Reuters Canada Soccer-Auckland to host 2023 women's World Cup opener, final in Sydney Reuters Canada - By Ian RansomMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sydney's Stadium Australia will host the 2023 women's World Cup final, with Eden Park in Auckland staging the first match of a tournament organisers hope will drive gender parity...
Reuters Canada Barty and Andreescu set up first career meeting in Miami final Reuters Canada - By Sudipto Ganguly(Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty and former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu completed contrasting semi-final victories in the Miami Open, setting up a mouth-watering first career meeting between...
Reuters Canada Canadian Pliev loses finger during MMA fight Reuters Canada - by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru(Reuters) - Canadian MMA fighter Khetag Pliev had his finger surgically re-attached after it was severed during his co-main event bout with Devin Goodale at the Cage Fury Fighting Championship in Philadelphia...
Reuters Canada NBA roundup: Trae Young, Hawks outlast Spurs in 2OT Reuters CanadaTrae Young was nearly unstoppable at the end of the game, scoring 15 of his 28 points in the two overtime periods, and Danilo Gallinari canned a clutch late 3-pointer as the Atlanta Hawks outlasted the...
Reuters Canada NHL roundup: Mathew Barzal nets hat trick as Isles rout Caps Reuters CanadaMathew Barzal racked up three goals and two assists while teammate Jordan Eberle added two goals and an assist as the New York Islanders defeated the Washington Capitals 8-4 on Thursday in Uniondale, Barzal...
Reuters Canada Japan's Osaka weighs cancelling leg of Olympic torch relay over virus surge Reuters Canada - by Sakura MurakamiTOKYO (Reuters) - Authorities in Japan's Osaka will discuss plans on Friday with organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Games to cancel the western region's leg of the Olympic torch relay, its governor said, to...
Reuters Canada MLB roundup: Rockies rock Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw in opener Reuters CanadaChris Owings had three hits and scored three runs, Trevor Story and C.J. Cron had two hits apiece, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 in both teams' season open Thursday at Denver....
Reuters Canada Nationals' home opener postponed due to COVID-19 issues Reuters Canada - by Frank Pingue in Toronto(Reuters) - The Washington Nationals' home opener against the New York Mets, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues, Major League Baseball said. The decision was made a day the...
Reuters Canada Ashleigh Barty storms into final at Miami Open Reuters CanadaTop-seeded Ashleigh Barty of Australia cruised into the Miami Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine on Thursday. Barty, ranked No. 1 in the world, needed 89 minutes...
Reuters Canada 'It's been a long year for New York' - Yankees fans cheer Opening Day at last Reuters Canada - By Amy TenneryNEW YORK (Reuters) - Yankee Stadium's gates swung open for the first time in nearly 18 months on Thursday, as elated and emotional fans welcomed back their Bronx Bombers after a season played to empty...
Reuters Canada No breaks from COVID-19 as MLB returns Reuters Canada - By Steve Keating(Reuters) - Not even the excitement of Major League Baseball's Opening Day on Thursday could provide a break from COVID-19 as ballparks across the United States were left mostly empty while the curtain...
Reuters Canada Hubert Hurkacz rallies past Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach Miami Open semis Reuters CanadaHubert Hurkacz put together a stirring comeback on Thursday to record a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas to advance to the semifinals of the Miami Open. The 26th-seeded Hurkacz...
Reuters Canada Golf: Wie West makes stirring return to major competition Reuters Canada - by Frank Pingue in Toronto(Reuters) - Michelle Wie West, in only her second tournament after a nearly two-year absence, showed she can still compete with the game's best as she made an encouraging start to the first major of the...
Reuters Canada Olympics: Sky's the limit for British skateboard prodigy Brown Reuters Canada - By Rory CarrollLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twelve-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown said she has fully recovered from her life-threatening fall last May and plans to broaden her horizons by adding surfing to her schedule....
