National Sports
Barcelona defeats 2nd-division club Racing 2-0 to advance to quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
MADRID (AP) — Defending champion Barcelona avoided an upset a day after Real Madrid faltered in the Copa del Rey, edging second-division leader Racing Santander 2-0 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals. Madrid, which lost last year’s Copa final to Barcelona, was eliminated by second-tier team Albacete 3-2 on Wednesday in the debut of coach Álvaro ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!49ers star Fred Warner ruled out for playoff game against Seattle, could return if team advances
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco star linebacker Fred Warner was ruled out for the 49ers’ divisional round playoff game against Seattle but could return from a serious ankle injury if the team wins this week. Warner returned to practice this week for the first time since breaking and dislocating his right ankle in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Georgian figure skaters win pairs and lead men’s event at European championships
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — It was Georgia’s day at the European figure skating championships Thursday. Skaters representing the former Soviet nation won the pairs gold medal and took the lead in the men’s event at the championships, a key warmup for next month’s Winter Olympics. Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava recovered from a fall to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bell unafraid of potential loss of HBO due to Warner Bros deal, CEO says
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
MONTREAL — BCE Inc. chief executive Mirko Bibic says he remains unperturbed about the prospect of losing access to content from HBO, the premium U.S. television network that Bell streams on its Crave platform. The comment comes as Netflix’s US$83-billion bid to buy Warner Bros., which owns HBO, continues to make waves in Canadian and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner lead Magic past Grizzlies 118-111 in Berlin
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
BERLIN (AP) — Paolo Banchero had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Franz Wagner had 18 points and nine rebounds in his return to the Magic lineup, and Orlando beat the Memphis Grizzlies 118-111 on Thursday in the NBA’s first regular-season game in Germany. Wagner had missed more than a month with a high ankle sprain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A scheme to rig college basketball games has been uncovered. Here’s what we know
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to fix basketball games stretched from the Chinese Basketball Association to the NCAA and has ensnared 26 people, including current and former college players, prosecutors revealed Thursday. The charges filed in federal court in Philadelphia include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. How did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adrien Rabiot helps AC Milan close Serie A gap with 3-1 comeback win over Como
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
MILAN (AP) — AC Milan didn’t let city rival Inter Milan open up too big a gap at the top of Serie A as it fought back to win 3-1 at in-form Como on Thursday, with Adrien Rabiot winning a penalty and then scoring two goals. Inter had moved six points clear of Milan and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union Berlin rescues a draw at Augsburg after fan protest interrupts Bundesliga game
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — Marin Ljubicic scored a stoppage-time goal to salvage a 1-1 draw for 10-man Union against Augsburg on Thursday in a Bundesliga game that was disrupted in the first half by fans throwing toy balls onto the field. Alexis Claude-Maurice’s audacious long-range strike just before halftime had Augsburg on course for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key facts in the latest NCAA basketball betting investigation
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
Federal prosecutors have revealed a sprawling scheme to rig men’s college basketball games while yielding big payouts to gamblers. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, fixers started with two professional games in China before turning their focus to recruiting college players in America to participate in similar point-shaving efforts as recently as January 2025. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!49ers’ Brock Purdy gets another chance at Mike Macdonald’s Seahawks D that shut him down in Week 18
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Two of Brock Purdy’s worst performances in an otherwise stellar career came when he matched up against a Mike Macdonald-coached defense. Now thanks to one of his more memorable moments when he led the short-handed San Francisco 49ers to a fourth-quarter comeback in a wild-card win at Philadelphia, Purdy gets ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cincinnati Reds and pitcher Pierce Johnson complete $6.5 million, 1-year contract
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
CINCINNATI (AP) — Pierce Johnson already knew how formidable the Cincinnati Reds were last year after facing them. It also helped that Johnson’s best friend, Emilio Pagan, is the closer on the Reds staff. “After Cincinnati ended up re-signing him he was like, ‘You’re coming here. We’re getting it done.’ When you have your best ... Read More »
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