‘The numbers are insane’: Guardiola reaches 1,000 games in a coaching career that’s changed soccer
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
It all started on Sept. 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 fans. Eighteen years later, Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads Manchester City into one of the biggest games in world soccer — against Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barcelona trains at Camp Nou for first time in over 2 years as stadium remodeling continues
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Construction cranes loomed overhead and there were gaping holes in the upper tier but Barcelona’s team and several thousand paying fans were finally back inside Camp Nou for the first time in over two years. More than 20,000 Barcelona supporters filled part of the modernized Camp Nou stadium on Friday to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colapinto keeps his Alpine F1 seat for 2026 despite not scoring points
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
SAO PAULO (AP) — Franco Colapinto will stay with the Alpine team for 2026 even though he’s yet to score a point this year in Formula 1. The Argentine driver will head into his first full F1 season in 2026 after he replaced Australian rookie Jack Doohan at Alpine ahead of the seventh race of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France players to honor victims of Paris attacks in 2015
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The French soccer federation will pay tribute to the victims of the November 2015 attacks that targeted the Bataclan theater, Paris cafés and the national stadium in assaults that killed more than 130 people and injured over 400. France’s national team hosts Ukraine on Nov. 13 in a men’s World Cup qualifier, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rai makes albatross and is tied for lead with Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Aaron Rai holed out from 214 yards for an albatross in his 8-under 64 that left him tied for the lead with fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood after the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday. Rai’s second shot at the par-5 No. 2 pitched a few ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the numbers: Pep Guardiola reaches 1,000 games in a remarkable coaching career
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
It all started on Sept. 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 fans. Eighteen years later, Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads Manchester City into one of the biggest games in world soccer — against Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA to host draws for World Cup qualifying playoffs in Zurich on Nov. 20
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA will host draws on Nov. 20 in Zurich for playoff brackets to decide the last six entries at the 48-team 2026 World Cup, the world soccer body said Friday. The European brackets will have 16 teams — likely including four-time champion Italy — playing for four places at the tournament next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK police arrest 11 around soccer match between Aston Villa and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that 11 people were arrested the previous night around the highly charged Europa League soccer match in Birmingham between English Premier League side Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, a match that saw fans of the Israeli team banned. In an update Friday, West Midlands Police said five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian sprinter Brendon Rodney helping with hurricane relief aid in Jamaica
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
Brendon Rodney knows even helping a few people is enough to make a big difference. The three-time Olympic medallist sprinter from Toronto lives in Jamaica where Hurricane Melissa caused significant damage, mainly in the northwest and southwest parts of the country. The Category 5 hurricane hit the island last week and took a number of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA fines Norway, Italy for fan incidents at World Cup qualifiers against Israel
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
ZURICH (AP) — The Norwegian and Italian soccer federations have been fined by FIFA for fan incidents at World Cup qualifying games against Israel last month. Both federations faced charges relating to disturbance of national anthems, spectators invading the field of play and “order and security” at games, FIFA said. It published a document of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freestyle skier Flora Tabanelli joins crowded injured list for host Italy ahead of the Olympics
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Host Italy has another top athlete injured ahead of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Freestyle skier Flora Tabanelli joined Alpine skiers Federica Brignone and Marta Bassino on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee on Friday. The 17-year-old Tabanelli, who won gold in big air at ... Read More »
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