PARIS (AP) â New captain, new goalkeeper, new defense, new governance â and major players retired. It seems like a new dawn for World Cup runner-up France as it begins European Championship qualifying without Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema, and with Kylian MbappĂ© leading the team out at Stade de France against the Netherlands on Friday. Les Bleus then play Ireland in another Group B match at Dublin on Monday. âThe end of several playersâ international careers means that the squad is younger,â
SHERBROOKE, Que. â Joshua Roy scored the game-winning goal 51 seconds into overtime as the Sherbrooke Phoenix survived a late comeback effort from the Gatineau Olympiques for a 4-3 victory on Wednesday. The Phoenix snapped the Olympiques' 21-game winning streak in a battle between the two best teams in the Western Conference. Justin Gill, Jacob Melanson and Ethan Gauthier provided the rest of the offence for Sherbrooke (48-13-3-2). Olivier Adam made 23 saves. Zachary Dean, with two goals, and Ri
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â More than six years after leaving his job as head coach of the United States, Jurgen Klinsmann returns to international soccer when South Korea takes on Colombia in a friendly on Friday. The Korea Football Association last month hired Klinsmann on a contract that runs until the end of the 2026 World Cup, to be held in North America. The 58 year-old German coach, who won the World Cup as a player in 1990, has already targeted success at next Januaryâs Asian Cup. The sold