Girona reclaimed top spot in LaLiga after a 1-0 victory at Rafa Benitez’s Celta Vigo on Sunday, thanks to a Portu strike early in the first half the heroics of goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who excelled for the unexpected league leaders. Girona sit alone…
Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points and the Utah Jazz defeated Washington 123-108 on Thursday night, spoiling Brian Keefe’s debut as interim coach after Wes Unseld Jr. was moved to the Wizards’ front office. “Just got back to our normal…
Mauricio Pochettino stated he is “desperate” to win the Carabao Cup and end his wait for a first trophy in English football after Chelsea’s 6-1 semifinal second-leg win versus Middlesbrough sealed a clash versus Fulham or Liverpool in next month’s Wembley final. Pochettino,…
The NBA has postponed a second Golden State Warriors game in the wake of assistant coach Dejan Milojević’s death, announcing that Friday’s contest versus the Dallas Mavericks would be played at a later date. Milojević, 46, died Wednesday in…
Franz Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner with West Germany as a player and coach who was regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died at the age of 78. German news agency DPA…
Val Grenier has made a triumphant return to the resort of her first World Cup triumph. The Canadian skier won a giant slalom Saturday on the same hill in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia where she celebrated her…
Ivan Martin’s stoppage-time goal earned Girona a dramatic 4-3 home victory versus Atletico Madrid on Wednesday that kept them level on points with Real Madrid at the LaLiga summit. Atletico striker Alvaro Morata had grabbed a hat-trick as they fought…
Chelsea survived a late Luton Town fightback to return to winning ways on the road on Saturday with a 3-2 victory at Kenilworth Road, with Cole Palmer netting twice either side of a fine Noni Madueke strike. The expensively assembled Blues had…
What Joseph Parker intends to do on December 23rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the definition of spoiling the party. While the Saudi megashow may be a feast for boxing fans, the hopes of two…
Toronto FC added some sizzle to its left side in Tyrese Spicer, taking the 23-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago in Tuesday’s MLS SuperDraft. The Lipscomb University winger was a United Soccer Coaches first-team all-American, the…
The Ottawa Senators have fired head coach D.J. Smith amid yet another losing campaign in the nation’s capital. The Senators made the announcement a day after Ottawa lost its fourth consecutive game with a 6-3…
Eintracht Frankfurt pulverised Bayern Munich 5-1 with a three-goal first-half performance on Saturday to snap the champions’ undefeated run in the Bundesliga this season. In an explosive first half, Eintracht overran Bayern and exposed their error-prone backline, scoring three times…
Lionel Messi could not help Argentina extend their undefeated streak since winning the World Cup and after the match he credited countryman and former national team coach Marcelo Bielsa for implementing his style on Uruguay. Uruguay defeated Argentina 2-0 at La Bombonera Stadium…
Coping with chaos will be important when Canada faces Jamaica on the road Friday night in the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals, says interim coach Mauro Biello. Biello knows history won’t be on the side of…
Napoli have hired Walter Mazzarri as their new head coach after firing Rudi García just four months into his tenure, the club revealed on Tuesday. Mazzarri, who previously coached the Italian champions from 2009 to 2013,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Simon Raiwalui, coach of the Fijian national rugby team, has said he will leave his post at the end of his contract in December. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, from Tuesday, Raiwalui wrote: “Well…
With a home World Cup looming in 2026, Canada knows it has to test itself versus elite opposition from outside CONCACAF. On Friday, the Canadian men were shown that such lessons can be painful. Ao…
It’s been quite a week for Luc de Fougerolles, and it’s not over yet. The London-born defender, who qualifies for Canada through his Canadian-born father, turned 18 in Japan where he is wearing Canadian colors…
Canada will be without influential midfielder Stephen Eustaquio when it takes on Japan in an international soccer friendly on Friday in Niigata. Canada Soccer stated the 26-year-old from Leamington, Ont., was unavailable through injury. It…
Damian McKenzie has made sure to give All Blacks coach Ian Foster plenty to ponder as the side head into the quarterfinals after he lit up the stage versus Uruguay, scoring two tries and dishing…
Chelsea finally found the net as they won 2-0 at neighbors Fulham in the Premier League on Monday with Mykhailo Mudryk scoring his first goal for the Blues and Armando Broja also on target as he celebrated his full return from injury.…