EYE ON SPORTS: Kyle Schwarber hits four home runs in one game…
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Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies became the 21st player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in one game on Aug. 28, when he and the Phillies thrashed the Atlanta Braves 19-4. He is the third player to achieve this feat in 2025, after the Athletics’ Nick Kurtz and Arizona’s Eugenio Suarez. Before this season, the last player to hit four home runs in one game was J.D. Martinez in 2017. Schwarber also became the fourth Phillie to do so, the last being Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt in 1976, against the Chicago Cubs. (Screenshot) 
New Brunswick’s own Ron Turcotte, seen here with the famous Secretariat in 1973, passed away on Aug. 22, at his Drummond home, at the age of 84. Turcotte won 3,032 races in his career, including the 1973 Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes) with Secretariat. Turcotte had Secretariat win the Belmont by a record 31 lengths. However, in 1978, a spill during a race at Belmont Park left him paralyzed from the waist down, and he never raced again. (Photo courtesy of Woodbine/Jim McCue) 
August means the return of the Little League World Series. The global youth baseball event is held annually in Williamsport, Penn. Eight teams from the United States and eight international teams compete on two different fields, with games televised live by ESPN. Canada, represented by a team from Vancouver, lost its opening game, 4-0, against Venezuela on Aug. 15 before defeating Australia 12-0 on Aug. 17. The champions will be crowned Aug. 24. (Photo courtesy of the Little League World Series) 
American golfer J.J. Spaun is all smiles after winning the 125th edition of the U.S. Open in Oakmont, N.Y. on June 15. Spaun sunk a 64-foot putt on the final hole of the tournament, a record for the course, to capture the first Grand Slam title of his short career. The Oakmont gave all golfers a difficult tournament as Spaun was the only player to finish the tournament under par (-1). The final Grand Slam tournament is the British Open, scheduled from July 13-20 at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. (Screenshot by Luc Lang) 
Nineteen-year old Désiré Doué scored two goals to lead Paris Saint-Germain to its first ever UEFA Champions League title when they defeated Inter Milan 5-0, in Munich, Germany on May 31. It’s only the second ever Champions League title for a team from France. The first was won by Olympique de Marseille, who defeated A.C. Milan in 1993, also in Munich. The win started a night-long celebration on the Champs Élysées in Paris, which was marred by the deaths of two people. (Photo courtesy of Paris Saint-Germain/J. Azouzé)