• Yahoo Sports

    Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia: Keys to victory, prediction, what to expect in Mexican showdown

    It's an all-Mexican showdown of youth vs. experience on Cinco De Mayo weekend for all the marbles.

  • The Canadian Press

    Leafs star Auston Matthews (illness) briefly skates ahead of must-win Game 5

    BOSTON — Auston Matthews took part in the Maple Leafs' optional morning skate ahead of Toronto's must-win Game 5 against the Boston Bruins down 3-1 in the teams' first-round playoff series. The 69-goal man in the regular season, who has been dealing with an illness the better part of a week, was on the ice for a few minutes today before departing to the locker room at TD Garden. Head coach Sheldon Keefe says Matthews' status remains up in the air, but adds the star centre is "working through thi

  • The Canadian Press

    Former Spain coach Del Bosque to head the commission overseeing beleaguered soccer federation

    MADRID (AP) — Former Spain coach Vicente del Bosque will lead the Spanish government’s commission overseeing the country's soccer federation after a corruption probe targeted the current and former federation presidents. Spain’s Higher Sports Council created the commission last week in an extraordinary measure for the coming months “in response to the crisis the institution is facing and in Spain's national interests.” The addition of Del Bosque may help the image of Spanish soccer after the gov

  • The Canadian Press

    Brad Stevens selected as NBA's executive of the year after Celtics' NBA-best regular season

    Brad Stevens was announced Tuesday as the NBA's executive of the year. It's the first such award for Stevens, who is in his third season as president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics after serving as their coach for eight seasons. The Celtics were an NBA-best 64-18 in the regular season. The voting panel for the award consisted of team basketball executives from around the NBA. Oklahoma City Thunder executive vice president and general manager Sam Presti and Minnesota Timberwolves