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As Toronto and Vancouver gear up to co-host FIFA World Cup games this summer, an emergency doctor worries that Canada's overburdened health-care system won't be able to handle the extra demand from possible infectious disease outbreaks or weather-related illnesses.
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Star moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury heads to the Milano-Cortina Winter Games looking for two medals as part of Canada's freestyle skiing team. Freestyle Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the 25-athlete team in a joint release on Tuesday.
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The city is still negotiating with the province over provincial funding to host six World Cup matches this summer, according to a new report presented to Toronto's World Cup subcommittee Wednesday. The report says if the province provides any less than $97 million, the city will have to explore options to replace funding or reduce costs.
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The benefit of national team players honing skills abroad is balanced by concerns over a weakened NWSLThe dust has yet to settle on Trinity Rodman's club status, but the star USA forward's near future has ignited an emphatic revival of an old debate on this side of the Atlantic.How does the National Women's Soccer League stack up against its top...
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Head coach 'happy and pleased' Salah is back from AfconForward is expected to start in European tie at MarseilleMohamed Salah is in line for an immediate return to the Liverpool team at Marseille on Wednesday with Arne Slot insisting he has no issues with the Egypt international.Salah trained with Liverpool on Tuesday for the first time since...
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29-year-old had stimulants and kratom in systemDeath investigated as possible overdose or suicideAmerican chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had a combination of stimulant and psychoactive substances in his system when he died last year, according to a toxicology report released by North Carolina authorities.Naroditsky, 29, was found dead at his...
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Reigning champion through after Hugo Gaston retires Retiring Monfils, 39, thanks crowd for 'amazing ride'Jannik Sinner advanced to the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, with the defending champion taking just over an hour after his French opponent Hugo Gaston retired upon losing the first two sets 6-2, 6-1.In his first official match...
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It was a contender for shock result of the season. Nobody had given Tottenham any hope after Saturday's Premier League disaster here against West Ham, one which had come coated in vitriol for Thomas Frank. The fans had demanded his immediate removal as the manager only for him to stagger on.The execution was stayed. But here were Borussia Dortmund,...
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Mission accomplished for Arsenal. A seventh win out of seven ensured Mikel Arteta's side will head straight into the last 16 of this competition as one of the favourites for the Champions League after Gabriel Jesus scored twice – including their 19th goal of the season from a corner – to see off last year's beaten finalists.It means that as...
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Annex attempt could bring about Uefa-led boycott Implications for World Cup alarming heads of FAsEuropean football leaders are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump's wish to annex Greenland, and they have held initial discussions about how the sport could respond.The Guardian understands the implications for the World Cup this summer were...
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To channel Bjørge Lillelien and his famous commentary on Norway's win against England in 1981: Pep Guardiola, your Manchester City boys took a heck of a beating here on the shores of the Norwegian Sea, below the skies of the aurora borealis, and on the Aspmyra Stadion's artificial pitch graced by this immortal Bodø/Glimt victory which downed a...
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Doubt over regions is fast escalating into a civil warSix Nations squad announcement overshadowedThe prevailing mood in Welsh rugby has been frequently dark, but rarely this bible black. Once upon a time a Six Nations squad announcement would have topped the agenda across the country; on Tuesday it felt like a semicolon in a much bigger narrative....
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Kylian Mbappe struck twice against former club Monaco as Real Madrid cruised to a 6-1 Champions League win on Tuesday, easing pressure at the club. Vinicius Junior also scored as new coach Alvaro Arbeloa claimed a second victory and Madrid boosted hopes of a top-eight league-phase finish.
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Players to have eight seconds to take goal-kicksIfab focused on limiting disruption of playFootball's law-making body has backed plans to extend the use of the video assistant referee system, allowing it to intervene on second yellow cards and the awarding of corners, provided the process "does not slow the flow of play”.With the speed of the...
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John Owen was key figure in titles won from 2014 to 2021Audi unveil first car in Berlin on Tuesday eveningMercedes have announced that their leading car designer, John Owen, will leave this season as Formula One enters the first year of a major change in regulations. Owen has played a key part in the enormous success Mercedes has enjoyed in the...
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Champions League updates | Clockwatch live Live scores | Table | Follow us over on BlueskyThe only player on a yellow card is the Spurs substitute Randal Kolo Muani.The players emerge from the tunnel. It's hard to make out the atmosphere because the Champions League music is blaring out around the ground. Continue reading...
