A soccer club in Mahone Bay, N.S., is offering free-to-play programming to make sure as many kids as possible can take part. The founders say the fees are barriers to some, so they get support from local donors, businesses and even the town to make the model work. Gareth HampshireContinue Reading
The Canadian Olympic Committee says a “non-accredited” member of Canada Soccer’s support team has been detained by French authorities in Saint-Etienne for allegedly using a drone to record New Zealand’s women’s soccer team during practice.Continue Reading
Defender Sydney Collins will not compete for the Canadian women’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics after fracturing her left leg during a closed-door match against Nigeria in Marbella, Spain on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Canada moved up eight spots in the latest FIFA men’s rankings after finishing fourth at the Copa America. The Canadians, who narrowly lost to Uruguay in Saturday’s third-place game at the tournament, sat 40th in the rankings released Thursday by soccer’s world governing body.Continue Reading
Canada coach Jesse Marsch hopes his team’s success at Copa America will have dual nationals thinking twice about playing for a different country.Continue Reading
CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo is joined by head coach Jesse Marsch after his 1st international tournament at the helm of the Canadian men’s national team.Continue Reading
Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out Sunday at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, police said Monday.Continue Reading
A 22-year-old man has been identified as the soccer player who was fatally shot outside a south end Winnipeg complex over the weekend in what police believe was a targeted attack.Continue Reading
Argentina won its second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi’s second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 Sunday night on Lautaro Martinez’s 112th-minute goal.Continue Reading
Spain won a record fourth European Championship title on Sunday after Mikel Oyarzabal’s 86th-minute goal clinched a 2-1 victory over England, whose painful decades-long wait for a major trophy goes on.Continue Reading
