Nick Kyrgios withdraws from 2024 Australian Open due to injury
Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps stard competition at the figure skating Grand Prix Final with a strong performance on Thursday in Beijing. The duo sits second after the pairs short program with 71.22 points, trailing only Germany’s…
The United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile on Thursday night. Not only are the Americans champions of this event, they also earned a berth…
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…
Carolina Hiller, Laurent Dubreuil, Valerie Maltais and Ted-Jan Bloemen all earned national titles on Thursday, the opening day of the Canadian long track speed skating championships in Calgary. Hiller, from Prince George, B.C., raced to…
Liverpool fought back from a goal down to claim a 3-1 triumph at LASK Linz on Thursday in their first appearance in the Europa League in eight seasons. After trailing 1-0 at half-time to a fine strike from Florian Flecker, Luis…
Canada collected its first two games on Wednesday at the 3×3 basketball Women’s Series stop in Bordeaux, France. The team of Katherine Plouffe, Paige Crozon, Jamie Scott and Kacie Bosch dropped Hungary 21-11 before edging France’s…
After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev’s tournament was ended in straight sets by Christopher O’Connell on Thursday while top-seeded Holger Rune attained his opening match. Zverev had a first-round bye, and…
After a full year of rehabilitating an ACL tear in his left knee, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio is targeting a return versus the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, sources told ESPN. Rubio will practice Wednesday, and if all goes well,…
Dylan Guenther didn’t think he’d ever get his moment. The same goes for Shane Wright. Now they have a gold medal — and memories to last a lifetime. Guenther scored his second goal of the…
Manchester City closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal back to five points and left Chelsea languishing down in 10th position after a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. After City struggled to make inroads in an unfamiliar…
Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Thursday’s warm-up game versus Nigeria because he has a stomach bug. The Manchester United forward sat out Portugal’s training session on Wednesday, having trained the previous two days with the national team. “Ronaldo has a gastritis…
Arsenal secured their spot in the Europa League knockout stage with two games to spare after defeating PSV Eindhoven 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday. After struggling to make their dominance count for much of the…
Andy Murray withdrew from his match versus Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 at the Madrid Open on Thursday because of a stomach illness. Rafael Nadal, meanwhile, saved four match points before outlasting David Goffin in three sets…
Liverpool have formally requested the postponement of Thursday’s Carabao Cup semifinal first-leg tie versus Arsenal due to a further outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the club’s training complex, which led to the cancellation of first-team training on…
Naomi Osaka’s first match in nearly two months will come versus 52nd-ranked Saisai Zheng of China in the opening round of the Olympic tennis tournament. The second-seeded Osaka, who represents host Japan and is one of the…
The Houston Rockets are progressing on several fronts in talks to trade guard Victor Oladipo, and there’s strong confidence they’ll execute a deal ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, sources told ESPN. The Rockets are progressively comfortable with…
The Toronto Raptors say that Kyle Lowry has been diagnosed with a left ankle sprain and that his condition will be updated as appropriate. Toronto’s Eastern Conference semifinal series versus the Boston Celtics starts on Thursday. With just a little more…
The Montreal Impact has an opportunity for a repeat performance when their Major League Soccer season restarts on Thursday. It’s a detail that isn’t lost on head coach Thierry Henry, who is well aware the…
