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University of Regina roundup: Cougars start women’s soccer season with win

University of Regina roundup: Cougars start women’s soccer season with win

Sep 10, 2024 | 8:23am
August has ended and rolled into September which brings a busy U Sports schedule for the University of Regina. In the first week of September, there was a noteworthy match-up. Football: Rams vs. Huskies The U Prairie Challenge — football edition — started in the second week of the Canada West football season with the first […]
Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England

Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England

Jul 15, 2024 | 7:34am
BERLIN (AP) — Spain is the king of European soccer for a record fourth time. For England, it’s another agonizing near-miss in the team’s decades-long tale of underachievement. Completing a tournament the team dominated from start to finish, Spain beat England 2-1 in the European Championship final on Sunday with Mikel Oyarzabal the unlikely match-winner in the […]
Canada’s Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year

Canada’s Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year

Oct 20, 2023 | 7:41am
After leading Canada to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, captain Christine Sinclair came to a realization. “After Tokyo, deep down inside, I knew I didn’t want to play in Paris,” she said, referencing the 2024 Olympics. “The way the Tokyo Olympics ended, you can’t beat it. “I wanted to give it one more shot […]

Canada left searching for answers in wake of shocking exit from Women’s World Cup

Jul 31, 2023 | 8:34am

Canada leaves the FIFA Women’s World Cup early and shell-shocked. And, in some cases, in tears. The Olympic champion Canadians were put to the sword Monday in a shocking, lopsided 4-0 loss to Australia. It was not pretty, unless you were Australian. The 10th-ranked Matildas needed to win to be sure of moving on to […]

Canada men’s soccer team named CP’s team of the year after returning to World Cup

Dec 30, 2022 | 9:56am

The Canadian men’s soccer team, which won a legion of fans in returning to the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year. It marks the second straight year a soccer team has earned the award. The Canadian women won in 2021 after their Olympic gold-medal performance in Tokyo. “It’s a huge honour,” said Canada men’s coach John Herdman. “I think it’s a testament to the sacrifices, the hard work that’s gone in over a […]

Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died

Dec 29, 2022 | 1:55pm

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. He had been hospitalized for the […]

Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties

Dec 18, 2022 | 12:05pm

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion. Messi scored two goals and then another in a shootout as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 […]

Morocco advances at World Cup after beating Canada 2-1

Dec 1, 2022 | 11:32am

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Morocco advanced to the last 16 at the World Cup for just the second time after clinging on for a 2-1 win over Canada on Thursday. The victory meant it finished top of Group F ahead of 2018 World Cup finalist Croatia and semifinalist Belgium. Croatia went through in second and No. 2-ranked Belgium was […]

The beautiful game set to take over Mosaic Stadium

Aug 2, 2022 | 5:03pm

  Mosaic Stadium is usually home to a lot of football action during the year, but on Wednesday a different type of football will take place as Toronto FC 2 will meet Sunderland AFC U23 in a friendly on Wednesday night. Toronto FC 2 competes in the MLS Next Pro league which is currently in […]

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