National Sports
NFL Canada awards $75,000 to three Canadian youth football programs
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
NFL Canada has awarded $75,000 to three Canadian youth football programs. The Falcons Football Club, based in Winnipeg, North Toronto Sentinels, of Vaughan, Ont., (formerly known as Vaughan Rebels Football Association) and Montreal’s Sun Youth Hornets Football will all receive a $25,000 donation as part of the NFL’s Forward Pass initiative. This marks the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mitch Marner set to face Maple Leafs for first time since bolting for Golden Knights
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
LAS VEGAS — Mitch Marner says he hasn’t given much thought to the reunion. The Vegas Golden Knights winger was focused on putting one foot in front of the other as he navigated a new team, city and country. The calendar has also finally flipped to a day many others circled back in June. Vegas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel to stand trial on rape, sexual assault charges
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PARIS (AP) — French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel will stand trial on charges of rape and sexual assault over allegations involving the daughter of his former coach, the prosecutor general’s office in Colmar said Thursday. The prosecutor general confirmed that the investigative chamber of the Colmar appeals court ordered Agnel, 33, to be sent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is Joel Embiid really back to All-Star form? 76ers proceed carefully as he avoids injury bug
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The basketball was loose and headed out of bounds and the 76ers were losing — and lost, big — to Cleveland when Joel Embiid knew he had to make a play. He swatted at the ball and pushed it behind him onto the court to keep the play alive. Embiid did not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olympic great Shaun White’s next chapter: Shaping snowboarding from outside the halfpipe
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
In some ways, Shaun White’s next trip to the Winter Olympics might be the toughest. Retired for four years and now trying to shape his sport from outside of the halfpipe he once commanded, White says he fully expects his upcoming trip to Italy — the country where he won the first of his three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 former NCAA players among those charged in alleged scheme to rig basketball games
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged 20 people on Thursday, including 15 former college basketball players, in what they called a betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games. Of the defendants, 15 played basketball for Division 1 NCAA schools as recently as the 2024-25 season. The other five defendants were described by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 former NCAA players among those charged in alleged scheme to fix basketball games
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged 20 people on Thursday, including 15 former college basketball players, in what they called a betting scheme to fix NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games. Of the defendants, 15 played basketball for Division 1 NCAA schools as recently as the 2024-25 season. The other five defendants were described by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inter Milan has 70% chance of Serie A title after becoming winter champion
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has a 70% chance of winning Serie A according to history. In 63 of the 93 previous Serie A seasons, the team which topped the table at the midway point went on to claim the scudetto. Inter strong-armed its way to the title of winter champion on Wednesday when Pio ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s skeleton team cleared of wrongdoing in U.S. athlete’s Olympic complaint
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
Canada’s skeleton team has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in a complaint brought forward by American athlete Katie Uhlaender. Uhlaender’s complaint that she was robbed of a chance to qualify for the Milan Cortina Games was dismissed by the sport’s governing body Thursday, another blow to her quest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender’s Olympic hopes take another hit as complaint dismissed
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
U.S. skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender’s complaint that she was robbed of a chance to qualify for the Milan Cortina Games was dismissed by the sport’s governing body Thursday, another blow to her quest to make what would be her sixth Olympic team. Uhlaender said a decision by Canadian coaches to pull some of their sliders ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PSG coach Luis Enrique open to soccer using rugby’s sin-bin for fouls
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is open to a sin-bin-style system in soccer whereby players are temporarily removed from a game for fouls. Sin-bins are used in rugby matches when a player instigates foul play and is removed for 10 minutes. There is no such system in soccer as players are either ... Read More »
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