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Raptors’ Jakob Poeltl remains without return timeline, team says
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
The Toronto Raptors have announced that starting centre Jakob Poeltl remains without a timeline to return. The 30-year-old Austrian hasn’t played since Dec. 21, missing 17 games, due to a lower back strain. The Raptors say Poeltl has returned to Toronto and received targeted pain relief treatment. His status will be updated when he returns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohamed-Ali Cho downs Nantes with two goals as Nice finally wins in Ligue 1
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Forward Mohamed-Ali Cho downed Nantes with two goals on Sunday as Nice won 4-1 to secure its first Ligue 1 victory since October. Cho took his tally to five goals overall this season. He burst onto the scene in 2021 as a 16-year-old with Angers when he became the youngest player in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Auburn coach Steven Pearl gets signature win and proves rebuild is coming together
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Steven Pearl’s signature win came at an unlikely venue and against one of his closest friends. Pearl and Auburn stunned No. 16 Florida 76-67 on Saturday to notch the program’s first victory in Gainesville since 1996. Pearl had lost all four trips to the O’Connell Center since joining his father’s staff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Atletico Madrid beats Mallorca 3-0 to regain third place in Spanish league
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid regained third place in the Spanish league by beating Mallorca 3-0 on Sunday. It was the first time in six matches this year that Atletico scored more than one goal. The victory moved Diego Simeone’s team three points ahead of Villarreal, which lost 2-0 to Real Madrid on Saturday. Villarreal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japan’s Kao Miura wins Four Continents figure skating championship in Olympic tuneup
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
BEIJING (AP) — Kao Miura of Japan won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Sunday in his final tuneup for the Milan Cortina Olympics. Performing to “Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 1960s musical drama, Miura finished his free skate with a total of 273.73 points to edge Junhwan Cha by the slimmest of margins. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patrick Reed wins in Dubai. Money earned can go toward European tour fines for playing LIV
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Patrick Reed kept everyone at bay and closed with an even-par 72 on Sunday for a four-shot victory in the Dubai Desert Classic, his first European tour title that moves him back into the top 30 in the world for the first time since he joined LIV Golf. Reed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!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 »
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