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Key told ECB review of willingness to change after AshesMcCullum has had poor record in white-ball cricketRob Key's position as England's managing director of men's cricket is looking increasingly secure after the initial stages of the England and Wales Cricket Board's review of the Ashes defeat, but the future of Brendon McCullum as coach...
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Crystal Palace want £35m and interested in GuessandEthan Nwaneri is poised to join Marseille on loan Aston Villa have registered interest in signing Jean-Philippe Mateta, with Crystal Palace weighing up a move for Villa's Evann Guessand as his replacement.Mateta has expressed his desire to leave Selhurst Park this month and has less than 18 months...
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Ceferin, as well as Fifa, intervened with the Israeli FAAida facility was set to be removed by security forcesA football pitch used by refugees in the occupied West Bank has been saved from demolition after an intervention by the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin.A decision to stop plans to remove the pitch in the Aida refugee camp outside...
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Life-size statue disappears in golf legend's hometown'Everything indicates that it was a theft,' says councilSpanish authorities have launched an investigation into the disappearance of a statue commemorating Seve Ballesteros from his hometown of Pedrena, near Santander in northern Spain's Cantabria region.The Marina de Cudeyo Town Council...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Back in the 1990s, when sitting in a TV studio chair gravely intoning that "you'll never win anything with kids” became fashionable, Manchester United fans took grave exception to what they viewed as the excessive number of highly decorated former Liverpool players being given a platform from...
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Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Tom Garry and Emma Sanders to review the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup, assess the latest transfer moves and answer your questionsOn today's pod: the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup delivered goals, history and a few familiar outcomes as WSL sides dominated the weekend. The panel discusses Chatham...
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Bencic wins 6-0, 7-5 after Briton rallies in second setSonay Kartal dispatched 7-6(3), 6-1 by KalinskayaBefore her meeting with one of the most in-form players in the world, Katie Boulter reassured herself in all the right ways. All the pressure, she reasoned, would be on her opponent's shoulders and nobody expected her to win, meaning this was the...
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Oleksandra Oliynykova made life hard for the American with a vicious concoction of drop shots, slices and moonballs up to the roofFans seated in the upper bowls of the vast Rod Laver Arena are long accustomed to watching tennis from a considerable distance away, but on Tuesday afternoon they enjoyed the rare sight of the tennis ball frequently...
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Over the years, tennis has had its share of noteworthy fashion moments. And Osaka added another in MelbourneNaomi Osaka's renowned 125mph serve is positively slow compared with a jellyfish's sting, which can cover 10 to 20 micrometres in less than one-millionth of a second. But it wasn't just the invertebrate's speed that the tennis player was...
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Champions League updates; kick-off 5.45pm GMT Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail BarryErling Haaland: Having grown up in Bryne, a mere 1,948 kilometres south of Bodo, this represents something of a homecoming for the Manchester City striker. The 25-year-old has scored five goals in the Champions League this season and will be hoping...
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Donald in Dubai and to discuss Adare Manor in 2027 Potential captain Justin Rose expected still to playLuke Donald will hold talks with senior officials at the European Tour Group this week in Dubai, as the Englishman edges closer to a third stint as Europe's Ryder Cup captain. While no announcement is imminent, there is a growing sense Donald will...
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The football and tennis writer, who has died aged 84, was a major force in changing the Guardian's sports coverage, alongside long stints at the Daily Express and IndependentIn my mind's eye I remember it all. John Roberts, the Guardian's northern-based football writer, had come down on a rare visit to the sports desk in London. I was a new boy on...
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Mangal Dalal sent sexualised content to footballerBehaviour made Höbinger feel 'anxious and scared'A man who stalked the Liverpool midfielder Marie Höbinger has been handed a two-year restraining order and an 18-month community order.Westminster magistrates court heard that Mangal Dalal, 42, sent the Austria international sex messages on...
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MLB analyst Jim Bowden joins JD Bunkis to discuss why he thinks the Blue Jays were ready to move off of Bo Bichette, why he doesn’t think they’re in on Cody Bellinger, and why he loves their off-season regardless of missing out on Bo and Kyle Tucker.
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The veteran is known for his sense of responsibility and it was apparent as his Senegal teammates threatened to quit African football's showpieceSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereSadio Mané has done many great things for Senegal and for Senegalese football, but what he did on Sunday evening, in what he confirmed would be his last Africa...
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