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Salah back in starting lineup and Slot’s Liverpool is winning again in the Champions League
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Mohamed Salah restored to the Liverpool starting lineup. Arne Slot’s team winning with ease again in the Champions League, 3-0 at Marseille on Wednesday. It was something like business as usual for the English champions in a strangely up-and-down season amid turmoil with its Egyptian superstar, who was key to its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedri sustains hamstring injury in Barcelona’s win in Champions League
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
PRAGUE (AP) — Barcelona midfielder Pedri sustained a hamstring injury in the second half of the team’s 4-2 win at Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Spain international went down near midfield during a breakaway by the hosts and was substituted by Dani Olmo in the 61st minute. Barcelona coach Hansi ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stanford’s Chisom Okpara to miss rest of season with injury
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford’s second-leading scorer Chisom Okpara will miss the remainder of the season with a lower extremity injury. The team announced on Wednesday that Okpara will not be able to return this season after getting hurt in a loss to Virginia on Jan. 10. Okpara was second on the team in scoring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea make Champions League charge, Bayern advances and Barcelona wins
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Premier League teams are powering ahead in the Champions League with five of England’s top flight clubs in position to advance to the round of 16. Arsenal tops the standings and has already secured its place in the next round, while wins for Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea on Wednesday saw them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedri injured in Barcelona’s match against Slavia Prague in Champions League
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
Barcelona midfielder Pedri had to be replaced in the second half of Barcelona’s 4-2 win at Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Spain international apparently hurt a muscle in his right leg and was substituted by Dani Olmo in the 61st minute. Pedri went down near midfield during a breakaway by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scottie Scheffler makes his 2026 debut amid palm trees and desert at The American Express
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler always keeps score. His most recent competition before starting the PGA Tour season was at home in Dallas when Si Woo Kim took some cash off the world’s No. 1 player, only to have to give most of it back from a separate game. Scheffler has been competing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Olympic skeleton team includes 2024 world champion Clarke, veteran Channell
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
CALGARY — A couple of rookies and one veteran comprise Canada’s skeleton team for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Hallie Clarke is a rookie, but the 21-year-old from Brighton, Ont., brings international success from winning a world women’s championship in 2024 and a women’s world junior title in 2025. Her Olympic aspirations began when she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National team head coach LaPolice continues to prepare for world flag football event
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
They’re still over two years away but the 2028 Summer Olympics are on Paul LaPolice’s radar. The head coach of Canada’s men’s flag football team has already compiled a preliminary practice plan for the Games even though his squad hasn’t yet qualified for the competition. But also on LaPolice’s plate is preparing for this year’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ben Johnson, Bears look ahead after breakthrough season
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears thrilled the city in coach Ben Johnson’s first season. They pulled out one comeback win after another on their way to capturing the NFC North championship after finishing last in the division. They advanced in the playoffs for the first time in 15 years by rallying to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jarry, Ingram provide stability in goal that Oilers had been seeking
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
EDMONTON — After three months of trying to find dependable goaltending, the Edmonton Oilers appear to have solved the problem with the recent additions of Tristan Jarry and Connor Ingram. Ingram, obtained from Utah last fall, arrived in Edmonton an unknown commodity for the Oilers when he was called up from Bakersfield to fill in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liverpool’s Szoboszlai scores with trick free kick under Marseille’s jumping defensive wall
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2026
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The Marseille defensive wall had no solid foundation and Dominik Szoboszlai’s trick free kick gave Liverpool the lead in the Champions League on Wednesday. The game was goalless entering stoppage time at the end of the first half when Liverpool was awarded a free kick for a foul 20 meters (yards) ... Read More »
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