Heartbreak comes with the territory of supporting The Three Lions, but for Yahoo Canada Sports’ Nick Ashbourne, it threatened to ruin a father-son trip.
Swiss star Marco Odermatt finally added Kitzbuehel to his list of World Cup ski victories on Friday, taking an eventful super-G at the iconic Austrian resort where some racers crashed badly. It was the 44th career win for the skier who has been dominating World Cup racing for the past three seasons. The annual downhill at the posh ski resort is arguably the most prestigious event of the World Cup circuit, attended by 45,000 spectators, including representatives of politics and entertainment.
The lifetime ban on former South Korean international Son Jun-ho, imposed in China last year after charges of match-fixing, has not been extended to the rest of the world, the Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Friday. FIFA informed Korean soccer officials it had rejected the Chinese Football Association’s request that its punishment be universally applied on the former Korean league MVP who played in three games at the 2022 World Cup.
With Uzbekistan close to qualifying for the men’s World Cup for the first time, national-team coach Srečko Katanec resigned Wednesday citing health reasons. The Uzbek soccer federation said Katanec “expressed his regret that he could no longer fulfil his duties professionally and completely in his current condition.” Katanec has led Uzbekistan into second place in its 2026 World Cup qualifying group with games resuming in March.