Pep Guardiola stated Julián Álvarez is already one of the best players in the world after he scored twice to help Manchester City to a 3-1 victory over Burnley. Álvarez made it 15 goals for the season, just two behind…
The UFC has its first champion from South Africa. Dricus Du Plessis dethroned Sean Strickland in an entertaining, bloody, back-and-forth fight Saturday night in the main event of UFC 297 here at Scotiabank Arena. The final result was…
José Mourinho has left Serie A side Roma with immediate effect, the team revealed on Tuesday, hiring club legend Daniele De Rossi as his interim replacement until the end of the season. Mourinho’s contract was up at the end…
The UFC’s next milestone event will have a first — two Chinese athletes fighting one another in a title fight. Zhang Weili will defend her UFC women’s strawweight title versus countrywoman Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on April…
Two-time champion Roberto Bautista Agut was knocked out of the ASB Classic in the first round Tuesday, defeating 6-4, 6-3 by fellow Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena. Bautista Agut collected the Auckland title in 2016, beating John Isner and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in early…
Doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski made history on more than one occasion this season to cement her place in the Canadian tennis record books. She teamed with Erin Routliffe to become the first Canadian duo to…
Arsenal had the better of a breathless 1-1 draw at Liverpool on Saturday to lay down their Premier League title credentials and climb back to the top of the table. Mikel Arteta’s team, last season’s runner-up that has…
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…
A.J. Foyt Racing has named Sting Ray Robb as the driver of the No. 41 Chevrolet next season in the IndyCar Series. The 22-year-old Robb is entering his second year in the series and will…
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka were honored as the International Tennis Federation’s 2023 World Champions on Thursday after being the only singles players to reach at least the semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments this season. Djokovic,…
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has likened the challenge of catching Red Bull to that of climbing Mount Everest after his team scored less than the points of the world champions this year and concluded…
With a Billie Jean King Cup team tennis title under her belt, Canadian teenager Marina Stakusic is aiming just as high for her singles career as she looks to make her mark on the WTA…
Brooke Henderson loves breaking records and this week she’s got a dubious one hanging over her head. Since 2016, no LPGA Tour player has won the opening tournament of the season and then collected a…
Sean O’Malley, one of the UFC’s top up-and-coming stars, will return to the Octagon in March. And the promotion has another big main event calendared for February. CEO Dana White revealed Monday on social media…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had his six-match winning streak ended Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in second-round action at the Paris Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime had nine aces in…
Max Verstappen considers his third Formula One title is his best yet. Clinching the championship in a sprint race Saturday in Qatar didn’t pack the emotional impact of his dramatic, controversial last-lap overtake of Lewis Hamilton for…
Veronika Kudermetova upset second-seeded Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-1 to claim the Toray Pan Pacific Open and a second career title on Sunday. The Russian’s triumph in Tokyo ends a four-match losing streak in finals since her maiden title…
Canelo Alvarez pushed and pushed for the knockout that eluded him in his three previous fights, but it never materialized Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. That was through no fault of his own. Alvarez floored…
Top-seeded Karen Khachanov collected his first tour title in nearly five years by defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 (2), 6-1 at the Zhuhai Championships on Tuesday. The title caps an impressive comeback for the Russian, who was competing in…
Top-seeded Alexander Zverev will play for a 21st career title after defeating third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the semifinals of the Chengdu Open on Monday. The 26-year-old German will meet Roman Safiullin in Tuesday’s final. The 55th-ranked Russian defeated…
Lewis Hamilton considers Mercedes needs the best six months of car development it has ever produced to have any hope of stopping Red Bull’s dominance in 2024. Red Bull secured a second straight constructors’ title at the…
One hundred and twenty hours of running the past 10 weeks, along with 10 physiotherapy appointments and 22 weight training sessions, paid off big-time for Malindi Elmore on Sunday. The 43-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., achieved…
After his surprise fifth place finish last Sunday in Singapore, championship leader Max Verstappen resumed business as usual by topping the opening practice session for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver, who…
Canada earned its second consecutive title at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Final on Sunday, topping France 16-15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The championship basketball game served as a rematch of the 2022 Final that Canada won 21-16…
Alexis Galarneau and Gabriel Diallo got defending champion Canada rolling with a 2-0 triumph in a tie against Italy to open the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday. Galarneau of Laval, Que.,…
It’s amazing how much better Ciryl Gane looks in the Octagon when he’s not fighting Jon Jones. Gane (12-2) breezed to a second-round TKO over Serghei Spivac (16-4) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside Accor…
Arsenal have agreed a fee close to £30 million ($38.2m) for Brentford goalkeeper David Raya, sources have told ESPN. Personal terms are being concluded and the 27-year-old is set to become the Gunners’ fourth summer signing after Declan Rice, Jurriën Timber and Kai…
A little more than a month ago, Coco Gauff left Wimbledon after a first-round loss that left her dispirited and unsure of what she needed to do. That seems kind of far away after she earned the…
There have been a lot of special nights over the course of Justin Gaethje’s career. UFC 291, though, has to be at the very top. In his 29th professional fight on Saturday, Gaethje claimed the BMF…
No one has gained the Evian Championship in back-to-back years since it became a major, but Canada’s Brooke Henderson is in a position to do just that this week. Henderson defeated Sophia Schubert of the…
