At the World Cup, Uruguay advances to the round of 16 with a 1-0 win over Italy but striker Luis Suarez faces a ban of at least 2 matches to a maximum of 2 years if found guilty by FIFA of biting an Italian defender on the shoulder…..Columbia also advancing with a 4-1 win over Japan and Greece advancing with a 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast, getting the winner on a penalty kick in the last seconds of the match. Costa Rica and England played to a scoreless draw. Both the English and Italians are out.
Team New Brunswick won the bronze medal at the under 15 Atlantic Soccer Championships after a 1-0 win over P-E-I and the under 16 girls team picked up silver.
In the Majors, the Yankees rallied from six runs down but lost to the Blue Jays 7-6 on a throwing error in the bottom of the 9th……The Red Sox were trounced again by Seattle 8-2.
In the River Valley Oldtimers League, Exit Realty over the Browns Flat Alpines 19-7 and the Desaulnier Surveys doubled up on Home Hardware 8-4.
Sidney Crosby of the Penguins wins the Hart trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player……Duncan Keith of the Blackhawks takes the Norris as the best defenseman…….Tuuka Rask of the Bruins is the Vezina winner as best goalie and Nathan McKinnon of Colorado is rookie of the year. His coach, Patrick Roy is coach of the year.
