• The Canadian Press

    Ireland extends search for men's team coach. FAI sorry for delay, eyes O'Shea to stay as interim

    DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's soccer association pushed back its deadline to hire a men's national team coach to September and apologized to fans for the delay on Friday. Ireland, which did not qualify for the upcoming European Championship, had hoped to have a new coach in place by this month after Stephen Kenny's contract wasn't renewed last November. “We recognize that the timelines and deadlines that we’ve previously set have created a sense of expectation and potentially confusion for everyone,”

  • Yahoo Sports

    Ex-Braves player Gary Cooper petitioning for 'just one day' back in majors to qualify for pension

    Cooper, now 67, spent 42 days with the Braves in 1980, falling one day short of the minimum.

  • The Canadian Press

    How to watch and what to expect in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

    The chase for the Stanley Cup is back underway, with the NHL's top 16 teams left to duke it out through four gruelling rounds. It's also arguably the most wide open the post-season has been in years, if not decades. Nearly everyone who qualified has a chance to win it all, with no prohibitive favourite as the first round begins on Saturday: The matchups In the East: The New York Rangers vs. the Washington Capitals; the Carolina Hurricanes vs. the New York Islanders; the Boston Bruins vs. the Tor

  • The Canadian Press

    Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field's move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists

    GENEVA (AP) — Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week's move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International Olympic Committee does not pay prize money, though many state governments and national Olympic bodies do. “For many, this move undermines the values of Olympism and the uniqueness of the games,” the Association of Summer