National Sports
Minor-league Macclesfield to host holder Crystal Palace in FA Cup 3rd round
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — English FA Cup holder Crystal Palace will travel to sixth-tier Macclesfield in the third round next month after the draw was made Monday. Macclesfield, one of four minor-league clubs still in the FA Cup, sits 14th in the National League North. In its previous guise as Macclesfield Town, the team reached the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rogers credits Campbell for making Iowa State job too good to pass up and setting him up for success
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
Jimmy Rogers admired Iowa State football from afar as Matt Campbell was leading the Cyclones through the best 10 years in program history, and he had designs on the coaching job long before it was open. So much so, in fact, that when athletic director Jamie Pollard offered him the opportunity to be Campbell’s successor, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wrexham’s owners add US-based private equity firm Apollo Sports Capital to boost rising soccer club
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s celebrity owners have sold a minority stake in their on-the-rise soccer club to Apollo Sports Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm. The deal, which was announced on Monday with no terms disclosed, includes investment by Apollo in the redevelopment of Wrexham’s stadium and the surrounding area in the small Welsh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey at the Winter Olympics will be played on shorter ice than NHL dimensions
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Hockey, one of the premier events at the Winter Olympics and one that is welcoming NHL players back for the first time in more than a decade, will take place on ice that is shorter than NHL-regulation size. Men’s and women’s games at two arenas will be played in rinks that are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2028 Los Angeles Olympics push British Open to latest start since the 19th century
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The British Open is moving back two weeks in 2028 to avoid a conflict with the Los Angeles Olympics, giving golf’s oldest championship its latest start since 1893. The British Open will be played Aug. 3-6 in 2028 at a links course still to be announced. The Olympics, which return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A person of interest is in custody in connection with the shooting of New York Jets’ Kris Boyd
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A person of interest is in custody in connection with the shooting of New York Jets’ player Kris Boyd, police said Monday. A New York Police Department spokesperson did not say what role, if any, the person is believed to have had in the shooting, and said no other information was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Falcons are already looking ahead to 2026 after another lost season
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — With a month to go in the regular season, the Atlanta Falcons are already looking ahead to 2026. The Falcons locked up an eighth straight losing campaign and were officially eliminated from the playoff race with their seventh defeat in eight games, a 37-9 beatdown at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts confirm QB Daniel Jones has season-ending Achilles injury, backup Riley Leonard also hurt
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts will be without starting quarterback Daniel Jones the rest of this season. They’re not even sure if backup Riley Leonard will play next weekend, either. Coach Shane Steichen confirmed Monday the expected diagnosis that Jones tore his right Achilles tendon — and the surprise news that Leonard injured his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jim Barker back with Argos, this time as director of player personnel
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Jim Barker is back for a fourth stint with the Toronto Argonauts, this time as the director of player personnel. The CFL team announced the return of Barker, who has won three of his five Grey Cup rings with the Argonauts, in a release Monday. Barker began his CFL coaching career as an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor league Macclesfield to host holder Crystal Palace in FA Cup 3rd round
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — English FA Cup holder Crystal Palace will travel to sixth-tier Macclesfield in the third round next month after the draw was made Monday. Macclesfield, one of four minor-league clubs still in the FA Cup, sits 14th in the National League North. In its previous guise as Macclesfield Town, the team reached the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Canada rugby sevens coach looking forward to new challenge with U.S. women
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
There’s a backstory to Canada’s rugby sevens silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, dating back to the Rugby Americas North Sevens two years earlier in the Bahamas. The Canadian women were staying at Breezes Resort Bahamas, an all-inclusive resort, during the tournament. Unfortunately it was during was American spring break, hardly conducive for elite ... Read More »
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