In 2021, in snow-swept Edmonton, Maxime Crépeau dove across his goal during a training session for the men’s national soccer team, came an inch short of stopping a high, hard shot, and began turning the cold air blue before he hit the ground. “I’m laughing,” he said when he was reminded of the moment, not…
Bev Priestman is out as coach of the Canadian women’s soccer team in the wake of an independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal. Canada Soccer says assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi, who like Priestman are serving a one-year FIFA ban over the illegal use of a drone to film New Zealand…
The 2025 HSBC SVNS season will wrap up May 3-4 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., where the champions will be crowned at the 2028 Olympic rugby sevens venue. The championship round of the elite rugby sevens competition will follow a stop in Singapore, World Rugby announced Monday. The first five events of…
Watch bronze U Sports soccer action as the top female student-athletes head to Wickwire Field in Halifax for the Championship. Source link
Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday while giving police emergency stop-and-search powers after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters, as the Israeli government said it would fly many fans home. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were “attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks” by what she described as “antisemitic hit-and-run…
CBC Sports’ Brittany MacLean chats with CBC Sports writer of the Buzzer Jesse Campigotto about what to watch over the weekend in Canadian sports. Source link
The Professional Women’s Hockey League unveiled the home and away uniform designs for its six teams on Thursday, a little over three weeks before opening its second season. The uniforms were made and supplied by Bauer, and their release comes two months after the PWHL revealed the nicknames and logos of each its franchises. Crests…
Nathaniel Mitchell has been named as Canada’s head coach for the upcoming November window of the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers. Canada Basketball announced Wednesday that Mitchell will be at the helm for games in Saskatoon against the Dominican Republic on Nov. 21 and Mexico on Nov. 24. Mitchell previously served as the senior men’s…
Justin Pender of the Clarenville Ford Caribous is seen in this Oct. 26 capture from a security camera at the Danny Cleary Community Centre in Harbour Grace. At right is John Drover, a fan of the HGOE CeeBee Stars. (Submitted) The launch of a new Avalon East Senior Hockey League season has been marred by…
For the first time in four decades, curling legend Glenn Howard’s focus has fully shifted to coaching duties instead of his playing performance. That doesn’t make it any easier when the four-time world champion walks into an arena. “I still want to play, I don’t know if that’s ever going to go away,” said Howard….
