Canada’s Marco Arop will look for another season’s best when he competes at the Diamond League track and field meet in London this weekend. Arop, the Paris Olympics silver medallist in the men’s 800-metres, is coming off a season’s-best result at the Diamond League stop in Monaco last week. The Edmonton native finished in one minute, 42.73 seconds to claim a fifth-place result. Olympic gold medallist Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, will also be in London for the event after winning that Monaco racewith a world-leading time of 1:41.44. CBC Gem and CBCSports.ca will carry all the live action from the Novuna London Athletics Meet, beginning…

Tennis Canada’s Denis Shapovalov reached the semifinals at the Mifel Tennis Open on Thursday in Los Cabos, Mexico, with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia’s Tristan Schoolkate. Richmond Hill, Ont., native posts 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia’s Tristan Schoolkate The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 18, 2025 1:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Denis Shapovalov, shown in this file photo, scored a straight-sets win over Australia’s Tristan Schoolkate on Thursday at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Michaela Stache/Reuters) Canada’s Denis Shapovalov reached the semifinals at the Mifel Tennis Open on Thursday in Los Cabos,…

Lloyd Howell has resigned as executive director of the NFL Players Association, citing distractions his leadership has caused in recent weeks. “Two years ago, I accepted the role of Executive Director of the NFLPA because I believe deeply in the mission of this union and the power of collective action to drive positive change for the players of America’s most popular sport,” Howell said in a statement released late Thursday night. “Our members deserve a union that will fight relentlessly for their health, safety, financial futures, and long-term well-being. My priority has been to lead that fight by serving this…

Caitlin Clark is out of all-star weekend. The Indiana Fever guard injured her right groin on Tuesday night in the final minute of the team’s WNBA win over the Connecticut Sun. She said Thursday in a message posted on X that she had to rest her body. “I am incredibly sad and disappointed to say I can’t participate in the 3-point contest or the all-star game,” Clark said in the message posted by the Fever. “I have to rest my body. I will still be at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for all the action and I’m looking forward to helping [Liberty head…

Kansas City wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Thursday after authorities said he and another driver travelling at high speeds in sports cars caused a chain-reaction crash involving multiple vehicles and causing injuries on a Dallas highway last year. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. Rice was driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV at 191 kph when he made “multiple aggressive manoeuvres around traffic” and struck other vehicles, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said that after…

Canada forward Olivia Smith became the most expensive player in women’s soccer history at a reported one million pounds ($1.84 million Cdn) when Arsenal signed her from Liverpool on Thursday. The new benchmark in women’s soccer would surpass the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from the San Diego Wave in January. Smith’s four-year deal highlights the increase in spending in women’s soccer, with transfer records regularly broken. Zambia striker Rachael Kundananji joined Bay FC from Madrid CFF for a record $788,000 last year, and that figure was quickly exceeded by Girma’s move to Chelsea. As recently…

Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test on Thursday. Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Chepngetich tested positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent in March and “opted for a voluntary provisional suspension while the AIU’s investigation was ongoing.” The Kenyan runner set the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon last October in two hours nine minutes 56 seconds. It was her third win in Chicago. She also won the marathon at the 2019 world championships in Qatar, where the women’s race started at midnight to avoid extreme daytime heat.…