Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti praised his team’s performance in their 5-0 Champions League away victory at Shakhtar Donetsk but admitted it will be “another story” versus Barcelona in El Clasico this weekend. Vinicius Junior scored twice on Tuesday night, with Rodrygo and Karim Benzema also on…
Jamal Murray is conflicted. The Nuggets’ star guard can’t wait to get back to playing basketball like he did before that awful night in San Francisco last April when his left knee buckled as he…
Discussions on a rookie contract extension for Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton ended ahead of a Monday deadline with no agreement, perishing without the franchise ever honoring the 2018 No. 1 overall pick’s expectation of a five-year maximum contract…
England have been hit with a two-game stadium ban and a €100,000 ($116,000) fine by UEFA after crowd trouble marred July’s Euro 2020 final versus Italy at Wembley. The country’s first appearance in a major tournament final for 55…
Canadian midfielder Alphonso Davies was pulled with an apparent injury in the 40th minute of a 5-1 Bayern Munich triumph on Sunday. Coach Julian Nagelsmann stated the 20-year-old had felt “a light pain in his hamstring” and…
Isn’t this the way things always seem to play out in mixed martial arts? Fans got hyped to watch one of the sport’s most enduring stars perform — in this case, former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha…
Tottenham Hotspur spoiled Newcastle United’s takeover celebrations after claiming a 3-2 triumph at St James’ Park on Sunday. Tanguy Ndombele, Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min all scored in the first half after Callum Wilson had given Newcastle an early lead. Eric Dier scored a…
Ben Flanagan attained his first-ever 10-kilometre road race on Sunday while Leslie Sexton captured her second Canadian women’s running title in a month. Flanagan made a late move and held off Luc Bruchet to take…
For the second week in a row, this weeks UFC card will be headlined by a female fight, this time between Norma Dumont and Aspen Ladd at UFC Vegas 40. Last week’s UFC Vegas 39 headliner between Marina Rodriguez and Mackenzie Dern provided the fight of the night and…
Barcelona teenage midfielder Pedri has signed a new contract through 2026 with a release clause rising to €1 billion ($1.16 billion), the Catalan club have confirmed. Pedri’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of the…
It was the kind of night you might look back on a year from now — or five, or 10 or 20 — and say that’s where it all started. The Canadian men’s soccer team’s 4-1 triumph over Panama in…
Jesse Lingard is wanted by Barcelona and AC Milan as he gets closer to the end of his contract at Manchester United, sources have told ESPN. Lingard has entered the final year of his deal at Old Trafford and will be…
Upsets dominated the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday, with four top-five seeds getting dismissed in consecutive sets. Andy Murray and US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez were knocked out, too. No. 2 Iga Swiatek, the highest remaining…
In the battle for Toronto Raptors roster spots and playing time, Malachi Flynn and Sam Dekker made solid cases on Tuesday. The duo combined for 25 fourth-quarter points to lift the Raptors 113-108 over the…
One of the most infamous backstage scuffles in UFC history will be revisited in December, as UFC welterweights Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal have agreed to meet inside the Octagon. Edwards and Masvidal will square off at UFC 269…
A Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick helped Portugal stroll to a 5-0 victory over Luxembourg in World Cup qualifying Group A on Tuesday. The victory ensures Portugal remain a point behind group leaders Serbia, who moved onto 17 points with a 3-1…
Canada’s rising tennis star Leylah Fernandez has been eliminated at Indian Wells. The 19-year-old from Laval, Que., lost to American Shelby Rogers, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 in the round of 16 of the BNP Paribas Open…
Valtteri Bottas hailed one of the best races of his Formula One career after ending a drought of more than a year with a dominant performance at the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday. The 32-year-old…
Germany qualified for the 2022 World Cup after crushing North Macedonia 4-0 on Monday to secure the top spot in their qualifying Group J with two matches to spare. Two second half goals from Timo Werner and one each from Kai…
Canadian Leylah Fernandez rallied from an error-filled first set to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in a marathon match in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open Sunday night. Fernandez advanced to the round of 16…
Deontay Wilder just simply wouldn’t go away. Not after a third-round knockdown. Not as Tyson Fury battered him around the ring, round after round. But Fury wore down the challenger, scoring another knockdown in Round…
France acquired the Nations League final with goals from Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe earning them a 2-1 victory over Spain at the San Siro stadium on Sunday. After a subdued fist half, the game sprung into life in the 64th minute when France…
Melissa Humana-Paredes’ 29th birthday didn’t feature a beach volleyball World Tour Finals gold medal celebration in Italy. The Toronto native and her partner Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., were swept 2-0 (21-13, 23-21) in 37…
Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury unloaded on Deontay Wilder at Wednesday’s news conference, taking aim at the challenger’s unfounded accusations that Fury doctored his gloves in their February 2020 rematch that “The Gypsy King” achieved via…
World champions France recovered from two goals down to defeat Belgium 3-2 in a thrilling UEFA Nations League semifinal on Thursday with a last minute strike from Theo Hernandez, securing a place in Sunday’s showpiece match versus Spain. Belgium thought they…
Growing up with three brothers, Kate Bazeley often found herself in the middle of a game or sport since everything was a competition, from completing the crossword on the back of a cereal box to…
One top Bellator star will be defending her belt next month. Another will be giving up his title. Bellator president Scott Coker stated Wednesday on The MMA Hour that Cris Cyborg will defend her women’s featherweight title…
Spain ended European champions Italy’s world record 37-match undefeated run as Ferran Torres scored twice in a 2-1 victory at the San Siro stadium in their Nations League semi-final on Wednesday. Spain will face the winners of Thursday’s other…
Canadian duo Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes opened with two consecutive straight-sets triumphs at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals in Sardinia, Italy on Wednesday. In their first competition since a disappointing Olympics, the fifth-ranked Canadians and reigning world champions…
Formula One wants to have the sprint qualifying format at one-third of its proposed 23 races in 2022. F1 will formally reveal next season’s race schedule at the World Motor Sport Council meeting on Oct.…
