National Sports
Canadian boxers Beaudoin and Galle will fight for titles on Paul-Joshua card
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
Canadian boxers Leila Beaudoin and Amanda (Bambola) Galle are back in the title hunt. Both women were scheduled for separate championship bouts on a Nov. 14 card in Miami headlined by Jake Paul and WBA lightweight champion Gervonta (Tank) Davis. But Most Valuable Promotions, the promotion company co-founded by Paul, scrapped the card on Nov. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson fall in quarterfinals at beach volleyball worlds
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ADELAIDE — Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were knocked out in the quarterfinals at the beach volleyball world championships on Friday. The Olympic silver medallists lost 2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 9-15) to Brazil’s Rebecca Cavalcante and Carol Solberg. The Canadians entered the elimination round undefeated and hadn’t dropped a set all week. Brazil held the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raphinha and goalie Joan García fit for Barcelona’s return to Camp Nou
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Raphinha and goalkeeper Joan García have recovered from injury in time for Barcelona’s first game at Camp Nou in over two years. Coach Hansi Flick said García will start against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday while Raphinha will begin the game on the bench. Barcelona will aim for a win to keep ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel-Premier Tech is rebranding as NSN Cycling Team from 2026 with new base in Spain
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BARCELONA (AP) — The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has found a new name and will race as the NSN Cycling Team from next year onward. The team had said last month it would rebrand and move away from its Israeli identity after being repeatedly targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters during the Spanish Vuelta and later excluded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at the 16 teams set to compete at the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
The Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials begin Saturday and run through Nov. 30 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. The winning teams will represent Canada at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Here’s a look at the eight women’s and eight men’s teams in the field (teams in alphabetical order with athletes from skip to lead, followed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gushue aims for Trials win to set up potential storybook Olympic capper to career
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
Brad Gushue reached the pinnacle of his sport almost 20 years ago when he stood on the top step of the Olympic podium at the Turin Games. The last hurdle in his quest to return to Italy for the Winter Olympics starts Saturday in Halifax. Gushue will skip one of eight men’s team entries at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2026 World Cup: Australia and Uzbekistan to host FIFA-backed warmup mini-tournaments
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ZURICH (AP) — World Cup qualifiers Australia and Uzbekistan will prepare for the tournament by hosting FIFA-backed tournaments of intercontinental friendlies in March, soccer’s governing body said Friday. The “FIFA Series” of mini-tournaments designed to help developing soccer nations debuted two years ago and will add the first women’s events next year, in Brazil, Ivory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!British skeleton racer Matt Weston wins 1st test race on controversial new Olympic sliding track
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain on Friday. Weston beat European champion Samuel Maier of Austria by 0.15 seconds after two runs in the head-first discipline down the Eugenio ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Origin stories behind the trophies heighten college football rivalry games on the smaller stage
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The winners of the annual North Dakota State-South Dakota State rivalry football game get an unusual honor: hoisting a 78-pound trophy for all to see. The Dakota Marker is a rock — and it is heavier than it looks. “When you get a chance to run over and grab it, you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier League to introduce a spending cap from next season
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Premier League teams agreed Friday to introduce spending caps in England’s top flight from next season. Clubs’ on-field spending will be restricted to 85% of their soccer revenue and net profit or loss on player sales. There will also be an allowance of an extra 30% – but if clubs exceed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Milan Cortina Olympic mountains are wintry white after 1st big snowstorm of the season
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The mountains that will host the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been hit with their first significant snowstorm of the season. On the upper sections of the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina where women’s Alpine skiing will be contested for the Feb. 6-22 Games, up to 20 centimeters ... Read More »
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