FIFA

• Canada impresses as it dispatches Costa Rica to advance to Gold Cup semifinal

  Canada's run at the Gold Cup continues. And that can only bode well for the final round of World Cup qualifying starting this fall.

  Sports

  Jul 25
• Montreal withdraws bid to host FIFA World Cup in 2026

  The city announced it had withdrawn its candidacy to host the soccer championship, citing a lack of funding.

  Canada

  Jul 6
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• Soccer’s richest teams to start a European Super League of their own

  Twelve of Europe's top clubs have pledged to join a closed league similar to North America's MLB, NBA and NHL.

  Sports

  Apr 19
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• Canada’s men’s soccer team won’t play in Tokyo Olympics after 2-0 loss to Mexico

  Canada fails to qualify for the Olympics following a 2-0 loss to Mexico.

  Sports

  Mar 29
• FIFA sets late 2021 target date to pick 2026 World Cup host cities

  FIFA set a new target Tuesday of finalizing North American host cities for the 2026 World Cup -- if the COVID-19 pandemic allows.

  Sports

  Jan 26
• Meet Marie-Soleil Beaudoin, the first Nova Scotia woman to referee at a FIFA World Cup

  Every game is a new challenge and we never know what’s going to happen in the game, so it makes it kind of exciting, says Marie-Soleil Beaudoin.

  Sports

  Jan 18
• ‘Diego is the people’: Thousands honour Maradona in Argentina after death

  A casket procession was the sort of honour usually given heads of state, but few heads of state have ever aroused such loyalty or passion.

  World

  Nov 26, 2020
• Bill Kelly: FIFA could sideline Hamilton’s 2026 Commonwealth Games bid

  The push to bring the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Hamilton has 'more twists than an Agatha Christie novel,' Bill Kelly says.

  Blogs

  Oct 8, 2020
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• Canadian Premier League to play 2020 season in Charlottetown

  Charlottetown won the right to serve as host for the Canadian league's second season over Langford, B.C., and Moncton, N.B

  Sports

  Jul 29, 2020
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• Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto lone Canada candidates cities for 2026 World Cup: FIFA

  The FIFA representative leading the review of candidate cities for the 2026 World Cup says Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto are the only sites under consideration in Canada.

  Sports

  Jul 6, 2020