National Sports
DAZN to continue Belgian league broadcasts after arbitration ruling
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
BRUSSELS (AP) — DAZN will keep broadcasting Belgian soccer until the end of this season following emergency arbitration proceedings initiated by the country’s Pro League, the streaming platform said on Wednesday. DAZN announced last month it had no choice but to let its contract expire under Belgian law because it was impossible to fulfil the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse honoured with Order of Canada
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
It was surprising for Andre De Grasse at first. The seven-time Olympic medallist from Markham, Ont., got a call in late October from the Governor General’s office informing him he would receive the Order of Canada on Wednesday. De Grasse, who turned 31 on Nov. 10, didn’t expect to be recognized while still active in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lens and PSG resume Ligue 1 title battle with Marseille waiting to pounce
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Lens begins the year one point ahead of defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in what French fans hope will be a close title race in Ligue 1. PSG won a record-extending 13th title by 19 points last term, losing its only two games of the campaign after the title was sealed, and by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The Rings: Change coming to curling scene with lineup moves and Rock League
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
The Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials did more than just determine this country’s representatives for the Winter Olympics. It also served as a valuable opportunity for up-and-coming players to get a taste of what it’s like to compete at curling’s biggest domestic competition of the quadrennial. Rachel Homan and Brad Jacobs skipped their teams to victory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NFL program provides resources to help retired players find new career paths after football
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
Eric Lee was just a few years into his NFL career and fresh off playing in a Super Bowl when he started preparing for life after the game. Johnson Bademosi played nine seasons in the league and now works as an analyst at an asset management company after participating in a development fellowship at NFL ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NFL’s fourth-down revolution and new rules lead to record-low punts in 2025
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
There were three times in the first 59 years of the Super Bowl era that a team went back-to-back regular-season games without punting once. That total has been matched during the 2025 season as part of a growing trend that has led to punts becoming more and more rare. The new kickoff rule, the K-balls ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I wish I had an answer’: Home ice woes haunt struggling Vancouver Canucks
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
VANCOUVER — Most NHL teams would be excited for an upcoming homestand. That may not be the case for the Vancouver Canucks. The team has struggled mightily at Rogers Arena this season, falling to 4-12-1 at home with an ugly 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. They’ve now lost four straight games in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sceptres left looking for adjustments after being unable to solve Nicole Hensley
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
TORONTO — The Toronto Sceptres tilted the ice for much of the final two periods, but just could not figure out Nicole Hensley. The Minnesota Frost goaltender put on a clinic in her 31-save outing to lead her Professional Women’s Hockey League team to a 5-1 victory over Toronto on Tuesday. On the other hand, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woll stands tall as short-handed Maple Leafs dump Devils 4-0
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
TORONTO — The odds were stacked against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who on Tuesday were playing their third game in four nights since the Christmas break and were without key injured players Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Chris Tanev. But the Maple Leafs hunkered down and benefited from a superb performance from netminder Joseph Woll ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rashid Khan to lead Afghanistan’s cricketers at T20 World Cup
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rashid Khan was named Afghanistan captain of a 15-man squad announced on Wednesday for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Left-arm fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and all-rounder Gulbadin Naib were included after both were left out of the white-ball tour of Bangladesh in October. Pace bowler Naveen-ul-Haq, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jennings, Appalachian State Mountaineers take on the Old Dominion Monarchs
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
Appalachian State Mountaineers (8-6, 1-1 Sun Belt) at Old Dominion Monarchs (4-10, 1-1 Sun Belt) Norfolk, Virginia; Wednesday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kasen Jennings and Appalachian State take on Jordan Battle and Old Dominion in Sun Belt play. The Monarchs are 4-1 on their home court. Old Dominion is ninth in the Sun Belt ... Read More »
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