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,…
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…
Pep Guardiola stated he “hopes” Erling Haaland can return to action before the end of January after saying that the Manchester City forward is still not fit enough to train with his teammates following a recent foot injury. Haaland,…
Macklin Celebrini knew there would be lots of eyes on him in Sweden. The presumptive top pick at the 2024 NHL draft hasn’t blinked. Celebrini had a goal and four assists in a dominant performance…
Jhon Arias and John Kennedy scored in the second half to give Brazilian side Fluminense a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Egypt’s Al-Ahly in their Club World Cup semifinal at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on Monday.…
Canadians captured a pair of medals from Day 2 of the World Cup ski cross stop in Val Thorens, France, on Friday. Canada’s Jared Schmidt was the second skier across the finish line in the men’s big…
The All Blacks spoke all week about wanting there to be a “tomorrow” after this Rugby World Cup semifinal. They wanted a meaningful final week, and that fuelled this ruthless dismantling of Argentina as New…
Tottenham Hotspur’s best start to a top-flight season for more 60 years got even better as a 2-0 home victory over Fulham sent them two points clear at the Premier League summit on Monday. Captain Son Heung-Min’s seventh…
Rachel Homan opened the Grand Slam season on Tuesday with a 4-3 triumph over fellow Canadian Clancy Grandy at the HearingLife Tour Challenge. Homan, the defending champion from Beaumont, Alta., scored a single point in…
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.…
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…
Argentine forward Angel Correa struck twice to help Atletico Madrid recover from a two-goal deficit and defeated Cadiz 3-2 at home on Sunday to claim their third successive LaLiga win. Atletico, who have a game in hand,…
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…
Bayern Munich struck twice in four minutes in the first half to set them on their way to a 4-3 triumph over an embattled Manchester United on Wednesday and make a winning start in Champions League Group A.…
Max Verstappen extended his Formula One winning streak to seven races in a row after dominating Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix with a triumph margin of 33.7 seconds over Lando Norris in second. The victory was…
Clervie Ngounoue of the United States and Henry Searle of Britain earned the junior singles titles at Wimbledon on Sunday. Ngounoue, 16, became the second consecutive American — and 15th overall — to win the girls’…
In a brilliant, gutsy performance Sunday in the Wimbledon final, world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz collected his second Grand Slam title in less than a year, defeating seven-time Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 and…
Novak Djokovic, in his words, felt “quite sluggish, quite slow” for nearly two full sets versus Karen Khachanov in the the French Open quarterfinals Tuesday. Afterward, Djokovic called it his worst stretch of the tournament, a…
Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut eliminated Andy Murray from the Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4 triumph in the third round on Saturday. After a slow start, Murray valiantly fought back to draw 1-1 after two sets.…
Memphis Depay made it two goals in two matches for Barcelona as the La Liga side defeated VfB Stuttgart 3-0 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday. Barca blew their German opposition away with a blistering first-half display, with Memphis…
Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Parades remained unbeaten at the Tokyo Olympics with a straight-sets (21-13, 24-22) triumph over Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich and Anouk Vergé-Dépré on Wednesday in Tokyo. With both teams entering the match…
Max Verstappen gained 14 points on title rival Lewis Hamilton by easing to win at the Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen led from pole position and was in a race of his own for 71 laps,…
After defeating Switzerland 3-0 in Rome on Wednesday night, Roberto Mancini’s men are the first to book their place in the knockout rounds of Euro 2020 but they are already looking like a team who trust they can go…
Novak Djokovic came all the way back after dropping the first two sets to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final Sunday for his 19th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s second…
James Harden returned to the Brooklyn Nets’ lineup on Wednesday versus the San Antonio Spurs after missing more than a month with a hamstring strain. Still, the Nets will have to wait, once again, to see their Big Three…
Cyle Larin scored three goals, with Alphonso Davies playing provider each time, as Canada opened its oft-delayed World Cup qualifying campaign Thursday with a comfortable 5-1 win over Bermuda. Larin, upping his Canada goals total…
Canadian freestyle skier Evan McEachran reached the X Games podium a second consecutive year taking bronze in men’s slopestyle Sunday. The 23-year-old from Oakville, Ont., placed third behind winner Nick Goepper of the U.S., and…
Reece Howden made it back-to-back ski cross triumphs on the World Cup Tour in Sunday’s big final at Idre Fjäll, Sweden. The 22-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., was back to his usual self, leading from…
Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold. The U.S. players poured over…
Jordan Spence scored what turned out to be an important goal for Canada in his first shift of the world junior hockey championship. A day after Canada romped 16-2 over short-staffed Germany to begin the…
