• The Canadian Press

    Bologna draws at Torino and misses chance to go third in Italy

    TURIN, Italy (AP) — Bologna missed a chance to leapfrog Juventus and move into third place in Serie A after a lackluster 0-0 draw at Torino on Friday. A win would have taken Bologna, one of the surprises of the league, to one point ahead of Juve. Instead, it remained in fourth, a point behind the Turin club and having played a game more. Juventus is at Roma on Sunday. The best chances of Friday’s game fell to Torino. Antonio Sanabria and Duvan Zapata came close and Lukasz Skorupski made a string

  • The Independent

    Wrexham stars party in Las Vegas nightclub after securing promotion to League One

    Watch as Wrexham stars party in Las Vegas after securing promotion to League One. The Welsh side - owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney - have been living it up in Sin City as their impressive rise up the football pyramid continues. Wrexham won the National League title at the conclusion of the 2022/23 season to secure their return to the Football League and wasted no time jumping up another division - to League One - this year.

  • The Canadian Press

    Leipzig draws at Hoffenheim in Bundesliga

    HOFFENHEIM, Germany (AP) — Hoffenheim scored in the last minute to draw with Leipzig 1-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday. Leipzig, which has already secured a place in next year’s Champions League, stayed in fourth place, one point behind Stuttgart, which has a game in hand. Hoffenheim remained seventh and with a shot of a Europa Conference League playoff place. Benjamin Šeško got the opener for Leipzig before halftime when goalkeeper Oliver Baumann let Šeško’s header squirm through his hands. After

  • The Canadian Press

    Insigne nearing a return for Toronto FC but Marshall-Rutty now on the sidelines

    TORONTO — Italian star Lorenzo Insigne, working his way back from a hamstring injury, was on the field with the rest of Toronto FC on Friday while fellow designated player Richie Laryea, recovering from hamstring surgery, was seen running with a trainer. That was the good news, with Insigne possibly returning as early as next week. Laryea, who has not played since the Feb. 25 season opener, is still four to six weeks away. But teenage wingback/winger Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty was absent from train