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Cardinals QB Kyler Murray ruled out for the rest of the season because of foot injury
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will miss the remainder of the season because of a foot injury that’s kept him out of the lineup since Week 6. Coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters the decision before Friday’s practice. “Kyler will not play again this year,” Gannon said. “He had some more tests ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Cup draw begins with Trump, Sheinbaum and Carney picking balls of their own nations
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Cup draw began Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney selecting the balls of their own countries from bowls during a ceremony at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. There was little suspense to the start of the draw for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Cup draw begins with Trump, Canada’s Carney, Mexico’s Sheinbaum picking first balls
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — World Cup draw begins with Trump, Canada’s Carney, Mexico’s Sheinbaum picking first balls. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Cup draw ceremony underway as FIFA awards peace prize to Trump
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2026 World Cup draw began Friday with FIFA awarding its first peace prize to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has campaigned to win the Nobel Peace Prize. FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave Trump a large gold-colored trophy and a gold-colored medal hanging from a blue ribbon, which Trump hung around his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six-time Pro Bowl CB Darius Slay puts off reporting to Bills to focus on family, consider retirement
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay has decided not to report to the Buffalo Bills for now to focus instead on his family and consider retirement after a 13-year NFL career, a blow to the club’s depth chart for the final stretch of the season. After Slay’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heather Gibbs testifies at NASCAR antitrust trial that charter offer was ‘like a gun to the head’
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The daughter-in-law of race team owner Joe Gibbs gave emotional testimony Friday in the federal antitrust case against NASCAR about the chaotic six-hour period in which teams had to sign an extension on a new revenue model or forfeit their charters. “The document was something in business you would never sign,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been heavily favored to win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pitt and Wisconsin mutually agree to cancel 2026 matchup. They’ll still face off at Dublin in 2027
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Pittsburgh and Wisconsin have mutually agreed to cancel their scheduled 2026 matchup. The teams were scheduled to face off at Wisconsin on Sept. 19. Wisconsin instead will host Eastern Michigan on that day. Wisconsin’s other nonconference home games next season are a Sept. 6 meeting with Notre Dame at Lambeau Field ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern’s Díaz gets Champions League ban cut after reckless foul on PSG’s Hakimi
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Bayern Munich forward Luis Díaz has had his three-game Champions League ban reduced to two on appeal following his reckless foul on Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi. UEFA said Friday that Díaz’s appeal on the charge of “serious rough play” was upheld, without specifying why. That means he still misses Bayern’s Champions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No sanction for England’s Tom Curry after ‘pushing’ Pumas coach Contepomi
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — There will be no consequence for England flanker Tom Curry after he was accused of pushing Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi following their autumn rugby test. Six Nations Rugby, which oversees the autumn series, said on Friday there will be no formal sanction of Curry or Contepomi. Two weeks ago at Twickenham in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest: 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is underway. See how the group picks shake out
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in this summer’s tournament. U.S. President Donald Trump is also attending the event, as are President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Here’s the latest: ‘Nessun ... Read More »
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