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Sarah Mills: A World Cup lawsuit speaks to soccer fans' frustration
Fan groups in Europe are suing FIFA over sky-high World Cup ticket prices and unfair lotteries. Sarah Mills says this lawsuit shows the World Cup is far from the fan-driven spectacle it once was. The ...
Mar 25, 2026
Canadian sport system ‘underfunded and unsafe,’ commission urges Ottawa to step up
Canadian sport needs an overhaul, and it starts with the federal government. That was the conclusion of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's final report released Tuesday. The Canadian sport sys...
Mar 24, 2026
Blaine Lake out of Hockeyville competition, community awarded $60,000 as provincial winner
Despite the best efforts of the community, Blaine Lake has failed to make the final in this year's Hockeyville competition. The Saskatchewan town was one of 13 communities across the country named pro...
Mar 23, 2026 Adam Horner, a board member with the Blaine Lake Community Association, said the town is already getting prepared for next year’s competition, and he’s hoping they’ll be able to go all the way in 2027. (Blaine Lake Community Association/Facebook)
Ont. ticket price cap hard to enforce, could send fans to informal markets: experts
TORONTO - The Ontario government's push to cap resale ticket prices for events across the province might not be much help to fans. Experts worry the proposed legislation the government announced Frida...
Mar 20, 2026
The Canadian Press nominated for seven National Newspaper Awards
TORONTO - The Canadian Press has been nominated for seven National Newspaper Awards, including for its breaking news coverage of last year's attack at the Lapu Lapu street festival in Vancouver. Final...
Mar 20, 2026
Ontario plans to cap ticket resale prices at original value
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is planning to amend ticket sales legislation to cap resale prices, seven years after it cancelled similar planned changes. The legislature is set to r...
Mar 20, 2026 A billboard promotes the Toronto Blue Jays' successful path to the ALCS outside Rogers Centre in Toronto, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
'Where I'm meant to be': Mike McEwen speaks on former team's split, joining Kleiter rink
Mike McEwen isn't ready to slow down in his curling career. After a whirlwind week, McEwen is now the skip of the former Rylan Kleiter rink, staying in Saskatchewan after being dropped by his former t...
Mar 20, 2026 Saskatchewan skip Mike McEwen is staying in the province, linking up with the Rylan Kleiter rink after being dropped by his former team following disappointment at the 2026 Brier. (Andrew Klaver/Curling Canada)
Iran wants to move its World Cup matches from US to Mexico. FIFA is sticking to its schedule
GENEVA (AP) - The public wrangling between Iran, FIFA and U.S. President Donald Trump over the narrative of playing in the World Cup shifted on Tuesday to Mexico where President Claudia Sheinbaum seem...
Mar 18, 2026 Irans's players pose for a team photo before an Asian group A qualifying soccer match against North Korea for the 2026 World Cup, June 10, 2025, at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)
Privacy commissioner says WADA agrees to limit use of athletes' personal information
GATINEAU - The World Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to limit the use of athletes' highly sensitive personal information, Canada's privacy commissioner's office said Tuesday. In a statement, the office ...
Mar 17, 2026
WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?
The idea sounds outlandish, if not downright impossible. Leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency are considering adopting a rule that could bar President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials...
Mar 17, 2026
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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