Barcelona president Joan Laporta says painful sales will not be necessary to pull off a big summer signing if they close a series of financial agreements they are working on before the end of June. Frenkie…
Thunder Bay will welcome back elite baseball later this year after a couple of quiet summers on the diamond. Baseball Canada revealed last week that the city will host an international five-game series between the Canadian…
Novak Djokovic raised his first trophy of the year at the Italian Open on Sunday and showed that he is back in top form exactly a week before the French Open starts. After missing a large…
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal must “swallow the poison” after a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United left his team facing failure to qualify for the Champions League for the fifth successive season. Arsenal had been one victory away from sealing a top-four…
Canadian cyclist Kelsey Mitchell raced to gold in the women’s keirin event for her second individual medal at the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup on Sunday in Milton, Ont. Mitchell narrowly edged out Japan’s Mina Sato and world…
Logan Storley claimed the interim Bellator Welterweight title in London on Friday with a split-decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) triumph over Michael “Venom” Page at the OVO Arena Wembley. Page was looking to become just the third-ever British fighter…
Josh Anderson had the eventual game-winning goal and added an assist as Canada downed Italy 6-1 on Sunday at the men’s world hockey championship in Helsinki. Noah Gregor had a short-handed goal for Canada (2-0),…
Jimmy Butler knocked Joel Embiid out of the playoffs, then walked over to his former 76ers teammate and hugged him, told him he loved him and was proud of him. Butler then headed out of a familiar court…
Tottenham kept their Champions League hopes very much alive with an emphatic 3-0 triumph over Arsenal in a one-sided North London derby on Thursday. In a match of huge implications at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium between two fierce…
Canada will host Iran in a men’s soccer friendly on June 5 in Vancouver. The match is part of a two-game homestand at B.C. Place Stadium. The Canadian men will open CONCACAF Nations League A…
Giannis Antetokounmpo was having his best shooting night of the playoffs. Milwaukee dominated on the boards. And still the Bucks trailed Boston by 14 points in a match that could send the defending NBA champions to…
Veteran defender Giorgio Chiellini confirmed he will leave Juventus at the end of the campaign. The 37-year-old, who is third on Juventus’ all-time appearances list behind Alessandro Del Piero and Gianluigi Buffon, made the announcement after his side lost 4-2…
After suffering a setback as a teenager that nearly halted her career before it even started, Deanne Rose rebounded to play a starring role for Canada at the last two Olympics. Rose had aspirations of…
Ryan Garcia is inching closer to his first title shot. The WBC on Tuesday ordered a lightweight title eliminator between Garcia and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, according to a letter sent to the fighters that was…
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the Italian Open on a walkover Tuesday after rival Emma Raducanu retired due to a back injury. Andreescu led the battle of recent U.S. Open champions…
Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, the club revealed on Tuesday. Haaland, 21, will move to the Etihad Stadium this summer and is set to become one of the highest-paid players…
Al Horford has played in more than two dozen postseason series in a 15-year NBA career but rarely has outwardly shown much emotion during all those appearances. That all changed Monday night. The 35-year-old Horford had…
In a second meeting between two of last season’s major finalists, Leylah Fernandez was again victorious versus Anastasia Pavlychenkova, this time in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The two played last fall…
Charles Oliveira isn’t the official champion. But he’s the champion. Oliveira, under extremely difficult circumstances, submitted Justin Gaethje via rear-naked choke just 3:22 into the first round of their lightweight battle at UFC 274 inside Footprint Center. Oliveira…
Atletico Madrid held on to defeat Real Madrid 1-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday in an edition of the city’s derby with less on the line than in previous years. With the 2021-22 LaLiga crown in…
Anna Hauer and Amanda Allen scored two minutes apart early in the second half Sunday as Canada qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 triumph over Puerto Rico in the third-place…
Andy Murray withdrew from his match versus Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 at the Madrid Open on Thursday because of a stomach illness. Rafael Nadal, meanwhile, saved four match points before outlasting David Goffin in three sets…
Two championship belts will be on the line during Saturday’s UFC 274 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, in one of the most stacked PPV cards of the year. The main event features UFC lightweight…
Canada has been drawn in a group with France, Nigeria and South Korea at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica this summer. The 16-team tournament runs Aug. 10-28 with matches in San…
Rafael Nadal got off to a good start in his return from injury, defeating Miomir Kecmanovic in two sets to reach the third round at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Nadal showed few signs of rustiness in his…
Carlo Ancelotti admitted there’s been “something strange” about Real Madrid’s progression to the Champions League final after overseeing yet another comeback in their 3-1 semifinal second leg win over Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez scored in the 73rd minute to put…
All Canadian eyes will be on Minnesota to start the WNBA season. That’s where two core members of the national team, Natalie Achonwa and Bridget Carleton, will team up on the Lynx. The third and…
Novak Djokovic feels like the hard work is starting to pay off. Trying to regain his best form after a slow start to the season, Djokovic looked sharp in his opener at the Madrid Open on…