France kept their hopes of staying in the top tier of the Nations League alive as goals by Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud secured a 2-0 home triumph over Austria on Thursday. Mbappe opened the scoring with another stunning goal before Giroud,…
Kayla Alexander scored 13 points and Kia Nurse finished with nine in her first match in almost a year, and Canada’s women’s basketball team opened the FIBA World Cup with a 67-60 victory over Serbia…
Roger Federer said he will play just one doubles match at this weekend’s Laver Cup in what would be his last professional match. The 41-year-old Swiss star announced his impending retirement last week, having failed to recover sufficiently…
The Canadian women’s soccer team will play Argentina and Morocco in international friendlies in Spain during the October FIFA international window. The seventh-ranked Canadians will face No. 31 Argentina on Oct. 6 and No. 76…
Nico Hulkenberg is a front-running candidate to replace Mick Schumacher at Haas next season. Hulkenberg last raced full-time in F1 with Renault in 2019 but has made a handful of substitute appearances for Racing Point…
Nice are hoping they can persuade Mauricio Pochettino to replace Lucien Favre as manager of the Ligue 1 club, sources have told ESPN. Favre, 64, is under huge pressure after a disappointing start to the campaign…
Unvaccinated professional athletes like MLB players could be permitted to play in Toronto in the playoffs should the Blue Jays make the postseason. The federal government is leaning toward dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering Canada…
One of MMA’s all-time greats is calling it a career. Former longtime UFC and WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, 36, has retired from the UFC, his team told ESPN on Sunday. The promotion also announced…
Manchester United are hopeful of having Marcus Rashford fit for the derby versus Manchester City next month following the international break, sources have told ESPN. Rashford has missed the last two matches after picking up a muscle injury in…
Canadian international defender Vanessa Gilles has joined French powerhouse Lyon on loan from the NWSL’s Angel City FC. The loan comes with a Lyon option to purchase the 26-year-old Ottawa product’s playing rights. In coming…
After the final bell and 36 rounds together, Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin shared a long embrace, apparently ending a feud that grew personal over the five years since they first met in the ring.…
Real Madrid saw off crosstown rivals Atletico 2-1 in a fiery edition of the city’s local derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday to restore their two-point lead over Barcelona and stay perfect in LaLiga. Despite being second…
Canada’s 3×3 women’s basketball team put the perfect finish on its 2022 season Sunday, winning the Constanta Finals in Romania with a 21-16 final triumph over France. The Canadian squad entered the weekend as the…
Five years after their first meeting and four since their second, generational talents Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin lock horns for the final time this weekend in the familiar halls of T-Mobile Arena in…
Erik ten Hag stated Cristiano Ronaldo “needed a goal” after the Manchester United striker finally got his first of the season versus Sheriff Tiraspol. Ronaldo scored a penalty in the 2-0 triumph in Moldova as Ten Hag’s side got their…
Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski and their partners are through to the doubles semifinals of the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., teamed with Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer for a 5-7, 6-3, 12-10…
Leigh Wood’s WBA featherweight title defense versus Mauricio Lara, scheduled for Sept. 24, is off after the champion suffered an injury during training. Wood (26-2, 16 KOs), 34, who pulled off a dramatic last-round stoppage…
Graham Potter got off to a disappointing start as Chelsea boss after FC Salzburg scored a late equalizer to grab a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday and leave the London side with just one point from their…
Rebecca Marino, Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski moved on to the quarter-finals of their respective competitions on another successful day for Canadians at the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Vancouver’s Marino, the seventh seed in singles…
Anthony Joshua has agreed to terms to challenge WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on Dec. 3, with the fight expected to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. However, sources have told…
Vasek Pospisil won his opening singles match, then teamed with Felix Auger-Aliassime to take the deciding doubles match as Canada earned its opening tie at the Davis Cup Finals tennis tournament 2-1 over South Korea…
Nate Diaz fought the final fight on his UFC contract last Saturday night, defeating Tony Ferguson. That brings a boxing match between the wildly popular MMA fighter and Jake Paul — something both have talked about — closer…
Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Liverpool and Manchester United’s home game versus Leeds next Sunday have been postponed due to policing issues surrounding the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, but seven other Premier League fixtures will go ahead this…
Still searching for their first victory, Canada’s men continue to progress on the court and impress their coach at the under-23 wheelchair basketball world championship. Monday’s 82-40 loss to Turkey was their fourth consecutive to…
Max Verstappen continued his charge towards a second world title with a triumph from seventh on the grid at the Italian Grand Prix. The victory at Monza was Verstappen’s fifth consecutive victory in a row…
Rodrygo inspired Real Madrid to a 4-1 victory versus Mallorca with a fine goal and assist to ensure they kept up their perfect start to the season. Mallorca stunned Madrid through Vedat Muriqi’s 35th-minute header, before Fede Valverde brought the two…
The Canadian women ran into a buzz saw in Fiji at the Rugby World Cup Sevens on Sunday, losing 53-0 to conclude sixth in the 16-team field. Fifth-seeded Canada trailed 34-0 at the half as…
Iga Swiatek will face Ons Jabeur in the US Open women’s final after the No. 1-ranked player came back to defeat No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka in the second semifinal on Thursday night. Swiatek grabbed the last four games, and 16…