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The Ballon d’Or winners will be announced on Monday with a new generation of soccer stars, led by Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé, ready to stamp their name on the trophy that for so long was a personal duel between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

B.C.’s premier-designate says he doesn’t know what the plan is to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver.

Four-run deficits don’t discourage the Milwaukee Brewers this October, not with those orange Life Savers.

Former NBA player Malik Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the Department of Justice after initially pleading not guilty to charges that he altered his play in certain games in 2024 to enrich sports bettors and ease his own debts, his attorney said Saturday.

FIFA’s embattled president Gianni Infantino said he has the backing of the “vast, vast majority” of soccer despite his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.

One loss isn’t a losing streak, but dropping two in a row is cause for concern.

The NFL franchise has agreed to recognize the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association as the collective bargaining representative for one of the most famous cheer squads in professional sports, both sides said in a joint statement Friday. The move follows years of the cheerleaders fighting for pay increases.

Jacob Misiorowski broke the record for fastest World Series pitch with the very first offering of this year’s Fall Classic, a 103.5 m.p.h. fastball to the Tampa Bay Rays’ Yandy Díaz on Friday night.

Lawrence McCutcheon, a five-time Pro Bowl running back for the Los Angeles Rams who went on to a long career in the team’s front office, died Friday. He was 76.

Canada will play for gold at the International Para Hockey Cup after defeating Czechia 2-0 in semifinal action Friday.

Connor Hellebuyck’s tenure with the Winnipeg Jets is over. The star goaltender was traded to New Jersey on Friday following a months-long standoff with the club.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday the NFL “could have probably postponed” the upcoming game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints because of street protests in the city.

The rocky relationship between the Winnipeg Jets and Connor Hellebuyck has officially come to an end.

The final stretch is completed of a Newfoundland and Labrador highway honouring curling superstar Brad Gushue and his 2006 Olympic team.

Perennial winner Chase Elliott has opted to remove his name from consideration for NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award out of respect for the late Kyle Busch.