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The Canadian Press

AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Yoshimi Yamashita became the first female referee at the Asian Cup when she handled the game between Australia and India on Saturday. The Japanese official was joined by two female assistants — compatriots Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi — for the Group B game at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan. The Asian Football Confederation described it as a “landmark appointment.” The 37-year-old Yamashita, who earned her FIFA refereeing badge in 2015, was Japan's first professi

The Canadian Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had his helmet shattered on a hit from Miami Dolphins safety DeShon Elliott during Saturday night's frigid AFC wild-card playoff game. With a game-time temperature of minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit, the game was the fourth-coldest in NFL history, and it was unclear whether the temperature made the shell of Mahomes' helmet more brittle than usual. Regardless, the reigning league MVP was left with a fist-sized chunk of plastic miss

The Canadian Press

Teenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks has won her fight for Canadian citizenship, opening the door for her to compete for Canada at the Paris Olympics. The 16-year-old Brooks was born in Texas and grew up in Hawaii but has Canadian ties through her American-born father Jeff, who is a dual American-Canadian citizen, and her grandfather who was born and raised in Montreal. Brooks' citizenship bid was initially turned down. But Immigration Minister Marc Miller had a change of heart after a December r

The Telegraph

This is getting silly now. It needs to stop. Eight minutes into Saturday night’s showpiece at St James’ Park, Pep Guardiola was on the half-turn in his technical area signalling furiously at Stefan Ortega. His words? Something akin to ‘get your gloves on lad, we need you’. Manchester City’s second-choice goalkeeper was required immediately: Ederson could not continue.

The Canadian Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — It wasn't vintage Leylah Fernandez, but the 21-year-old from Laval, Que., found a way to grind out a victory on Saturday in her opening singles match at the 15-day Australian Open. Fernandez, competing in the women's singles draw in Melbourne, needed a tiebreaker to win the first set 7-6 (5) in an hour against 17-year-old qualifier Sara Bejlek of Czechia, then won the second 6-2 in 31 minutes to advance. Fernandez finished with two aces, two double faults, one tiebreak vic