It’s not often that a fighter who’s described as the best striker at their gym or as creative in the cage as Jon Jones gets a nickname as conventionally unflattering as “Rat Garbage.” Yet it’s fitting, considering nothing about Mandel Nallo’s winding journey in mixed martial arts has followed a standard path. From hiding ankle …
For the first time in his NHL career, Alex Ovechkin doesn’t have a clear next step. After a season that sees the Washington Capitals and the NHL’s all-time leading goalscorer at a crossroads, Ovechkin isn’t ready to give a definitive answer on his playing future. “I don’t know,” Ovechkin said when asked during the Capitals’ …
This week’s second legs of the quarterfinals separated the wheat from the chaff in the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League. We’re now down to four teams is club soccer’s most prestigious competition, with all four teams having an equal chance of hoisting the European Champion Clubs’ Cup. Real Madrid won three consecutive titles from 2016-18, but …
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo lost 6-1, 6-2 to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 at the BMW Open on Thursday. The top-seeded Zverev, the defending champion playing at home on clay, converted 5 of 8 break points in the one-hour, 13-minute match. Diallo won just 55 per cent of first-serve points and 32 per …
Through his play and hockey path, Daxon Rudolph keeps developing connections with a growing number of NHL players. Less than two months away from almost certainly hearing his name called on the first night of the NHL Draft, the Prince Albert Raiders’ star defenceman is doing everything in his power to climb the board during …
For the first time in his career, Auston Matthews won’t be playing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As the Toronto Maple Leafs face a summer of uncertainty, the captain understands the tough position the team is in. “This was a tough year. It was a frustrating year,” Matthews told reporters Thursday during the team’s end-of-season …
He led the Maple Leafs to a regular-season Atlantic Division crown and to just their second series win nine years. He witnessed the departure of 100-point man Mitch Marner, the firing of general manager Brad Treliving and watched as his captain and star player went down for the season with an MCL tear. He also …
Maple Leafs face the music (April 16)
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States. Speaking at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, Infantino said it is important that Iran participates in the World Cup even though its participation has been in doubt since the U.S. and Israel launched …
BUFFALO — Less than two weeks after joining the Buffalo Sabres following a trade-deadline deal from the Winnipeg Jets, Luke Schenn quickly discovered there was a good feeling in the dressing room of his 11th NHL team. On a trip through Las Vegas and California last month, the Sabres went for two team dinners — …