Category Archives: Sports
Eddie Howe confirms exit as Newcastle coach weeks before Premier League season
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - Eddie Howe confirmed he's stepped down as coach of Newcastle on Friday less than a month before the start of the Premier League season. As players headed to a preseason train...
Jul 31, 2026
OHL approves sale of Barrie Colts to Toronto-area businessman John Careri
TORONTO - The Barrie Colts have a new owner. The Ontario Hockey League announced Friday that the club has been transferred to John Careri. The Toronto-area entrepreneur, investor and sports executive ...
Jul 31, 2026
Canada earns two judo golds, Warner claims decathlon silver at Commonwealth Games
GLASGOW - Canada topped a pair of judo podiums and Damian Warner added a decathlon silver as part of an eight-medal haul Friday at the Commonwealth Games. Evelyn Beaton of Lethbridge, Alta., opened th...
Jul 31, 2026
Toronto Tempo pack their bags for five-game road trip
TORONTO - The Toronto Tempo hope the upcoming five-game road trip will curb its losing ways. The Tempo dropped its fifth straight and second this week to the Minnesota Lynx 104-72 on Thursday. Even th...
Jul 31, 2026
Senior FIFA executive says staff were deceived over Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan
GENEVA (AP) - FIFA's chief operating officer said its staff were deceived by their president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, and suggested on Friday the project must not go ahead. Zurich-b...
Jul 31, 2026
Pressure rises on Infantino and FIFA's World Cup investor plan as adviser resigns and Asia opposes
GENEVA (AP) - Pressure on FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity grew Friday as his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned an...
Jul 31, 2026
Schneider: Toronto Blue Jays' next moves 'murky' ahead of MLB trade deadline
TORONTO - Although the Blue Jays pride themselves on clear communication with their players, manager John Schneider said it's still "murky" what Toronto will be doing ahead of Major League Baseball's ...
Jul 31, 2026
Asian soccer body joins opposition to FIFA and Infantino's World Cup private equity plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Asia's soccer body joined opposition to Gianni Infantino's plan for private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup and said Friday FIFA must urgently review its managem...
Jul 31, 2026
Simu Liu and Jeremy Lin are bringing hoops and hope to Markham
Even during his bachelor party in Ontario's Muskoka region, Simu Liu had Markham on his mind. Ahead of his wedding to fiance Allison Hsu, the Marvel star stepped away from jet skiing and lake swims wi...
Jul 31, 2026
Pakistan rescuers find 4 bodies of the 10 climbers missing on Broad Peak after an avalanche
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies Friday and were continuing to search for the other six, officials said. Effo...
Jul 31, 2026