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Toronto Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Canada's Gabriel Diallo advances at NBO Toronto, Galarneau falls in three sets
Published Jul 30, 2025 • 2 minute read Gabriel Diallo of Canada serves the ball against Matteo Gigante of Italy during second round tennis action at the National Bank Open in Toronto on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Photo by Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canada's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Italy's Matteo Gigante. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The No. 27 seed from Montreal needed one hour 46 minutes to complete the rain-interrupted victory on Centre Court at Sobeys Stadium. Diallo saved two set points at 2-5 before breaking back and eventually forcing a tiebreaker. Gigante took a 5-3 lead but dropped the last four points, including a double-fault on match ball. 'Tennis is sometimes pretty crazy with the momentum switches that you see throughout a match,' Diallo said. The six-foot-eight right-hander said he felt a little flat in the middle of the second set before turning things around. He got a spark by thinking about the approach he used in his college days at the University of Kentucky. 'Energy, intensity, things that you can control,' he said. 'And slowly my game came back.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Diallo won his first ATP Tour title last month at a 250-level stop in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. He followed that up with a strong appearance at Wimbledon, pushing fourth-ranked Taylor Fritz to a fifth set in a second-round loss. Fritz could be his next opponent here if the American can get by Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena in the late match Wednesday night. Canadian wild-card entry Alexis Galarneau was eliminated after dropping a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 decision to 13th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy. He earned his first main draw victory on the top tour with a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Arthur Rinderknech of France in the first round. 'I'm really proud (of) that,' said Galarneau, who's ranked 193rd in the world. 'Also proud of the fight that I put up today. I thought I played pretty well, and a lot of positives that I can take away from this week.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The afternoon session was delayed for about half an hour due to showers in the northwest Toronto area. In other second-round matches, fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton beat French qualifier Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-3 and sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev defeated Hugo Gaston of France 6-2, 6-3. Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, the No. 28 seed, topped China's Yunchaokete Bu 6-1, 6-4 and Australia's Aleksandar Vukic upset 31st-seeded Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 21st seed and only other Canadian left in the singles draw, was scheduled to face Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in the evening. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., who dropped his opener to American Learner Tien on Tuesday, withdrew from the doubles competition Wednesday due to a left knee injury. He was scheduled to team with Auger-Aliassime for a match Thursday against the American duo of Robert Galloway and Brandon Nakashima. A replacement pairing will be named a few hours before the match, organizers said. The Masters 1000 competition continues through Aug. 7. MLB Celebrity Canada Wrestling Toronto & GTA
Hamilton Spectator
a day ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Canada's Diallo advances at NBO Toronto, Galarneau falls in three sets
TORONTO - Canada's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Italy's Matteo Gigante. The No. 27 seed from Montreal needed one hour 46 minutes to complete the rain-interrupted victory on Centre Court at Sobeys Stadium. Diallo saved two set points at 2-5 before breaking back and eventually forcing a tiebreaker. Gigante took a 5-3 lead but dropped the last four points, including a double-fault on match ball. 'Tennis is sometimes pretty crazy with the momentum switches that you see throughout a match,' Diallo said. The six-foot-eight right-hander said he felt a little flat in the middle of the second set before turning things around. He got a spark by thinking about the approach he used in his college days at the University of Kentucky. 'Energy, intensity, things that you can control,' he said. 'And slowly my game came back.' Diallo won his first ATP Tour title last month at a 250-level stop in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. He followed that up with a strong appearance at Wimbledon, pushing fourth-ranked Taylor Fritz to a fifth set in a second-round loss. Fritz could be his next opponent here if the American can get by Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena in the late match Wednesday night. Canadian wild-card entry Alexis Galarneau was eliminated after dropping a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 decision to 13th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy. He earned his first main draw victory on the top tour with a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Arthur Rinderknech of France in the first round. 'I'm really proud (of) that,' said Galarneau, who's ranked 193rd in the world. 'Also proud of the fight that I put up today. I thought I played pretty well, and a lot of positives that I can take away from this week.' The afternoon session was delayed for about half an hour due to showers in the northwest Toronto area. In other second-round matches, fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton beat French qualifier Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-3 and sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev defeated Hugo Gaston of France 6-2, 6-3. Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, the No. 28 seed, topped China's Yunchaokete Bu 6-1, 6-4 and Australia's Aleksandar Vukic upset 31st-seeded Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 21st seed and only other Canadian left in the singles draw, was scheduled to face Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in the evening. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., who dropped his opener to American Learner Tien on Tuesday, withdrew from the doubles competition Wednesday due to a left knee injury. He was scheduled to team with Auger-Aliassime for a match Thursday against the American duo of Robert Galloway and Brandon Nakashima. A replacement pairing will be named a few hours before the match, organizers said. The Masters 1000 competition continues through Aug. 7. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 30, 2025.
The Independent
24-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
The new weight loss drug that should work without common side effects
Scientists have discovered a new experimental weight-loss drug, TDP, which appears to work without causing the side effects of nausea or vomiting common with existing GLP-1 medications like Ozempic. TDP is a smaller version of octadecaneuropeptide (ODN), a protein produced by brain cells called glia, which researchers believe targets energy-regulating pathways in the brain. Animal studies on mice, rats, and shrews showed that TDP led to weight loss and improved blood sugar control without inducing adverse gastrointestinal reactions. The findings, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, are currently a proof of concept based solely on these animal trials. Researchers, including Caroline Geisler from the University of Kentucky, are hopeful that human clinical trials for TDP could commence within the next two years.
