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The advance in technology at the World Cup is evident in more than use of VAR (Video Assistant Referee). The 32 teams will have stats tablets to see in-game positional data on players and the ball. It...

TORONTO - Masai Ujiri was playing for the Derby Storm of the British Basketball League against a tough Birmingham Bullets team coached by a 20-something Nick Nurse. It was 1995, and the first meeting ...

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin craves sporting glory, and he got another taste of it in the opening match of the World Cup. Russia ended a 16-year wait for victory in the tournament by routing Saudi Arabia 5...

STUTTGART, Germany - Canada’s Milos Raonic is through to the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup after posting a 6-2, 6-4 win over Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics on Thursday. As he often does, R...

MONTREAL - It didn’t take long for former CFL first overall pick Faith Ekakitie to find a new job. Less than a week after the No. 1 pick from the 2017 draft was cut by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,...

MOSCOW - British singer Robbie Williams had social media aflutter Thursday when he flipped off a global TV audience in the opening ceremony of the World Cup. The 44-year-old Williams showed the world ...

NEW YORK - Competing bids from Comcast and Disney for the bulk of Twenty-First Century Fox come as the media landscape changes and companies get more involved in both creating and distributing content...

NEW YORK - Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor expressed regret Thursday for a backstage melee at a Brooklyn arena that saw him caught on camera hurling a hand truck at a bus full of fighters, and ...

A joint North American bid won the right to host the 2026 World Cup in a vote of FIFA’s member delegations on Wednesday, meaning the massive soccer tournament will make its way to Canada for the...

Wednesday’s Games (All times Eastern) MLB American League Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 0 Boston 5, Baltimore 1 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 6 Detroit 5, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 2 Houston 13...