Former Real Madrid and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has revealed his retirement from professional football at age 34. Ozil, who was part of Germany’s World Cup-winning squad in 2014, has spent the past three seasons in the Turkish Super…
Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino and Toronto’s Katherine Sebov have advanced to the second round of the Miami Open. Marino moved on with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Sebov, who…
Novak Djokovic will miss next week’s Miami Open after being denied an exemption that would have allowed him to enter the U.S. despite not being vaccinated versus COVID-19, tournament director James Blake stated last Friday. “We…
Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu will miss the remaining of the season after having surgery for a knee injury, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Japanese right-back Tomiyasu came off nine minutes into Arsenal’s Europa League round-of-16 encounter with Portuguese side Sporting…
The Canada West (CW) conference maintained its supremacy in volleyball, and two curling teams executed a pair of delayed repeats. When one thinks of a dynasty, they may imagine a string of consecutive championship victories,…
Leon Edwards was the first to admit he gave a terrible performance in his welterweight title fight versus Kamaru Usman eight months ago. He turned in a much better one versus Usman at UFC 286. Edwards (21-3)…
Manchester City are growing confident they can land Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund this summer although Real Madrid remain in the race for the midfielder’s signature, sources have told ESPN. Bellingham is among City’s top targets ahead of the summer transfer window…
Canada’s Kerri Einarson defeated Italy’s Stefania Constantini 7-2 in round-robin play at the world women’s curling championship in Sandviken, Sweden. Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris improved to 3-1 after six draws of…
Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony. Alonso lifted the third place trophy after concluding behind…
Manchester United could face Manchester City in the FA Cup final after the rival clubs avoided each other in the semifinal draw on Sunday. United faced Fulham in the quarterfinals on Sunday where United came triumphant and will play Brighton &…
Canada’s Aaliyah Edwards scored a career-high 28 points, Dorka Juhasz added a double-double and No. 2 seed UConn routed 15th seed Vermont 95-52 on Saturday, giving the Huskies a 29th consecutive win in the opening round of…
Former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman looks to reclaim the title as he challenges champion Leon Edwards at UFC 286. The event takes place at O2 Arena in London on Saturday (5 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV). Edwards, ranked No.…
Gianni Infantino was reelected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday. Infantino stood unopposed, making his reelection as head of football’s governing body a formality, even if he is not…
The Canadian men’s Para hockey team opened its three-game series versus rival United States with a narrow loss on Wednesday night, falling 1-0 in overtime on home ice at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ont. Star…
Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month, organizers stated Wednesday. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined with a left hip flexor…
Erling Haaland broke Manchester City’s single-season scoring record with his fifth goal of the match in their Champions League round-of-16 second leg victory over RB Leipzig on Tuesday. Haaland, 22, now has 39 goals in all competitions for City…
There was no way the Toronto Raptors were going to let the Denver Nuggets earn a comeback victory against them for the second time in eight days. Fred VanVleet scored 36 points including a key…
After some starts and stops, the UFC 288 main event is now official. Aljamain Sterling will defend his UFC bantamweight title versus former champ Henry Cejudo on May 6 in Newark, New Jersey, the promotion officially announced Friday.…
The 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches instead of the traditional 64 matches due to the expanded format with 48 teams taking part, global soccer governing body FIFA stated on Tuesday ahead of its Congress in…
Félix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the fourth round of the men’s draw while Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu were eliminated in women’s competition on Monday at the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime, the eighth seed…
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has stated his Mercedes team did not listen to him in developing their 2023 Formula One car. The Briton told reporters last week that Mercedes were on the wrong track before he…
A court has reversed its decision to let Gavi to be registered as a first-team player at Barcelona because the Catalan club filed their lawsuit late, LaLiga said on Monday. Gavi, 18, signed a new contract at Camp Nou in…
Brad Gushue successfully defended his Canadian men’s curling championship on Sunday with a 7-5 victory over Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone in London, Ont. Championship on the line and an opportunity to draw for the win. This…
Wimbledon has not made a decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian players at the grass-court Grand Slam this year, organizers told Reuters on Friday, adding that they were continuing talks with key stakeholders.…
Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with an emphatic 3-0 triumph over Fulham on Sunday and carved out a small slice of top-flight history in the process. Gabriel, Gabriel Martinelli and captain Martin Odegaard all scored in the…
Canada’s Tiana Gairns and Reece Howden both skied onto the podium at a World Cup ski cross event in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, on Sunday. Gairns, of Prince George, B.C., concluded the women’s big final behind gold medalist Fanny Smith…
Brandon Nakashima took advantage of two double-faults by John Isner in an error-filled game to collect the match’s only service break and went on to reach the second round at the BNP Paribas Open with a 7-6 (7),…
Arsenal will take a 2-2 draw back to the Emirates Stadium for the second leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie with Sporting CP after a back-and-forth first leg in Lisbon on Thursday. The sides exchanged headed goals…
Mark Arendz and Collin Cameron led a three-medal day at the World Cup finals for Canada’s Para nordic team to conclude the season on Wednesday at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah. Arendz…
Wales national team players are struggling to play at their best at the Six Nations championship amid their ongoing dispute with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) over future contracts, No. 8 Taulupe Faletau stated. Wales…
