Head coach Craig Berubue ‘very impressed' with Leafs performance against Panthers
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15-year-old Aphrodite Deng becomes 1st Canadian to win U.S. Girls' Junior golf championship
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Pacquiao is back, but how back is he? Saturday's fight against Barrios will reveal all
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao insisted he was back, and from a purely technical standpoint, he was correct. Back in the ring. Back as a headliner. But back to what he was when Pacquiao was one of the planet's most dominant fighters, building a massive fanbase and a gold-standard resume that put him in the International Boxing Hall of Fame last month? That is the real question. He will get a chance to answer it Saturday night when the 46-year-old from the Philippines will try to take the WBC welterweight belt from Mario Barrios. It will be Pacquiao's first fight since losing by unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugás nearly four years ago. His last victory occurred in 2019, a split decision over Keith Thurman. 'Saturday night, it's going to be a great fight,' Pacquiao said. 'It's been a while that I've been out of the ring, but I'm still active and exercising all the time. I'm going to prove to everyone that I'm in great condition. 'I've been enjoying training camp like I did in the past, just like when I was 26 years old. The discipline is still the same. Even with my layoff, my passion is still there.' Barrios, a 30-year-old from San Antonio, is a -275 favorite at BetMGM Sportsbook to spoil Pacquiao's return. But he needs to bounce back from a split-decision draw on Nov. 15 against Abel Ramos that dropped his record to 29-2-1, 18 wins by knockout. 'Manny is one of a kind,' Barrios said. 'He's not an easy style to copy in training camp. We've gotten a lot of different southpaw looks, so I'm feeling extremely comfortable. 'It feels amazing to be in this position. I poured everything into this sport since I was (a) kid, and now I get to walk the (Las Vegas) Strip with my family and see my name all over. It's something that I've always dreamed of. Now it's my job to show why I'm going to continue to be the champion.' The build-up to this bout hasn't come with the usual forced hatred that envelops many title fights. The combatants even chatted during the standard face-off pose at Wednesday's news conference and then broke into laughter. Hard to imagine that happening at a Gervonta Davis presser. Barrios cautioned not to read too much into the mutual respect and admiration when it comes to what the action in the ring might look like, that each boxer would bring his all. Pacquiao enters with a resume that includes 12 world championships in eight divisions as well as a 62-8-2 record with 39 KOs. He's considerably older and gives away about seven inches in height to the 6-foot Barrios. Pacman is back, but how back he truly is will be revealed Saturday night. 'I've been a challenger many times and it's always the same feeling,' Pacquiao said. 'I'm excited to take the belt. He's a good fighter also, but our job is to entertain the fans. We're going to give them a real fight.' In the co-main event, WBC super welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora (21-1-1, 14 KOs) will face Tim Tszyu (25-2, 18 KOs). Fundora emerged with a split-decision victory over Tszyu on March 30, 2024. The WBO stripped Fundora of his belt for taking the rematch rather than face mandatory challenger Xander Zayas. 'It doesn't matter what happened in the first fight because we have the second fight coming up,' Fundora said. 'Tune in Saturday, because it's going to be another great war.' Mark Anderson, The Associated Press
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Canada falls to Serbia in men's Volleyball Nations League, ending quarterfinal hopes
Social Sharing The Canadian men's volleyball team fell 3-1 to a Serbian team desperate to avoid relegation in Volleyball Nations League on Saturday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Serbia's (15-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22) victory over the Canadians assured the Serbians a berth in next year's Nations League with a ranking of 15th out of 18 participating countries. Canada, ranked 14th with a record of 4-7, will also return to Nations League in 2026. The Canadians wrap the VNL preliminary round Sunday against Ukraine. Serbia ends Canada's hopes of reaching the Volleyball Nations League quarterfinals 4 hours ago Canada dominated the Serbians in the first set, but the latter adjusted to pull out the victory. Serbia led in attack points (53-50), aces (4-3) and made fewer errors (26-29). Canada had the more effective block (8-4). WATCH | Full match replay — Serbia vs. Canada: "We have to execute at a higher level if we want to be able to compete internationally," observed Canadian head coach Dan Lewis. "The statistics in general were not that bad, plus minus was good overall, but we didn't have enough serving pressure on them and our attack dropped to a level that's not sufficient enough to compete at a high level. "We're not digging enough balls and we're not presenting ourselves with enough block positive and slow down transition opportunities and this has been a theme for some of our matches. We need to improve on this if we're going to win." Brodie Hofer of Langley, B.C., (15 points), Isaac Heslinga of Orangeville, Ont., (14 points), and Toronto's Xander Wassenaar Ketrzynski (11) led scoring for Canada. Serbia's Drazen Luburic led all scorers with 20 points (18 kills and 2 aces) Watch live coverage of Canada's final preliminary-round match on and CBC Gem, starting Sunday at 7 a.m. ET. For a full streaming schedule of volleyball events this season, click here.
