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No more FA Cup upsets as Fulham, Leeds, Sunderland and Wolves reach 5th round. Arsenal faces Wigan
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Premier League teams Fulham, Leeds, Sunderland and Wolverhampton have avoided upsets to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup. Later Sunday, Premier League leader Arsenal hosted third-tier struggler Wigan. Fulham rallied to win 2-1 at second-tier Stoke, with Harrison Reed slotting in a late winner after intercepting Stoke goalkeeper Tommy Simkin’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Versatile Cavan Biggio signs minor league deal with Houston, where dad Craig Biggio was a star
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Versatile Cavan Biggio is expected to join the Houston Astros’ spring training camp as a non-roster player on Sunday after signing a minor league deal with the team. Biggio, 30, has hit .223 in seven major league seasons with four teams. He made his debut in the majors with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Auger-Aliassime loses to de Minaur in Rotterdam final
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
ROTTERDAM — Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime fell just short of winning a second straight ATP Tour title with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Alex de Minaur on Sunday in the final of the Rotterdam Open. De Minaur didn’t face break point in the match, while scoring two of his three breaks in a dominant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still elite? Phillies’ Harper says Dombrowski’s review of 2025 season is ‘kind of wild to me still’
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper said Sunday “it’s kind of wild to me still” that president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski suggested in October the two-time NL MVP may no longer be an elite player. Harper said he wasn’t motivated by Dombrowski’s comments. He added he didn’t understand why Dombrowski ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer out for several weeks with a calf injury
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer has been ruled out of action for several weeks with a calf injury. The 39-year-old Neuer sustained a minor muscle tear in his left calf during Saturday’s 3-0 Bundesliga win at Werder Bremen, Bayern said Sunday. The club said Neuer will be out “for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Benatia resigns as Marseille’s sporting director, just days after coach De Zerbi’s departure
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Medhi Benatia has resigned as Marseille’s sporting director, just days after the departure of coach Roberto De Zerbi. Benatia posted on Instagram on Sunday to say he is leaving. “Given the tensions surrounding the (club’s) management, I have indeed submitted my resignation,” the former Bayern Munich and Juventus defender wrote. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vítor Pereira becomes Nottingham Forest’s fourth coach of a turbulent season
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Vítor Pereira became struggling Nottingham Forest’s fourth coach of a turbulent season when he was hired on an 18-month contract on Sunday. Forest said in a statement that the 57-year-old Portuguese will be joined by two assistant coaches and two analysts. The Midlands-based club is 17th in the Premier League and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pakistan wins toss and fields in marquee game against India at T20 World Cup. No handshakes again
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha has won the toss and elected to field in the most-anticipated game of the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday as the two captains refrained from shaking hands because of military and diplomatic tensions between the two neighbors. Political tensions between the two nations have often ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pakistan takes on India in marquee game at T20 World Cup. West Indies, US win
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
MUMBAI, India (AP) — The most-anticipated game of the T20 World Cup is set to attract more than a billion eyeballs when India takes on archrival Pakistan at Colombo on Sunday with uncertainty aplenty still surrounding world cricket’s marquee matchup. Political and diplomatic tensions between the two nations have often boiled over on to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Derek Dooley didn’t vote for years. Now he wants Georgia voters to send him to Washington
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — Lots of candidates pitch themselves as political outsiders. Derek Dooley goes a step further. Not only is the former football coach running for the first time, he says he did not vote for nearly two decades. He did not vote when Republican Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016. Nor did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kingsbury wins dual moguls gold; Team Canada wraps men’s hockey round robin
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2026
MILAN — Freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury has won a gold medal for Canada in the dual moguls event at the Milan Cortina Games. It’s a fifth Olympic medal for Kingsbury, but the first in dual moguls, which made its Games debut, and Canada’s first gold medal of this Olympics. Kingsbury defeated Japan’s Ikuma Horishima ... Read More »
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