Nottingham Forest snapped a six-match winless run to defeat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League Midlands derby on Sunday, denying the visitors a top-four spot after Ola Aina and Orel Mangala scored goals from outside the box. The defeat ended Villa’s six-match…
Canada boosted its gold-medal count quickly on Friday at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile. Kayaker Michelle Russell collected the women’s K1 500 metres to start things off, and was succeeded in short order by Ian…
Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the ATP finals by defeating Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday, and top seed Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 15 matches. Jannik Sinner, meanwhile, pulled…
Al Hilal striker Neymar underwent surgery on his left knee on Thursday to repair anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injuries in his left knee that he sustained while playing in Brazil’s World Cup qualifying loss to Uruguay in October. Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar, surgeon for the…
Canada’s Kerri Einarson closed out women’s round-robin play at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships with a 17-1 victory over Mexico on Thursday in Kelowna, B.C. The four-time defending national champions from Gimli, Man., scored…
Sergio Perez stated he has never felt more upset about the outcome of a Formula One race than he did in the moments after crashing out of his home Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. The Red…
Third-tier Saarbrücken stunned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-1 with a last-gasp winner on Wednesday to dump them out of the German Cup in the second round. Marcel Gaus netted the winner for the hosts deep into second-half stoppage time…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had his six-match winning streak ended Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in second-round action at the Paris Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime had nine aces in…
The Texas Rangers were dealt a devastating blow, then did what they seem to do every time adversity strikes this season — they dominated in the face of it. Moments after learning that Max Scherzer and Adolis Garcia would be forced…
Erik ten Hag stated he’s “certain” he can turn around Manchester United’s fortunes after a disastrous start to the season. The derby defeated to Manchester City on Sunday was United’s seventh of the season after just 14 matches.…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his impressive season-ending run of form with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 first-round victory over Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday at the Paris Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime, ranked 19th on the ATP…
Eddie Jones’ tumultuous second coming as Wallabies coach is over. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Jones resigned on Sunday, bringing an end to a disastrous 10-month reign that saw the Wallabies collect just two of…
Inter Miami CF star Lionel Messi has collected the Ballon d’Or for a record eighth time, fending off competition from Manchester City striker Erling Haaland after leading Argentina to the World Cup last year. Messi, 36, becomes the first MLS-based player to claim the coveted prize, although…
Buoyed by a strong round in show jumping, Canada climbed two medal spots to not only earn Pan Am Games gold on Sunday but book a spot in the equestrian eventing team competition at the Paris Olympics next summer.…
Max Verstappen added another record to his incredible 2023 with win number 16 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, moving him joint fourth on F1’s all-time list. Verstappen had a lightning getaway off the line…
Erling Haaland scored twice and set up another goal as Manchester City defeated Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday to again showcase the gap between the teams. Defending champion City put in…
The fans got to see a Christine Sinclair cameo and a heap of heroics from goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan on Saturday as Canada fell 1-0 to Brazil in a match that marked the beginning of the…
Max Verstappen insists any notion of a bitter rivalry between himself and Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez is “made up,” after his security was increased ahead of Perez’s home race in Mexico this weekend. Verstappen has two bodyguards…
Liverpool thrashed Toulouse 5-1 at Anfield on Thursday, asserting their control over their Europa League section with a perfect record at the halfway mark of the group stage. Diogo Jota opened the scoring for the hosts after nine minutes,…
Short track speed skating coach Sebastien Cros is hoping Canada can improve on its individual medal haul as the world’s top skaters return to Maurice Richard Arena for a second ISU World Cup event from…
It took no time at all for Kristaps Porzingis to make his presence felt with his new team. Porzingis concluded with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocked shots — including scoring nine consecutive points to put…
They’ve spent millions over the past couple of seasons, had superstars come and go, but one constant at Paris Saint-Germain stays the same, for the time being at least: if Kylian Mbappé finds his rhythm, he can turn the…
Maggie Mac Neil is possibly starting to feel déjà vu at the Pan Am Games. The London, Ont., swimmer grabbed a fourth gold medal in four attempts, winning the women’s 50-metre freestyle on Tuesday in Santiago,…
LeBron James opened up his 21st season by being limited to 29 minutes in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday. Lakers coach Darvin Ham stated the tapered workload for the 38-year-old superstar is part of…
Harry Maguire headed a second-half goal and goalkeeper Andre Onana saved a penalty deep in stoppage time to power Manchester United to a 1-0 triumph over FC Copenhagen on Tuesday for their first points in the Champions League this season. Back in…
Just nine months before the Paris Olympics open, Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse is changing coaches, returning to the man who helped him collect gold in Tokyo in 2021. The 28-year-old has parted ways with…
The All Blacks spoke all week about wanting there to be a “tomorrow” after this Rugby World Cup semifinal. They wanted a meaningful final week, and that fuelled this ruthless dismantling of Argentina as New…
Tottenham Hotspur’s best start to a top-flight season for more 60 years got even better as a 2-0 home victory over Fulham sent them two points clear at the Premier League summit on Monday. Captain Son Heung-Min’s seventh…
Felix Auger-Aliassime headlines the Canadian roster for the upcoming Final 8 stage of the Davis Cup Finals. Tennis Canada says the 19th-ranked Montrealer will be joined Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., Vasek Pospisil of Vernon,…
On Saturday in NLCS Game 5, the Phillies got exactly what they needed from ace Zack Wheeler, along with some big hits from the power bats, to head back to Philadelphia one victory away from back-to-back trips to…
