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Reeds leads in Dubai and McIlroy needs a big weekend to challenge for the title
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Patrick Reed moved into the lead and Dustin Johnson missed the cut on a mixed day for high-profile LIV golfers at the European tour’s Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Languishing in between was four-time champion Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood, the tournament’s headline players who will need a big ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ferrari ‘more united than ever’ as Hamilton drives new F1 car after troubled 2025
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
FIORANO MODENESE, Italy (AP) — Team principal Fred Vasseur says Ferrari is “more united than ever” as Lewis Hamilton test drove the car designed to bring the Italian giant back to the front of the Formula 1 field following a troubled 2025. Hamilton was at the wheel as the SF-26 took to Ferrari’s Fiorano test ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marc Guehi to make Man City debut against Wolverhampton
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marc Guehi is set to make his Manchester City debut against Wolverhampton on Saturday in what will be a boost to Pep Guardiola’s injury-hit backline. The 25-year-old England defender completed his move from Crystal Palace on Monday but wasn’t in City’s squad a day later for a surprising 3-1 loss at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marseille signs Netherlands midfielder Timber from Feyenoord. Rennes adds Szymanski from Fenerbahce
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
RENNES, France (AP) — Marseille signed Netherlands midfielder Quinten Timber in a cut-price deal Friday with his contract at Feyenoord set to expire at the end of the season. Marseille did not disclose the transfer fee for the 24-year-old Timber but it was reportedly 4.5 million euros ($5.3 million), well below his true market value. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Petra Vlhova included in Slovakia’s team for the Milan Cortina Games after two years out with injury
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova has been included in the Slovakia team for next month’s Milan Cortina Games as she aims to make to a comeback from more than two years out with a knee injury. The 30-year-old Vlhova hasn’t competed since tearing ligaments in her right knee in January 2024 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iva Jovic uses advice from Novak Djokovic to upset Jasmine Paolini at Australian Open
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iva Jovic tapped the best source possible for tennis advice when she spoke to Novak Djokovic ahead of her third-round match at the Australian Open against No. 7-seeded Jasmine Paolini. Whatever he told her, it worked Friday for the 18-year-old American in her 6-2, 7-6 (3) upset win. It reversed her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern Munich waits for Upamecano’s contract decision
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich is still waiting for Dayot Upamecano to respond to a contract extension offer, with Real Madrid and Paris Saint-German reportedly interested in signing the France defender. “There was speculation that Upa had more or less agreed. We never said that,” Bayern’s board member for sport, Max Eberl, said Friday. “We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Odermatt narrowly beats Swiss teammate von Allmen to win last World Cup super-G before Olympics
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — World champion Marco Odermatt confirmed his status as the main contender for the Olympic super-G title Friday by winning the opening event of the classic Hahnenkamm weekend, the last super-G before the Milan Cortina Games. The Swiss star became the only skier with more than one super-G victory this season, after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nurse, last-place Goldeneyes confident in ability to make PWHL playoffs
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
VANCOUVER — They may be at the bottom of the PWHL standings looking up, but Sarah Nurse and the expansion Vancouver Goldeneyes haven’t lost hope they can still make the playoffs. Nurse scored twice and Tereza Vanisova added a goal and an assist as the Goldeneyes defeated the Toronto Sceptres 5-0 Thursday. Izzy Daniel and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finished Great Canadian Jersey formally unveiled
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
TORONTO — The Great Canadian jersey has a little bit of everything. The jersey, which brings together hockey uniforms from every province and territory in Canada, was unveiled Friday. It’s the latest instalment of Rogers’ This Is Our Game campaign. Donated jerseys from Canadians — including hockey superstars Connor McDavid and Marie-Philip Poulin — were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alex Palou ordered to pay McLaren Racing $12M in breach of contract suit
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2026
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou on Friday was ordered to pay McLaren Racing more than $12 million in the breach of contract suit the team filed when the Spaniard backed out of two different deals with the racing team. The Friday ruling from London’s High Court came after a five-week ... Read More »
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