• Yahoo Sports

    The NBA playoffs are here, and the league’s player participation policy is being tested

    While it’s true that NBA stars played more in the regular season as a whole, the real test is upon us at the start of the playoffs.

  • The Canadian Press

    Canadian teams learn draw for final HSBC SVNS regular-season stop in Singapore

    Fifth-ranked Canada has been drawn with No. 1 New Zealand, No. 7 Ireland and No. 12 Spain in Pool A in women's play at the Singapore Sevens. The draw for the May 3-5 tournament at Singapore National Stadium took place Thursday at Singapore Changi Airport. The 12th-ranked Canadian men, who are facing a relegation battle, find themselves in a tough neighbourhood again in Pool A alongside No. 1 Argentina, No. 5 New Zealand and No. 6 Australia. Singapore is the last of seven regular-season events on

  • The Canadian Press

    FIFA plans to add slew of new committees years after cutting them in anti-corruption reforms

    GENEVA (AP) — FIFA is set to create dozens of new committees and expert panels, reversing a governance reform passed in 2016 when the world soccer body was in turmoil during corruption scandals. FIFA’s plan to increase its number of standing committees from seven to 35 — with the option to let its president Gianni Infantino create and appoint extra panels of experts — was detailed in a draft update of its legal statutes released late Wednesday. Creating the new bodies could let FIFA award hundre

  • The Canadian Press

    Palestinian soccer renews call for sanctions against Israel at FIFA congress amid Hamas conflict

    GENEVA (AP) — Calls for action against Israel in international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas will be stepped up by Palestinian officials at the annual FIFA congress next month. The Palestine Football Association proposal to 211 member federations in Thailand calls for “appropriate sanctions, with immediate effect, against Israeli teams,” according to FIFA documents released late Wednesday, one month before the May 17 meeting. The motion notes “international law violations committed b