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.…
A return to court for Ash Barty this season looked less likely on Tuesday after the world number one was omitted from Australia’s team for next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in Prague. The Wimbledon champion,…
John Herdman has never shrieked in the face of a challenge during his time as coach of both the Canadian women’s and men’s soccer teams. His tenure in charge of both programs is defined by…
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have agreed to a reduction in pay of 1/91.6 of a player’s salary for each match an unvaccinated player misses because of local COVID-19 vaccine mandates, sources…
Formula One has confirmed it will race in Qatar later this year at the Losail Circuit and announced a 10-year deal for a race in the country from 2023. This year’s Qatar Grand Prix will…
Canada’s young tennis stars, including defending champion Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Annie Fernandez of U.S. Open acclaim are taking to the hard courts at the BNP Paribas Open this week. Usually held in March, the…
A fight that was promoted as being a sure bet to produce fireworks ended up being a dud. Thiago Santos edged Johnny Walker via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on…
Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka stated she has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the upcoming BNP Paribas Open. The Belarusian player was due to be top-seeded for the Oct. 4-17 tournament at Indian Wells after No.…
Canadian freestyle wrestler Jeremy Poirier was eliminated from competition at the senior world championships on Sunday in Oslo, Norway. The Saint-Louis, N.B, native, suffered a 10-0 defeat in his quarter-final match in the 92-kilogram division, falling to U.S. wrestler J’den Michael Tbory Cox. After…
