Top-ranked Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals trophy before his home fans — and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case. Sinner won his first two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and…
Hockey Canada’s provincial and territorial members elected Daniel Fontaine and re-elected Gillian Apps and Amanda Fowler to the national sports organization’s board for three-year terms Saturday. Hockey Canada made the announcement on the heels of a two-day summit in Ottawa tackling sexism, gender-based violence, homophobia and transphobia in the sport. Former NHL and Canadian team…
Iga Swiatek beat Paula Badosa in three sets and Poland led host Spain by an insurmountable 2-0 in the opening round of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on Friday in Malaga. The world No. 2 Swiatek sealed Poland’s spot in the quarterfinals against the Czech Republic after No. 12 Badosa was beaten 6-3, 6-7…
At the end of a dark week for Canada Soccer, it’s up to the men’s national team to provide a little light. Canada plays Suriname away on Friday (6 p.m. ET) in the first leg of its CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal matchup, with the return leg slated for Nov. 19 at BMO Field in Toronto….
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
