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Vancouver Whitecaps face busy start to 2025 Major League Soccer schedule
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
The Vancouver Whitecaps face a busy start to the 2025 season, visiting Costa Rica for a Feb. 20 CONCACAF Champions Cup game with Deportivo Saprissa before opening the MLS season three days later in Portland. The Whitecaps will host the Costa Rican side Feb. 27 in the second leg of the series. The MLS regular ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Major League Soccer regular season to run Feb. 22 to Oct. 18 in 2025 with 30 teams
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
Major League Soccer will kick off its 2025 regular season Feb. 22 with all three Canadian teams opening on the road. Inter Miami hosts New York City FC in the first of 13 games opening day. Montreal visits Atlanta while Toronto plays at D.C. United. The league grows to 30 teams in its 30th season ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Soccer reveals six finalists for its Players of the Year Award
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
TORONTO – Lille forward Jonathan David, Nice defender Moïse Bombito and Celtic fullback Alistair Johnston are the men’s finalists for Canada Soccer Player of the Year. On the women’s side, the award is down to midfielder Jessie Fleming of the NWSL Portland Thorns, Lyon defender Vanessa Gilles and Roma striker Evelyne Viens. The winners will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alouettes sign defensive back Kabion Ento to two-year contract
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes signed American defensive back Kabion Ento to a two-year contract on Thursday, keeping him with the team through 2026. Ento recorded 56 defensive tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles in 18 regular-season games as a starter last season. The 28-year-old had 48 defensive tackles, three interceptions and a touchdown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lions sign star defensive lineman Mathieu Betts to two-year extension
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Lions have signed star defensive lineman Mathieu Betts to a two-year contract extension, the CFL club announced Thursday. Betts was eligible to become a free agent this February. The lineman from Montreal registered 13 defensive tackles and two sacks in seven regular-season games after rejoining B.C. following a stint with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yager named captain, Molendyk and Ritchie alternates for Canada’s world junior team
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – Centre Brayden Yager has been named captain of Canada’s team for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. Hockey Canada announced the team’s leadership group Thursday, with Tanner Molendyk and Calum Ritchie named alternate captains for the tournament that starts Boxing Day in Ottawa. Yager, a Winnipeg Jets prospect, has a goal and three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NSL’s Montreal Roses sign Canadian forward Tanya Boychuk
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Montreal Roses announced the signing of Canadian forward Tanya Boychuk on Thursday. Boychuk joins the Northern Super League team after leading Swedish club Vittsjö GIK with seven goals this year in the Damallsvenskan, the country’s top league. The 24-year-old from Edmonton also played for Throttur Reykjavik FC in Iceland’s top league in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stanford receiver Ayomanor chasing second straight Cornish Trophy honour
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
Elic Ayomanor is looking to join a select group. The Stanford Cardinal receiver is a finalist for the Jon Cornish Trophy, presented annually to the top Canadian playing football in the NCAA. Ayomanor, of Medicine Hat, Alta., captured the award last year and is looking to join Victoria’s Nathan Rourke (2017-18) and John Metchie III, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lindsey Vonn hits back at critics who think she’s crazy to return to ski racing at age 40
By Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press on December 19th, 2024
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) – Lindsey Vonn didn’t just pop into the hospital one day, get a new titanium knee and then decide on the way out that she wanted to return to downhill ski racing. It’s been a long, calculated process involving several minor and some major knee surgeries, careful vetting of the medical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Major League Soccer lifts the lid on how much general allocation money clubs have
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2024
Think of it as a moment of transparency in a league rife with confusing, ever-changing salary and roster rules. In a first, Major League Soccer has revealed the amount of general allocation money (GAM) each of its 30 clubs has to use in 2025. General allocation money is essentially an artificial mechanism to allow MLS ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL begins production on a 2nd season of the league’s all-access ‘Faceoff’ docuseries
By The Associated Press on December 19th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The NHL has begun production on the second season of an all-access, behind-the-scenes show with the makers of the popular “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” series. The league, in announcing the continuation of the show Thursday, said Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is the first player confirmed to be involved in ... Read More »
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