National Sports
Toronto Six extend head coach Geraldine Heaney through 2023-24 PHF season
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
TORONTO – The Toronto Six have extended the contract of head coach Geraldine Heaney through the 2023-24 Premier Hockey Federation season. Heaney took over the role before the 2022-23 season and led the Six to the club’s first Isobel Cup title. Toronto posted 17-5-2 a regular-season record and a 3-1-0 post-season record under Heaney’s watch. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lionel Messi says he’s joining Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami after exit from Paris Saint-Germain
By Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press on June 7th, 2023
MIAMI (AP) – Lionel Messi says he is coming to Inter Miami and joining Major League Soccer. After months of speculation, Messi announced his decision Wednesday to join a Miami franchise that has been led by another global soccer icon in David Beckham since its inception but has yet to make any real splashes on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Revamped offence key as Roughriders ready for redemption season
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
REGINA – Changes were expected with the Saskatchewan Roughriders after a 2022 season that started with thoughts of playing for a Grey Cup in front of a vocal home crowd before quickly going south. The Roughriders (6-12) lost their final seven games of the regular season to plummet out of playoff contention, finishing ahead of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada coach says Messi landing in Major League Soccer would be an ‘absolute coup’
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
Canada coach John Herdman says signing Lionel Messi would be an “absolute coup” for Major League Soccer. The Argentine star has been linked to Inter Miami CF with reports Wednesday suggesting it’s a done deal. “Well If he was a bit younger, I would have hoped he came to a Canadian club. We’d keep him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cycling Canada cites budget in firing track endurance coach Jenny Trew
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
Jenny Trew was looking forward to coaching Canada’s track cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. But Cycling Canada fired her from her job as lead endurance coach for what she was told were budgetary reasons. “It’s heartbreaking,” Trew told The Canadian Press. The dismissal of Trew and advancement camp coach Tanya Dubnicoff in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Aiemann Zahabi looking forward to date with Mongolian Murderer at UFC 289
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
A date with the Mongolian Murderer sounds daunting at best. But Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi is looking forward to Saturday’s matchup with China’s Qileng Aori at UFC 289 in Vancouver. The 35-year-old from Montreal is in a good place. He has won his last two fights and his family is flourishing. “Life is beautiful, man,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After singles exits, Fernandez and Andreescu still making noise at French Open
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
PARIS – Two Canadians who failed to make big runs in singles action at the French Open are making noise in doubles competition. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., advanced to the semifinals of the women’s doubles draw after teaming with American Taylor Townsend for a 6-3, 6-3 win over the Taiwanese tandem of Chan Hao-ching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran Nick Arbuckle set to start Redblacks season-opening contest
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
The Ottawa Redblacks will open the 2023 regular season minus quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and linebacker Jovan Santos-Knox. Masoli continues to recover from a knee injury that forced him to miss most of last season. Santos-Knox, who the Redblacks acquired in free agency, is dealing with a hamstring ailment. Ottawa head coach Bob Dyce told reporters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvard women’s hockey coach retires amid allegations she verbally abused, hazed players
By The Associated Press on June 7th, 2023
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – One of the most decorated coaches in women’s hockey history has stepped down after nearly 30 years leading Harvard’s women’s hockey program in the shadow of allegations by players that she engaged in abuses and other misconduct during her tenure. The school said Tuesday that Katey Stone had made the decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA made false claims about ‘carbon-neutral’ World Cup in Qatar, Swiss regulator says
By The Associated Press on June 7th, 2023
ZURICH (AP) – FIFA made false claims about last year’s World Cup in Qatar being carbon neutral, an advertising regulator in Switzerland said Wednesday. FIFA was “not able to provide proof that the claims were accurate,” the federally recognized Swiss Commission for Fairness said in its judgment into complaints filed from five countries. The commission ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Captain Atiba Hutchinson returns to lead Canada at CONCACAF Nations League final four
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
Captain Atiba Hutchinson will lead Canada at the CONCACAF Nations League finals. The 40-year-old from Brampton, Ont., acknowledged in March, after helping Canada to a 4-1 win over Honduras in Toronto, that he likely only has a few games left. The hope is that the veteran Besiktas midfielder can hoist a trophy for Canada before ... Read More »
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