Note: This article has also appeared on FoxSoccer.com but without the statistics on home advantage. With a comfortable preliminary round win against S... Read More

SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing): "We had a lot of problems in the first session with front grip ... Read More

Another break day and so an opportunity to answer some questions. Danielgregg – Something I've noticed about this tournament, don't recall if it's something unique o... Read More

Group B Austria 0-1 Germany At the 2006 World Cup Germany threw off the chains of decades of highly effective but mind-numbing play to become one of the most entertaining teams in the tournament. Today they reverted to old habits and produced an uninspiring but all the same, winning performanc... Read More

Czech Republic 2-3 Turkey Czech coach Karel Bruckner recalled Jan Koller the lead the attack and it quickly paid off. A weakness in the centre of the Turkish defence was evident in their first two group games and in... Read More

Zuco2 - Seriously Bobby, you're pretty good at predictions. Bobby – Well if you mean I was seriously out to lunch on the relegated teams then you are right! My... Read More

MeanSucka - I know I may be late on this one - what do you think of Michael Owen saying that the England need to rethink psychological preparation for matches: "When fear takes over, you start to do things wrong and take the easy option which in our case is lumping the ball forward to the front men. I’m not absolving myself from blame… What must be addressed as much as anything is our psychologica... Read More

Here is some more background on the draw that will start tomorow in Durban, South Africa at 10:00 a.m. EST. An introduction and set up piece from FIFA. You can find the draw information by fed... Read More

Two of Canada's national champions squared off today in the Autum Stakes, with '06 Older Horse of the year True Metropolitan outlasting '06 Two Year Old Champion Leonnatus Anteas and defend his win in this same stakes last year. After going wide and taking the lead in the stretch, Tru Met was caught by Leonnatus but was game a... Read More

The NBA and FedEx Corp. have extended their United States marketing partnership that is centered around a core of internati... Read More

Toronto play well and get the result; a robust and exciting game of football, two red cards and three goals; the Canadian home fans finally get something to really celebrate; 2-1. BMO field, foggy and packed with a raucous crowd. Great night for football at one... Read More

Testy final eventually comes to life; Argentina edges a close one. The final of the U20 World Cup played at the Nation Soccer Stadium in Toronto wasn... Read More

USA under 20 capitulate to the unfancied Austrians; finishing and defending woeful in 2-1 defeat.    New stadium, great skyline, soon to host the final, Toronto welcomed Austria a... Read More

Scotland fans are well use to failures at World Cups. But as of last night Scotland has now taken it to a different level. Scotland’s last second loss to... Read More

Group A (Toronto & Edmonton)Canada, Chile, Congo and Austria. As host nations in international tournaments generally do, Canada has benefited by a good group ... Read More

Canada has shown that they are a legitimate challenger for one of the CONCACAF spots on offer at the 2010 World Cup. However, at this moment that is probably of little consequence given the nature of their controvers... Read More

Canada destroyed Guatemala 3-0 in a Gold Cup quarter-final match in which Guatemala was fortunate to get the nothing. Canada dominated from the start and Guatemala had no answer to a team that controlled the game in a... Read More

The Golden Shoestandings. Paul Doyle looks at the African Cup of Nations and the grief it causes European clubs. Nick... Read More

The Ducks pulled off an exciting win yesterday and now face the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Finals! Do they have a chance to beat the Senators? Are they the better team? Will Teemu Selanne, at age 36, playing in his first finals ever, get to hoist the cup? Will Anaheim get jiggy with excitement and swamp the Honda center with adoring, bill-wearing fans? Will Giguere finally get the MVP AND the cup? Will D-man Chris Pronger play nice? Has anyone noticed that the Ducks dropped "Mighty" from their name when Disney sold the company? Which is louder, a quack quack or a moose's mating call?  Does it matter? Why does the chant, "Duck Bait" not sound threatening?  It worked for the Florida Gators. Is it just me, or do you also think of "Animal House" and a dead horse in Dean Wormer's office ev... Read More

That’s the claim of the Globe & Mail’s respected hockey pundit Eric Duhatschek:“The league stumbled badly this week when it set the television schedule for the first round of the playoffs and gave CBC the chance to televise the second game of that highly anticipated New Jersey Devils-Tampa Bay Lightning playoff series in its primetime Hockey Night In Canada slot. It's not that anyone minds watching Vinnie Lecavalier or Martin Brodeur, two great Canadian talents... Read More