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Ending their longest layoff in more than three decades, the U.S. women's soccer team beats the Netherlands 2-0 in a replay of the 2019 World Cup final.

The second wave of the COVID-19 has been sweeping the globe and it is setting new record highs in positive cases in North America. It has reared its ugly head at Canada’s World Junior Championship selection camp is heading into quarantine after two players have tested positive. Meanwhile in Russia, two recent first-round draft picks, […]

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The return of the U.S. women's team from a long break against the Netherlands highlights the top soccer action from Europe on TV this weekend.

Players on the U.S. women's national team haven't played together since March, and the team is eager to get back on the pitch for Friday's match.

The impulsiveness and childishness that made Diego Maradona wreak havoc on the field also made him the most dominant and joyous player of his generation, perhaps ever, writes columnist Dylan Hernández.

Montreal Canadiens top prospect Cole Caufield records his second career NCAA hat trick for the University of Wisconsin. A top Swedish prospect for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft records his first career Swedish Hockey League (SHL) goal and Anaheim Ducks goaltending prospect Lukas Dostal leaves Finland to join up with the Ducks for training camp. […]

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