The Independent
24-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Breakthrough weight-loss drug works without nausea or vomiting, scientists reveal
A breakthrough has been made in weight-loss drugs after scientists discovered a new medication – known as TDP – that works without causing side effects of nausea or vomiting. Millions of Americans are already using Ozempic and other GLP-1 class drugs to lose weight. While largely successful, the shots can cause uncomfortable gastrointestinal side effects. Those symptoms and others have landed patients in emergency rooms in recent years, with 25,000 visits occurring from 2022 to 2023, according to scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers say the new experimental rival largely forgoes those issues although how it works to curb appetite is still being researched. 'This paper shows for the first time that giving a smaller version of octadecaneuropeptide in the periphery is still effective to improve body weight and metabolic control without side effects,' Caroline Geisler, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky's College of Pharmacy, told Gizmodo this week. Octadecaneuropeptide, commonly referred to as ODN, is a protein produced by brain cells called glia that support the nervous system. The researchers used ODN to create the drug TDP. 'Now we know that [glia] play a large role in sensing and communicating the status of the body, and we hope that by targeting a glial signaling molecule, we can engage many energy-regulating pathways in the brain and avoid the side effects of nausea and vomiting,' Geisler said. In studies, the researchers inserted ODN into the hindbrain of rats, which contains the brainstem and cerebellum. The cerebellum is a part of the brain that controls movements and other cognitive processes, such as language and attention span. Once the rats were treated with ODN, they lost weight and improved their ability to control their blood sugar. Whereas when the researchers blocked ODN, the animals showed a weaker response to treatment with the popular GLP-1 drugs. They also dosed mice, rats, and shrews with TDN. The drug also improved blood sugar control, causing weight loss without nausea or vomiting in the rats for over a week. The shrews did not vomit either, and the drug appeared not to have effects on the animals' movement, body temperatures, and heart rate. However, the results, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, are only a proof of concept. The study's authors are hoping to test the drugs in people next. 'We have an optimistic timeline that we could be ready to start clinical trials within two years,' Geisler said.
Daily Mail
24-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Buffalo Bills back Maxwell Hairston amid sexual assault lawsuit: 'A young man you'd let in your house'
Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane has thrown his support behind Maxwell Hairston after the rookie cornerback was recently accused of sexual assault by one of his former university classmates. Hairston, who was selected by the Bills with the 30th overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, has been named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit which alleges that he sexually assaulted a woman while he attended the University of Kentucky back in 2021. The plaintiff, Rebecca Hendryx, claims she was living in the same dormitory with the football player in early 2021. It was there, her attorneys allege in the filing obtained by Daily Mail, that he barged his way to her dorm room. Hendryx alleges that she physically resisted his advances only for him to forcibly remove her clothing and sexually assault her. Hairston, now 21, was 17 at the time of the incident. He is not facing criminal charges and already claims to have been 'exonerated' following a previous University of Kentucky investigation. And as he continues to protest his innocence, the new Bills star has received support from Beane - who praised him for not 'running' from the allegations and being a 'young man you would let in your house'. 'Frustrating because, in the legal world you can't sit there and say things back and forth. You've got to let it go,' the Buffalo GM told reporters on Wednesday. 'This happened to this young man over four years ago. He gave up his phone to prove [it]... he took a polygraph test. This kid didn't run from anything, he answered all of that. 'We have to remember in society that people can make accusations and do things. I have no idea what the agenda is there. I can tell you, every stone we turned over, every door we looked behind, this is a very good young man. A young man you would let in your house, watch your kids, hang out with whoever. 'He is genuinely a good person. I think we need to remember in the world, I'm not going to get into it, but we see these accusations, sometimes these guys can be victims, too. They make a lot of money. Rarely do people defend them. 'That's hard for me in this seat sometimes. Because I've seen it. We've had it here with a player here a few years ago that's no longer here that's wrongly accused.' The former player Beane was referring to is Matt Araiza, who was released by the Bills in August 2022 after a woman alleged that he and other San Diego University players raped her at an off-campus party in October 2021. She claimed that the punter, then 21, had sex with her in the side yard of a house before bringing her into a bedroom where a group of men took turns raping her. However, after he filed a defamation countersuit against her, the woman agreed to dismiss him from her lawsuit in December of last year. Araiza also dropped his countersuit against her to bring the ordeal to a close, before he was signed by back-to-back Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs two months later. Hairston insists he has nothing to hide despite the accusations that have been leveled against him, telling reporters after practice on Wednesday: 'The University of Kentucky did a thorough investigation. I was exonerated from that, as well. And I volunteered to do multiple polygraphs 'cause I was determined to get my truth out there, because I had nothing to hide. I was an open book. 'I have two sisters that I love dearly, and I respect all females, and I was just determined to get my truth out there. Like I said, I was an open book, and I was exonerated from both of those and just got to stay strong. But I'm confident that my truth will be out there.' Beane also previously said that the Bills looked into the claims made against Hairston before drafting him 30th overall in April.
