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With increasing interest in flag football, in particular amongst girls, School Sport Alberta is considering adding it as a provincial championship sport. Sarah Ryan reports.

The city of Calgary is getting ready to host the 2026 Grey Cup as festival’s get underway. On Saturday morning, city officials were joined by the Stampeders organization and Grey Cup Committee to showcase some flag football fields in the city’s South East.

A high school football player in Arkansas was in for a slithery surprise after finding a highly venomous snake inside his helmet. His coach says discovering the 2-foot cottonmouth snake was “definitely a first,” for the team.

Team Saskatchewan has taken home the 2026 Senior Women’s Football National Championship after beating out Quebec on Saturday. Linebacker Emmarae Dale joins Jaden Lee-Lincoln to discuss to the win and what’s next for the team.

From first-time players to elite athletes, girls flag football, girls’ flag football is gaining momentum on the North Shore. With the sport set to debut at the 2028 Olympics, a local program is inspiring the next generation to get in the game. 

After missing the playoffs every year since 2019, The Edmonton Elks are currently the best in the west division. Fans are feeding off the team’s success, filling out the tailgate party hours before kickoff. People are abuzz with excitement, and it’s bringing the fandom even closer. Gates Guarin has the story.

In Ireland, Mayo county’s Gaelic football team has won the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, ending one of the longest-standing curses across all sports. Redmond Shannon reports on what led to Mayo’s title drought, and how it was finally broken after 75 years.

Questions… Frustrations… and demands… all things that aren’t putting a stop to the implementation of data centre’s in Saskatchewan. But residents aren’t quitting yet as protests are happening across the province to try and fight back. Plus, a family is pushing for change after their teenage son suffered a devastating head injury in football. We...

Questions… Frustrations… and demands… all things that aren’t putting a stop to the implementation of data centre’s in Saskatchewan. But residents aren’t quitting yet as protests are happening across the province to try and fight back. Plus, a family is pushing for change after their teenage son suffered a devastating head injury in football. We...

Flag football is gaining momentum across Atlantic Canada. We’re talking with ACE Atlantic Canada Elite Flag Football about developing athletes, building community and growing the sport for players of all ages.

A cross-border football pass and the words ‘O’Canada’ ringing out at Highmark Stadium — those are just two gestures by the Buffalo Bills that made sure Canada’s presence was evident south of the border, even before their home opening game started Thursday. Noor Ra’fat visited a Toronto bar to see how Canadian fans felt about...

The Halifax Wanderers are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to having a permanent soccer stadium. The owner of the football club has brought forward a proposal to council to build their own stadium in partnership with the HRM. Many councillors see promise in the idea, but as Angela Capobianco reports, they...

The Dakota Lancers cruised to a 58-0 win over Murdoch MacKay Collegiate to open the varsity high school football season.

The NFL’s Buffalo Bills are making a major outreach to Canadian football fans in a bid to entice them back across the border amid the U.S. – Canada trade war. Plus – see the new ad campaign from Sydney Sweeney that’s turning heads everywhere. And finally: are you ready for your summer reset?

Calgary is a little more than two months away from welcoming thousands for a celebration of Canadiana and a pretty important football game as well. Skylar Peters details everything you need to know about the week-long celebration that is the 2026 Grey Cup Festival.

It’s the time of year prairie football fans look forward to. Back to back rivalry games between the riders and bombers. And pre game trash talking has already begun.

NFL star and current Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard has returned home to Sherwood Park to hold his annual football camp for youth aged 6 to 18. He says he never got an opportunity like this when he was growing up, and hopes the camp can benefit kids in a positive way. Gates Guarin...

Just a few years after picking up the sport, Saskatoon product Ella Sowden has earned one of only two NFL and RCX Sports Foundation International Women’s Flag Football Scholarships awarded worldwide.

The Edmonton Huskies will be kicking off their 72nd season next month. On top of being busy on the field, off the field, the team is getting ready to help raise money with an upcoming fundraiser. General manager Jason Lorrimer, alumni board member Chris Durham and starting quarterback Wesley Neitz chatted with Global News Morning...

Do you call it “soccer” or “football”? As it turns out, both terms are equally and historically valid.