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Coach John Herdman and Toronto FC resume training camp in California
Toronto FC has opened the second phase of its training camp, this time in California with three friendlies in the next week. The squad flew Thursday to Santa Barbara, Calif., where it will play pre-se...
Feb 9, 2024
Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who was accused of deliberately coughing in the direction of a grocery store worker early in the COVID-19 pandemic has had her convictions for assault a...
Feb 9, 2024
Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle...
Feb 9, 2024
Canada women lose extra-time heartbreaker to Mexico, miss out on FIFA U-17 World Cup
TOLUCA, Mexico - Canada will miss out on the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the first time ever after losing a heartbreaker 2-1 to Mexico following extra time Friday in semifinal play at the CONCACAF...
Feb 9, 2024
Ontario's Dino Rossi steps down from Canada Soccer board of directors
Dino Rossi has resigned from Canada Soccer's board of directors, saying "football doesn't come first at Canada Soccer these days." Rossi, a longtime soccer administrator, was elected to the board repr...
Feb 9, 2024
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes greater Los Angeles. No reports of major damage
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck the Southern California coast near Malibu on Friday afternoon and was widely felt in the Los Angeles region. There were n...
Feb 9, 2024
Small plane with 5 people aboard makes emergency landing on southwest Florida interstate
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - A small airplane with five people aboard collided with a vehicle as it made an emergency landing on Interstate 75 in southwest Florida Friday afternoon, bringing traffic to a halt ...
Feb 9, 2024
COC still looks to appeal Russian team figure-skating bronze despite ISU explanation
The Canadian Olympic Committee says it continues to believe Canada's figure skating team deserves the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and a statement from the International Skating Union ...
Feb 9, 2024
Analysts: Canada could see one-stop shop for sports streaming, but not in near future
While Canadian sports broadcasting powerbrokers have worked together on occasion in the past, it's unlikely they'd follow the path of their counterparts in the United States and team up again in the n...
Feb 9, 2024
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island; no tsunami expected
HONOLULU (AP) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world's largest active volcano on Friday - Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii - knocking items off shelves in nearby towns but not immediately ...
Feb 9, 2024