National Sports
Old Dominion hosts Troy in Sun Belt play
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
Troy (6-3) at Old Dominion (6-3), Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. EST. How to watch: ESPN Key stats Old Dominion Offense Overall: 451.9 yards per game (24th in FBS) Passing: 250.3 yards per game (48th) Rushing: 201.6 yards per game (20th) Scoring: 31.9 points per game (48th) Old Dominion Defense Overall: 367.4 yards per game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Garth Brooks, The Killers and Tom Petty became stars of college football Saturdays
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
When Garth Brooks recorded his version of “Callin’ Baton Rouge” — an up-tempo country hit previously produced by New Grass Revival and others — he had a specific vibe in mind. “New Grass recorded the song for bluegrass festivals,” Brooks said. “We recorded the song to be played in stadiums and arenas, with one lone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!4-time NBA champion Tony Parker starts coaching career with France U17 team
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Former NBA star Tony Parker will start his coaching career in charge of France’s Under-17 team, the French basketball federation said Friday. The 43-year-old Parker will coach the team at the U17 World Cup in Turkey next year. “I’ve been thinking about coaching for two years now, telling myself it’s the next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager, becomes the tallest player in college basketball history
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Todd Golden had people yelling at him at halftime Thursday night to get seven-foot-nine center Olivier Rioux in the game. Golden relented with 2:09 to play — and made history in the process — after chants of “We Want Ollie” swept through the O’Connell Center. Rioux became the tallest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK police arrest 10 around a soccer match between Aston Villa and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that 10 people were arrested the previous night around the highly charged Europa League soccer match in Birmingham between English Premier League side Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, a match that saw fans of the Israeli team banned. West Midlands Police said the match passed without major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sakamoto dominates short program at her last NHK Trophy
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto dominated the short program on Friday, putting herself in prime position to defend her title at what she says will be her final NHK Trophy. Sakamoto said in June she will retire from competition after next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Skating to “Time to Say Goodbye,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The numbers are insane’: Guardiola reaches 1,000 games in a coaching career that’s changed soccer
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
It all started on Sept. 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 fans. Eighteen years later, Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads Manchester City into one of the biggest games in world soccer — against Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barcelona trains at Camp Nou for first time in over 2 years as stadium remodeling continues
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Construction cranes loomed overhead and there were gaping holes in the upper tier but Barcelona’s team and several thousand paying fans were finally back inside Camp Nou for the first time in over two years. More than 20,000 Barcelona supporters filled part of the modernized Camp Nou stadium on Friday to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colapinto keeps his Alpine F1 seat for 2026 despite not scoring points
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
SAO PAULO (AP) — Franco Colapinto will stay with the Alpine team for 2026 even though he’s yet to score a point this year in Formula 1. The Argentine driver will head into his first full F1 season in 2026 after he replaced Australian rookie Jack Doohan at Alpine ahead of the seventh race of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France players to honor victims of Paris attacks in 2015
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The French soccer federation will pay tribute to the victims of the November 2015 attacks that targeted the Bataclan theater, Paris cafés and the national stadium in assaults that killed more than 130 people and injured over 400. France’s national team hosts Ukraine on Nov. 13 in a men’s World Cup qualifier, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rai makes albatross and is tied for lead with Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi
By Canadian Press on November 7th, 2025
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Aaron Rai holed out from 214 yards for an albatross in his 8-under 64 that left him tied for the lead with fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood after the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday. Rai’s second shot at the par-5 No. 2 pitched a few ... Read More »
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