Soccer
World Cup 2022: Canada’s cheering section
Five soccer superfans chat about their love of the beautiful game and what it’s like to root for both Canada and their long-time favourite national teams.
‘I’m only thinking about Qatar.’
How did coach John Herdman, a former schoolteacher from England, turn Canada’s perennial underdogs into a brotherhood of champions? He went straight for their hearts.
Q&A with Christine Sinclair on trash talk, equality in sports, retirement plans and more
The Canadian soccer legend’s revelatory memoir, Playing the Long Game, hits bookshelves this week
Everybody Loves Alphonso Davies
Inside Alphonso Davies’s amazing journey to become the best Canadian soccer player of all time
For Alphonso Davies, does it get any better than this?
Image of the Week: He’s won a Champion’s League title, he’s got an amazing back story and the Canadian soccer phenom is still a teenager
The German soccer hero who escaped the Nazis for Canada
Michael Coren: Despite being a star in his country, the great Gottfried Fuchs had to flee. He’d never forgive what happened to his teammate, Julius Hirsch.
Alphonso Davies on life as Canada’s next great soccer star
A big-money move from the Vancouver Whitecaps to Germany’s storied Bayern Munich is just the latest move in the young football player’s incredible journey
FIFA World Cup 2026 and the ‘Trump factor’: What you need to know about Canada’s World Cup bid
We’re nearing the finish line to determine if Canada could host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The only hitch? Trump.
The unbearable shame of Italian soccer fans
Italian soccer fans will still come out to Canadian bars for the World Cup next year. But maybe without the blue jerseys.
Will co-hosting a World Cup put Canadian soccer on a roll?
Proponents claim the 10 games Canada hopes to stage in 2026 will inspire a new generation of stars. The history of sports mega-events begs to differ.
What it feels like to take a penalty kick with Canada’s national women’s soccer team
Could there be anything more stressful than taking a penalty kick when you’re a member of Canada’s national women’s soccer team? This is what it feels like to train for penalty kicks with some of the best soccer players in the world.
FIFA and the long arm of Yankee law
Why did the US arrest a Uruguayan in Switzerland for taking bribes from Brazil over a Chilean soccer match?