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Injured Argentina defender Juan Foyth set to miss World Cup
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
MADRID (AP) — Argentina defender Juan Foyth has ruptured his left Achilles tendon while playing for Villarreal in the Spanish league and is set to miss the World Cup. Foyth was injured in the 23rd minute of Villarreal’s 2-0 loss to Real Madrid on Saturday. Villarreal said Sunday that tests confirmed the injury. The club ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scotty James win a fifth straight Winter X title, matches Shaun White with his eighth gold there
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
Snowboarder Scotty James parlayed a never-before-landed trick combination into his fifth straight X Games title on the halfpipe on Saturday and tied Shaun White with eight overall gold medals at the biggest event this side of the Olympics. In the final major contest before next month’s Milan Cortina Games, the 31-year-old Australian capped off his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edin Džeko repays jubilant welcome by scoring on his Schalke debut
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Edin Džeko scored minutes after going on for his Schalke debut to help the team snatch a 2-2 draw with Kaiserslautern in Germany’s second division on Sunday. The 39-year-old Džeko, who joined Schalke in a surprise transfer from Italian team Fiorentina on Thursday, looked like being upstaged by another substitute, Ivan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Austrian skier Manuel Feller pleases home crowd with surprise World Cup slalom win in Kitzbühel
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Manuel Feller pleased the home crowd with a surprise win in the World Cup slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm event on Sunday, a day after the Austrian team had a disastrous result in the downhill. Feller, fourth after the opening leg, kneeled on the snow in the finish area after his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. cities face off for a piece of ‘Heated Rivalry’ star Hudson Williams
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
VANCOUVER — It’s a “Heated Rivalry” beef, with a side-serving of spaghetti, as British Columbia cities lay claim to Hudson Williams, star of the gay hockey television phenomenon. Williams, who stars as Shane Hollander in the Crave series, has connections with multiple B.C. cities — he was born in Kelowna, grew up in Kamloops, lives ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patrick Reed wins Dubai Desert Classic ahead of Andy Sullivan; Rory McIlroy back in 33rd
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former Masters champion and current LIV Golf circuit member Patrick Reed eased to victory at the Dubai Desert Classic by four strokes Sunday. Reed, who held a four-stroke lead after the third round, finished ahead of England’s Andy Sullivan. Julien Guerrier of France and Spain’s David Puig finished joint-third, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At 21, Coco Gauff has enjoyed hanging out with emerging teens at Australian Open
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff wants those people posing questions to her about the teenagers breaking through at the Australian Open to remember one thing: She’s 21. The 18-year-old Iva Jovic will be playing No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park. That’s after Sabalenka, a two-time champion in Australia, beat 19-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mikaela Shiffrin wins last slalom before Olympics and locks up record ninth season discipline title
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin locked up the World Cup slalom title with two races to spare on Sunday, becoming the first skier with nine season titles in one discipline. The American star dominated the last slalom before the Olympics, winning both runs to beat runner-up Camille Rast, the world champion from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World champion Loic Meillard leads Kitzbühel slalom after 1st run. Atle Lie McGrath skies out
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Slalom world champion Loic Meillard posted the fastest time and World Cup discipline leader Atle Lie McGrath skied out on Sunday in the opening run of the final event of the classic Hahnenkamm weekend. Meillard beat Eduard Hallberg of Finland by 0.35 seconds, followed by third-placed Henrik Kristoffersen, who led a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maureen Murphy surging offensivelt for Montreal Victoire
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
LAVAL — If you were to look up the top playoff scorer in Montreal Victoire history, it wouldn’t be Marie-Philip Poulin, or even Laura Stacey. That honour would go to third-year forward Maureen Murphy. Her five points in seven Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff games is two more than Poulin, and her three goals in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney set to spend much of 2026 travelling the world in search of trade
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
OTTAWA — Mark Carney has been circling the globe on government aircraft since becoming prime minister — part of his efforts to secure new trade links and investment to double non-U.S. exports in the next decade. In just the first month of this year, he visited France, China, Qatar and Switzerland. The Prime Minister’s Office ... Read More »
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