Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas helped Greece eliminate Canada from the United Cup with a 3-0 triumph in group play on Wednesday in Perth, Australia. Sakkari saved four set points in the first set and…
It was a mixed bag for Canadians at the National Bank Open in Toronto and Montreal on Tuesday, as Leylah Fernandez and Gabriel Diallo — in his first career ATP Tour triumph — advanced to…
Two Canadian beach volleyball duos were eliminated in the playoffs at the Beach Pro Tour Challenge in Edmonton on Saturday, with both teams falling in consecutive sets in the city’s Ice District. Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec, competing…
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez was eliminated from the National Bank Open women’s single tournament following a 7-6 (4), 6-1 defeat to Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday. Fernandez, the 13th seed in Toronto, was playing in…
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…
Monaco breezed into the Champions League playoff round with a 5-1 aggregate victory over Sparta Prague on Tuesday as former winners PSV Eindhoven and Benfica also advanced to set up a mouth-watering clash between the two for a group-stage berth. Red Star…
As the LA Clippers return to the postseason hoping to erase stinging memories of last season’s playoff collapse, Kawhi Leonard feels “confident in this unit” and says the Clippers’ success will come down to how mentally strong they will…
Kerri Einarson kicked off play in the curling bubble with a bang. She’s leaving it with a whimper. Her Manitoba-based team was eliminated from the world women’s curling championship on Saturday after dropping an 8-3…
Manchester City are living dangerously in the Champions League once again. Phil Foden’s 90th-minute winner may have earned them a 2-1 quarterfinal first-leg triumph over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but Pep Guardiola’s team have left themselves vulnerable to yet another early…
Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez has been ousted from the Australian Open. The 18-year-old Fernandez was dropped in consecutive-sets on Tuesday in the first round by 18th-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium. Mertens took the match 6-1,…
Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil was eliminated from the Erste Bank Open indoor hardcourt tennis tournament on Thursday after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat to fourth seed Daniil Medvedev. Both players showed off powerful serves in the…
Canadian wild-card entry Eugenie Bouchard’s best Grand Slam since 2017 is over after a third-round loss at the French Open on Friday. Polish teenager Iga Swiatek advanced to the fourth round of the clay-court Grand…
It has been a decade since Real Madrid and Barcelona have not made the semi-finals. Since 2009-10, at least one of them has been in the Copa del Rey final. The new, instant knockout format…
