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Real Valladolid picks up option to sign Canadian striker Larin till 2025
VALLADOLID, Spain – Spanish soccer club Real Valladolid say they have signed Canadian forward Cyle…
Toronto FC fires head coach Bob Bradley, names Terry Dunfield interim coach
TORONTO – Bob Bradley ran out of time with Toronto FC. And president Bill Manning…
Rising number of wildfires trigger poor air quality warnings in Ontario, Quebec
OTTAWA – The number of forest fires burning across Canada crept higher over the last…
Whitecaps notch first road win, beat Los Angeles FC 3-2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Defender Ranko Veselinovic scored in the second minute, Ryan Gauld had…
Montreal, Charlotte play to scoreless draw in MLS action
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jonathan Sirois finished with four saves for CF Montreal, Kristijan Kahlina…
New England Revolution rally for 2-1 win to hand Toronto FC another road defeat
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – An undermanned Toronto FC, missing 11 players through injury and international duty,…
Captain Christine Sinclair says temporary labor deal with Canada Soccer is imminent
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Canada captain Christine Sinclair says she’s confident the Canadian women’s national…
CBS News effort shows the growth in solutions journalism to combat bad news fatigue
NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado school is creating a “zen den” for troubled students.…
United States picked to host 2025 Club World Cup, an expanded soccer tournament with 32 teams
GENEVA (AP) — The United States will host the Club World Cup in 2025, the…
CF Montreal exploring all options to rediscover road form against Charlotte FC
MONTREAL – After tying the Major League Soccer record for most consecutive shutout wins at…
Canada coach optimistic that a deal can be done in time on World Cup remuneration
Canada coach Bev Priestman is optimistic a deal with the women’s team on World Cup…
Former Canada captain Scott Arfield comes to MLS, signing with Charlotte FC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Canada captain Scott Arfield has signed with Charlotte FC. The 34-year-old…
King Charles III claims his 1st Royal Ascot winner; Dettori rides to victory in Gold Cup
ASCOT, England (AP) — King Charles III has claimed his first Royal Ascot winner as…
CF Montreal make it eight in a row at home with 1-0 win over Nashville SC
MONTREAL – CF Montreal won their eighth consecutive home game in all competitions, beating Nashville…
Canadian women want agreement on World Cup participation sorted before leaving
Players on the Canadian women’s soccer team have told Canada Soccer they want the issue…
While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The search for a submersible that disappeared while taking wealthy tourists…
IOC warns Afghanistan about Paris Olympics status over denying sports to women and girls
GENEVA (AP) — The Afghanistan team’s status for the 2024 Paris Olympics was put in…
Greenpeace protests mass logging of old-growth forests in Carpathian Mountains
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Greenpeace activists on Wednesday called on the Polish prime minister to…
FIFPRO releases report on disparities in Women’s World Cup qualifying
The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed…
Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal
PARIS (AP) — French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday as part…
Rested CF Montreal ‘excited’ by return to Stade Saputo against Nashville SC
MONTREAL – CF Montreal returned from the last Major League Soccer international break at the…
Soccer faces wave of racial and offensive abuse incidents amid FIFA pledge to stop games
GENEVA (AP) — Two international soccer games stopped because of racial abuse between players. A…
The UAE and Qatar reopen embassies as Gulf Arab relations improve after a yearslong rift
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates and Qatar announced the reopening…
Mexico soccer coach Diego Cocca fired after 3-0 loss to US and is replaced by Jaime Lozano
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Diego Cocca was fired as coach of Mexico’s national team on…