• The Canadian Press

    Robin van Persie hired as coach of Dutch club Heerenveen

    HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — Former Arsenal striker Robin van Persie landed his first head coaching job Friday when he was hired by Dutch top-flight club Heerenveen. The 40-year-old Van Persie, who is the Netherlands men's team all-time top scorer, will take over this summer on a two-year contract. Van Persie ended his playing career in 2019 with Feyenoord, where he then took on several coaching roles, the most recent of which was leading a youth team. He debuted in 2001 with Feyenoord before

  • The Canadian Press

    Coach Thomas Tuchel says he is still leaving Bayern Munich after talks on a possible stay

    MUNICH (AP) — Thomas Tuchel says he is still leaving Bayern Munich after talks on extending his stay at the club fell through. Bayern said in February that Tuchel would leave at the end of the season but the coach said Friday that he had held talks with the club on a “180-degree turn” that would have seen him stay after all. “We found no agreement on further cooperation so the agreement from February remains in force,” he said. Bayern is without a trophy this season for the first time since 2012

  • The Canadian Press

    Xavi reportedly under pressure at Barcelona after saying it will struggle to compete with Madrid

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Xavi Hernández’s honesty about Barcelona's ongoing financial strife has reportedly not sat well with the club. In a message directed at the Barcelona fans, Xavi said earlier this week that no one should get too excited about the summer transfer market since there is little money to spend. Spanish sports media has been rife with reports since then that club president Joan Laporta was not pleased with those comments and could be thinking of firing the former Spain great. Af

  • Yahoo Sports

    PGA Championship: Start of Round 2 delayed

    The PGA Championship's second round will not go off as scheduled on Friday morning.