• The Canadian Press

    Five players to watch at cricket's Twenty20 World Cup

    The Twenty20 World Cup is set to begin Saturday with tournament co-host the United States taking on Canada in Dallas. The global T20 championship has moved to a 20-team format, giving a chance to the associate or lower-ranked nations at the highest stage, while retaining the usual favorites in the title chase. Most of cricket’s biggest stars are among the 250-plus players at the tournament being co-hosted by the United States and the Caribbean. Here’s five players, existing or emerging stars, to

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers battle back from early deficit to defeat Stars 5-2 and pull even in West final

    EDMONTON — Kris Knoblauch thought he might be in for a long night.

  • The Canadian Press

    More players accused in Australian soccer match-fixing investigation

    Two more players could be involved in the Australian soccer match-fixing case that has already resulted in three Macarthur FC players being charged. Midfielder Kearyn Baccus appeared in court Thursday to face charges relating to an illegal betting plot to receive yellow cards during A-League matches in return for payment. He was arrested on May 17 along with team captain Ulises Davila and teammate Clayton Lewis. All three were granted bail and were suspended by Football Australia under its code

  • The Canadian Press

    LAFC runs win streak to four, snaps Minnesota United's unbeaten run at six with 2-0 victory

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored on a first-half penalty kick, Mateusz Bogusz added a late goal and Hugo Lloris notched his fourth straight clean sheet to help Los Angeles FC up its win streak to four and snap Minnesota United’s six-match unbeaten run with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday night. LAFC (8-4-3), which lost to the Columbus Crew in the championship match last season, dropped a 3-1 decision on the road to the San Jose Earthquakes to begin the month and has not lost or surrendered a g