premier matches are $24 for adults and $21 for youth/seniors. Tickets for other matches are $21 for adults and $17 […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Single match tickets for the 2025 Ohio State women’s volleyball season are now on sale and can be purchased HERE. Ohio State students can attend for free with a valid BuckID.
Tickets for premier matches are $24 for adults and $21 for youth/seniors. Tickets for other matches are $21 for adults and $17 for youth/seniors. All fees are included in these prices as part of the new all-inclusive pricing.
Premier matches include Florida (Sept. 7), USC (Sept. 27), Michigan (Oct. 24), Penn State (Oct. 26) and Wisconsin (Nov. 2).
The remaining home matches include Virginia (Sept. 19), Troy (Sept. 21), UCLA (Sept. 26), Purdue (Oct. 9), Illinois (Oct. 17), Rutgers (Oct. 31), Northwestern (Nov. 21) and Michigan State (Nov. 23).
Single match tickets are now available HERE. Ohio State students are free with a valid BuckID. Fans with ticketing questions should call the Ohio State Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-BUCKS or email athletic.tix@osu.edu.
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