Vanessa Gilles, Jonathan David repeat as Canada Soccer Players of the Year
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Vanessa Gilles and Jonathan David have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Year for the second year in a row. Gilles, a centre back who plays her club football for Germany’s Bayern Munich, beat out San Diego Wave forward Adriana Leon and Manchester United defender Jayde Riviere. David, a forward who plays for Juventus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Means tears Achilles tendon and says he was about to sign a 2026 contract
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Former All-Star pitcher John Means says he tore an Achilles tendon this week just before he was to sign a 2026 contract. “This is hard to put into words, but I’ll try,” he wrote Thursday on social media. “On Tuesday, while training, I ruptured my Achilles. It happened the same day I was supposed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miami’s Marcus Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, will miss remainder of season
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami sophomore forward Marcus Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and will miss the remainder of the season, the school announced Friday. The Hurricanes and Allen’s family said he was diagnosed following routine medical tests. Allen, a Miami native who started his college career at Missouri before joining the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinese tennis player banned 12 years for match-fixing spree
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Chinese tennis player Pang Renlong has been banned for 12 years and fined $110,000 for a match-fixing spree involving 22 matches in a five-month period. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday that the 25-year-old Pang admitted to fixing five of his own matches in lower-level events and making “corrupt approaches” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zabystran stuns Odermatt in super-G to become first Czech man to win a World Cup race
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — It took a historic achievement and some late sunshine to deny Marco Odermatt another World Cup victory. No Czech man had ever won a World Cup race in the 60 seasons of the Alpine skiing circuit until unheralded Jan Zabystran started Friday’s super-G wearing the low-ranked bib No. 29. Odermatt, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PSG goalkeeper Safonov has fractured hand after penalty shootout heroics
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Matvey Safonov has been left with a fractured hand following his penalty shootout heroics to win the Intercontinental Cup. Safonov made four straight penalty saves as PSG beat Brazil’s Flamengo 2-1 in the shootout on Wednesday to secure the club’s first global title. He was thrown in the air ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran Miroslav Koubek appointed Czech national team coach ahead of World Cup qualifying playoffs
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
PRAGUE (AP) — Veteran coach Miroslav Koubek is taking over the Czech national team for the final stage of World Cup qualifying, the country’s soccer association said Friday. The 74-year-old Koubek replaces Ivan Hašek, who was fired in October after a humiliating 2-1 loss to Faeroe Islands in World Cup qualifying. Hašek’s assistant Jaroslav Köstl ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warm weather and low snowpack bedevil Western ski resorts
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
EDWARDS, Colo. (AP) — Ski resorts are struggling to open runs, walk-through ice palaces can’t be built, and the owner of a horse stable hopes that her customers will be satisfied with riding wagons instead of sleighs under majestic Rocky Mountain peaks. It’s just been too warm in the West with not enough snow. Meanwhile, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another historic year for golf in Canada with Henderson and Taylor winning titles
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Even two of the greatest golfers in Canadian history say they were still learning on the course in 2025. Brooke Henderson and Nick Taylor both won at the highest levels of golf this past year and said they were still working on their games more than a decade into their professional careers. “I think that’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rasmus Andersson continues to shine for Flames despite uncertain future in Calgary
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
CALGARY — Rasmus Andersson continues to be a difference maker for the Calgary Flames amid external noise about his contract status. The Swedish defenceman produced NHL career assists 200 to 202 — all in a Flames jersey — in Calgary’s 4-2 win over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Thursday. The 29-year-old, who is eligible for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PSG president Al-Khelaïfi acquitted again by Swiss court in case with ex-FIFA official Valcke
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s supreme court upheld the acquittal of Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaïfi in the final appeals stage of a case that alleged wrongdoing linked to former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke and the awarding of World Cup television rights. In a separate case, Valcke’s conviction of bribery and forgery in relation to ... Read More »
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