National Sports
CF Montreal acquires 19-year-old defender Alvarez from Pachuca of Liga MX
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – CF Montréal has acquired central defender Fernando Alvarez via permanent transfer from C.F. Pachuca of Mexico’s Liga MX. The Major League Soccer club and Alvarez have agreed to a contract through the 2025 season, including two option years in 2026 and 2027. The 19-year-old joined the Pachuca organization in 2020. He made his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bombers’ cornerback Houston tops CFL in defensive takeaways
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
The hands that have helped make Demerio Houston the CFL’s takeaway leader have been busy during the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ bye week. The veteran cornerback has spent the time off in Charlotte helping care for his expanding family. Last month, Houston’s wife, Ashley, delivered twins (a boy and girl), giving the couple five children overall. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Leafs baseball club, with roots dating back to 1895, up for sale
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team, which has roots dating back to 1895, has been put up for sale. The team has played in the Ontario-based Intercounty Baseball League since 1969 and won eight league titles. Former Major League Baseball players Rob and Rich Butler, Paul Spoljaric and Peter Orr are among the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lowly Toronto FC limps into second Leagues Cup match after 5-0 drubbing
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
TORONTO – Terry Dunfield experienced some tough times as a player with Toronto FC. The last month as interim head coach might have been even worse. The former Canadian international has suffered through five straight losses and watched his team get outscored 12-0 since being elevated from the club’s under-17 program to the top job ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Juventus removed from European competition by UEFA for financial wrongdoing
By The Associated Press on July 28th, 2023
NYON, Switzerland (AP) – Juventus had its place in European competition this season removed by UEFA because of a false accounting case that had already taken the club out of Champions League qualification. Juventus now loses its spot in the third-tier Europa Conference League which should go to Fiorentina in the playoffs round starting on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s women’s U19 squad shows national program has bright future
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
The Canadian women’s basketball program has a bright future, as evidenced by its latest showing at the under-19 level. Canada won its second-ever medal at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup with an 80-73 overtime victory over France in the bronze-medal game Sunday. Canada’s only other medal at the tournament came in 2017, also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians Liendo, Masse reach event finals at world aquatics championships
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
FUKUOKA, Japan – Josh Liendo qualified for two finals while Kylie Masse advanced to the women’s 200-metre backstroke final Friday at the World Aquatics Championships. Liendo, from Toronto, advanced to the men’s 100-metre butterfly after finishing third in qualifying. He also snuck into the 50-metre freestyle final in eighth, but elected not to swim that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We have all the pieces:’ 0-7 Elks insist they are better than their record
By Steven Sandor, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
EDMONTON – Elks lineman Kony Ealy says his frustration over Edmonton’s 0-7 start to the 2023 CFL campaign reminds him of how he felt when he was a member of the New York Jets back in 2017. That Jets team went 5-11 after starting the NFL season with three wins out of its first five. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton Elks forge ambitious future with multilingual broadcasts
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
Victor Cui isn’t resting on his laurels. On Saturday night, the Edmonton Elks’ home game versus the B.C. Lions will be the first pro football contest to be broadcast in Punjabi. This achievement follows the franchise’s earlier milestone in 2022 when they had a regular-season matchup carried in Cree. And already Cui, the Elks affable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China edges Haiti 1-0 to keep World Cup hopes alive despite going down to 10 players
By Associated Press, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2023
Adelaide, Australia (AP) – Despite playing with 10 players for more than an hour, China defied the odds to secure a 1-0 victory over Haiti in its second game of the Women’s World Cup. Forward Wang Shuang scored her first-ever goal at a World Cup in the 74th minute, converting a penalty after VAR adjudged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian women strike interim labour deal but say plenty more needs to be settled
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia – The Canadian women’s soccer team confirmed Friday it has reached an interim labour agreement with Canada Soccer covering compensation for 2023, including prize money from the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup. But there was no celebration in announcing the deal, which was reached Monday, via a team statement on social media “As ... Read More »
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