Reuters Canada Spieth getting short game in order right in time for Masters Reuters Canada - by Frank Pingue in Toronto(Reuters) - Jordan Spieth came into the Valero Texas Open mainly looking to fine-tune his short game ahead of next week's Masters and on Thursday he did just that as he grabbed the early first-round clubhouse...
Reuters Canada Patriots' Robert Kraft addresses free-agency binge, draft misfires Reuters CanadaThe New England Patriots were quite active during the NFL's free agency period, spending a league-record $165 million in guaranteed money. While the Patriots added tight ends Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith...
Reuters Canada Swimming: Sun's second CAS hearing to take place in May Reuters Canada - by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru(Reuters) - Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's appeal against an eight-year ban for missing an out-of-competition doping test will take place in May with a new panel of judges, the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Reuters Canada Paris-Roubaix race postponed until October due to COVID-19 Reuters Canada - by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru(Reuters) - The Paris-Roubaix one-day cycling race has been moved from April to October due to the COVID-19 situation, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said on Thursday. The UCI said the new dates...
Reuters Canada Osaka wants its torch relay cancelled as COVID cases jump Reuters Canada - By Chris GallagherTOKYO (Reuters) - The governor of Japan's Osaka prefecture has called for the cancellation of the Olympic torch relay in its largest city amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, presenting an early test organisers...
Reuters Canada Tokyo 2020 says not true that Osaka torch relay cancelled Reuters Canada - by Chris GallagherTOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic organisers said on Thursday it was not true they and Osaka officials had decided to cancel the torch relay in the city this month amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. The organising...
Reuters Canada Japan PM: Olympic torch relay in Osaka has been cancelled Reuters Canada - by Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday the Olympic torch relay scheduled in the city of Osaka has been cancelled amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.
Reuters Canada Seoul sends bid for co-hosting 2032 Olympics with N.Korea despite frosty ties Reuters Canada - by Hyonhee ShinSEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean capital Seoul said on Thursday it has sent a proposal for co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with the North's Pyongyang to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a bid to...
Reuters Canada NHL roundup: Sabres rout Flyers, end run of futility at 18 games Reuters CanadaSteven Fogarty recorded his first NHL goal and added an assist and Brandon Montour scored two late short-handed goals as the Buffalo Sabres snapped their franchise-record, 18-game losing streak with a...
Reuters Canada NBA roundup: Devin Booker scores 45 as Suns stay hot Reuters CanadaDevin Booker scored a season-high 45 points on 17-of-24 shooting, and the Phoenix Suns held on for a 121-116 win over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Chris Paul contributed 19 points and...
Reuters Canada Utah Jazz players feared for lives during emergency landing: Conley Reuters Canada - by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru(Reuters) - Utah Jazz players feared they might be killed when their charter plane struck a flock of birds and was forced into an emergency landing on Tuesday, point guard Mike Conley said. The plane the...
Reuters Canada Sport climbing, triathlon to feature at 2023 European Games Reuters Canada - by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru(Reuters) - Sport climbing will make its debut at the European Games after being included on the programme for Krakow-Malopolska 2023, the European Olympic Committees said. The sport climbing event will...
Reuters Canada Bautista Agut ousts Medvedev to guarantee new ATP Masters champion Reuters Canada - by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai(Reuters) - Roberto Bautista Agut maintained his spotless record against Daniil Medvedev with a 6-4 6-2 quarter-final victory over the world number two at the Miami Open, ensuring there will be a new Masters...
Reuters Canada NFL: England's FA in talks with Jaguars over Wembley games Reuters Canada - by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru(Reuters) - English soccer's governing body said it is in talks with the National Football League's (NFL) Jacksonville Jaguars to continue staging games at London's Wembley Stadium. The Jaguars had played...
Reuters Canada Tennis: Bublik convinced teenager Sinner not 'human' Reuters Canada - by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai(Reuters) - Alexander Bublik tried everything to unsettle Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open on Wednesday but with the Italian teenager keeping his composure to win 7-6(5) 6-4 the Kazakh was left convinced...
