• The Canadian Press

    Brazil government wants all local soccer suspended due to massive floods in the south

    PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's government urged the country's soccer officials to suspend all tournaments on Friday because of massive floods in the south. More heavy rain is expected in Rio Grande do Sul state into the weekend, which could worsen the situation for millions of people and further delay the cleaning of the inundated stadia of top-flight clubs Gremio, Internacional and Juventude. At least 107 people have died because of the floods and another 134 are missing, authorities say.

  • The Canadian Press

    Italian star Lorenzo Insigne set to return for Toronto FC for New York City FC visit

    TORONTO — A victory over visiting New York City FC on Saturday and Toronto FC can match its entire points total of last season when it finished last in the league at 4-20-10. And that's with Toronto (6-4-1) having 22 matches remaining in the regular season after weekend play. There's more good news with word that Italian star Lorenzo Insigne will return Saturday after missing the last eight games in all competitions with a hamstring issue. "He'll play (Saturday)," a happy John Herdman said after

  • The Canadian Press

    Last year's runner-up Germany tops Slovakia at ice hockey worlds

    PRAGUE (AP) — Last year’s runner-up Germany topped Slovakia 6-4 to open the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Dominik Kahun, Jonas Muller, Lukas Kalble, Marc Michaelis, Leonhard Pfoderl and Tobias Eder had a goal each for the Germans and Philipp Grubauer stopped 35 shots in the Group B game in the eastern city of Ostrava. Marek Hrivik, Martin Fehervary, Libor Hudacek and Matus Sukel scored for the Slovaks, who outshot the Germans 39-22, including 18-7 in the final period. In Group A in Pr

  • Yahoo Sports

    Why is Jon Jones trying to tweet his way around Tom Aspinall? Here's a theory ...

    Jones has been staying busy on X trying to convince people that refusing to fight Aspinall is the best and most noble thing he could do.