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MATCHDAY: Spalletti makes Italy debut in North Macedonia. Lukaku leads Belgium in Azerbaijan
A look at what's happening in European Championship qualifying on Saturday: GROUP C New Italy coach Luciano Spalletti makes his debut when the Azzurri visit North Macedonia. It's a rematch of the game...
Sep 08, 2023

Canada's sports minister tells hockey leaders at summit to "step up"
CALGARY - Canada's new sports minister isn't ready to laud Hockey Canada on its efforts to change the sport's culture. "Nobody's going to hear me congratulate anybody on what's been done so far becaus...
Sep 08, 2023

In the news today: Trudeau at G20 in New Delhi, "Freedom Convoy" trial
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM M...
Sep 08, 2023

Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM Modi
SINGAPORE - Hours before he was set to board a flight to New Delhi on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not yet secured a meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But he suggested th...
Sep 08, 2023

Lions spoil Chiefs' celebration of Super Bowl title by rallying for a 21-20 win in the NFL's opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jared Goff threw for 253 yards and a touchdown, new Lions running back David Montgomery ran for the go-ahead score with 5:05 remaining in the game, and Detroit held on for a sl...
Sep 07, 2023

Lions spoil Chiefs' celebration of Super Bowl title by rallying for a 21-20 win in the NFL's opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jared Goff threw for 253 yards and a touchdown, new Lions running back David Montgomery ran for the go-ahead score with 5:05 remaining in the game, and Detroit held on for a sl...
Sep 07, 2023

Coco Gauff tops Karolina Muchova to reach the US Open final. The match was delayed by a protest
NEW YORK (AP) - Coco Gauff reached her first the U.S. Open final by defeating Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday night in a match interrupted for 50 minutes by environmental activists - including o...
Sep 07, 2023

Bengals QB Joe Burrow becomes NFL's highest-paid player with $275 million deal, AP source says
CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow became the highest-paid player in the NFL on Thursday, agreeing to a five-year, $275 million contract extension, according to a person famil...
Sep 07, 2023

Climate protester glues feet to floor, interrupting US Open semifinal between Gauff and Muchova
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Open semifinal between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed by 50 minutes because of a disruption by environmental activists in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands on Thursd...
Sep 07, 2023

Bengals QB Joe Burrow becomes NFL's highest-paid player with $275 million deal, AP source says
CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow became the highest-paid player in the NFL on Thursday, agreeing to a five-year, $275 million contract extension, according to a person famil...
Sep 07, 2023