Luis Diaz scored an early goal and Liverpool held on to book their berth in the club’s 14th League Cup final after a 1-1 draw with Fulham in the second leg of their semifinal tie at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.…
Antoine Griezmann became Atletico Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer on Wednesday, scoring with a brilliant finish for his team’s second goal versus Real Madrid to overtake club legend Luis Aragones. Atletico and Real were playing in the semifinals…
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…
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…
Timo Meier scored on a breakaway at 2:12 of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils their second consecutive comeback victory, 4-3 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night. Luke Hughes tied it for New Jersey with 25 seconds left…
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández slammed his side’s “unacceptable” performance despite ending a three-game winless streak by defeating LaLiga’s bottom side Almería 3-2 at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. Captain Sergi Roberto scored a brace, including an 83rd minute winner, to…
Barcelona will be without eight first-team players for Wednesday’s final Champions League group stage fixture versus Antwerp in Belgium. Robert Lewandowski, Frenkie de Jong, Ilkay Gündogan and Ronald Araújo will all be rested for the match with qualification to the round of 16 already guaranteed. The decision…
Harry Kane, the leading scorer for Bayern Munich, scored twice in the final seven minutes of play to lead his club to a 2-1 victory over Galatasaray on Wednesday and guarantee a berth in the…
Canada scored a three-set victory over China on Wednesday to improve to 3-1 at the men’s volleyball Olympic qualification tournament. Stephen Maar, of Aurora, Ont., paced the attack with 20 points on four aces and…
Andrey Rublev saved three match points in a deciding-set tiebreaker to defeat Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first round of the clay-court Hamburg European Open on Wednesday, as top-seeded Casper Ruud also won in three sets. Rublev won 5-7,…
In need of points to keep its World Cup dream alive, Canada has to put it best foot forward Wednesday versus Ireland after the frustration of a tournament-opening scoreless draw with Nigeria. “We’re looking to…
Everything the Raptors did Sunday was geared toward playoff preparation. Gary Trent Jr. scored 23 points as Toronto downed the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 121-105, with both teams resting key players ahead of the NBA’s post-season.…
O.G. Anunoby had a season-high 32 points plus 10 rebounds to lead the undermanned Raptors to a 112-104 victory over Kyle Lowry and the Miami Heat on Wednesday night in Toronto. Fred VanVleet added 23…
Joel Embiid had 31 points and 11 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the undermanned Toronto Raptors 112-97 on Monday in Philadelphia to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. OG Anunoby had…
Canada maintained its undefeated record and took a step closer to Qatar 2022 with a 2-0 triumph over Honduras in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying play Thursday. The victory kept Canada (5-0-4, 19 points) atop the…
Charlie Morton’s season ended in the third inning of the 2021 World Series. X-rays exposed that Morton, the Atlanta Braves’ veteran starting pitcher, suffered a fractured right fibula early in Game 1 on Tuesday night,…
Wednesday’s Olympic soccer draw will answer a lot of questions for Canada coach Bev Priestman, letting her to finalize plans on and off the pitch. First, the 34-year-old will learn whom eighth-ranked Canada will face…
Mercedes has arranged two days of private testing for its drivers at Silverstone next week as the team aims to prepare for Formula One’s return to racing next month. Race drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis…
American Sijara (Sarj) Eubanks used her superior striking to earn a unanimous decision over Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras on a UFC Fight Night card Wednesday. The judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 for…
After being booked in January to fight American Sijara (Sarj) Eubanks, Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras has had to bide her time during the pandemic. That meant training in the garage and living room in…
