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Real celebration for the Real McCoys

The community of Dundas will recognize the Real McCoys’ Allan Cup hockey win with a celebration on Monday at 7 p.m. at J.L. Grightmire Arena, 35 Market St. S. Admission is free. For more details, contact Councillor Russ Powers’ office at 905-546-3190.

Man U manager Moyes is given the pink slip

David Moyes has been fired as manager of Premier League soccer powerhouse Manchester United. He was terminated after just 10 months on the job. Moyes had the unenviable task of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson, Britain’s greatest-ever manager, and United finds itself in seventh place and guaranteed to miss out on Champions League qualification for the first time in 19 years. The 50year-old Scot was less than a season into a six-year contract, but the club’s American owners, the Glazer family, had seen enough. Ryan Giggs, who is still in United’s playing squad at the age of 40, was appointed as United’s temporary coach. Meanwhile, Louis van Gaal, who will leave his position as Netherlands coach after the World Cup in Brazil and has previously coached Barcelona and Bayern Munich, is the favourite to succeed Moyes on a full-time basis.

Chelsea holds Atletico to 0-0 draw

Chelsea’s defensive game plan proved too much for Atletico Madrid as they played out a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League soccer semifinal on Tuesday. Jose Mourinho’s ultradefensive tactics worked at the Vicente Calderon Stadium despite the early exit of goalkeeper Petr Cech to injury in the 18th minute. Mourinho said Cech and captain John Terry, who was also hurt, are lost for the rest of the Premier League season. Cech injured his left arm in the 15th minute. Terry came off after landing awkwardly on his foot in the 73rd. The return leg is at Stamford Bridge on April 30. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid play Wednesday in the first leg of their semifinal.

Spurs coach Popovich tabbed as NBA’s best

Gregg Popovich of the Spurs has been named NBA coach of the year. He is just the third coach in league history to win the award three times in his career, joining Pat Riley and Don Nelson. Popovich led the Spurs to a league-best 62-20 record, which gives them homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. Popovich has led the Spurs to 15 straight 50-win seasons and has won 60 games four times in that span.

Gentleman St. Louis has potential date with Lady

Martin St. Louis is up for a second straight Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, given annually to the NHL’s most gentlemanly player. The New York Rangers forward, last year’s winner, was named a finalist for the award along with San Jose’s Patrick Marleau and Colorado’s Ryan O’Reilly.

Canada loses to Russia at U18 championship

Canada finished the preliminary round at the world under-18 hockey championship, losing 3-2 to Russia in a shootout. Despite the loss, Canada still finished atop the Group A standings. The Canadians will resume tournament action Thursday in a quarter-final game against Switzerland.

Morris named skip of Canadian rink

John Morris will skip Team Canada at the next Canadian men’s curling championship. Morris has been named as Kevin Koe’s replacement at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary. Morris skipped the B.C. team at last year’s Brier that lost to Koe in the final. Koe left his Alberta team to create a new rink for the upcoming curling season.

Bills QB eager to bounce back from injuries

Raising his right leg for emphasis, Buffalo Bills quarterback EJ Manuel says both knees are fine. The next step is shedding the injuries and inconsistencies that limited the first-round draft pick’s development during his rookie NFL season last year. He spoke Tuesday after the start of the Bills’ off-season voluntary conditioning program. Manuel was blunt in assessing his up-anddown season, in which he was sidelined three times because of knee injuries. He went 4-6 on a team that finished 6-10 and extended the NFL’s longest active playoff drought to 14 seasons. Hamilton Spectator news services