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Former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales looks on, on the day he appears before a judge at a court in Majadahonda, Spain April 29, 2024.

Soccer-Rubiales ordered to make monthly court appearances, restricted to leave Spain

Fernando Kallas |Updated 50 minutes ago |3 min read

By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) - Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) chief, will have to appear before a local court in Madrid at least once a month and will need to ask permission to leave the country, a ...

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Cape Breton connections win Don Johnson Memorial Cup with Antigonish Bulldogs

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read Premium content

Cape Breton connections were part of the Antigonish Bulldogs team that won the Don Johnson Memorial Cup on Sunday in Newfoundland and Labrador. Cameron Bell, Sam Grant, Daniel Chiasson, Tully Grant, Ryan MacDonald, Ray MacKinnon, Logan McGrath, Luc ...

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Cape Breton curler wins world senior men’s curling championship with Team Canada

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read Premium content

A Cape Breton curler has captured the world senior men’s curling championship title. Kris Granchelli, originally of Sydney, was part of Team Canada, skipped by Paul Flemming, who claimed the world title with a 4-3 win over the United States in eight ...

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QMJHL: Cape Breton Eagles fined for second time in playoffs

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read Premium content

For the second time in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs, the Cape Breton Eagles have received a fine by the league. Posted on its official website over the weekend, the league fined the Eagles franchise $500 after a request for ...

Attendance for the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship was expected to meet the host organizing committee’s expectations. Early in the week, more than 1,000 people were in attendance for each of the first two games for the host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush. Shown is a picture taken before the Rush first game on April 22 at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

Telus Cup wraps up busy stretch of national, international championships in Cape Breton

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |11 min read Premium content

MEMBERTOU — The Cape Breton community has had no shortage of attention over the last year with national and international sporting events and it can add another to its resume.   The Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship wrapped up on Sunday ...

Miramichi Timberwolves forward David Doucet, 91, carries the puck during Game 3 of the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) final series against the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 24. Doucet scored a goal, added two assists and was named the second star in the Timberwolves’ 4-3 win in Game 4 in Miramichi, N.B., on April 28. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals in deep hole vs. Miramichi Timberwolves

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

After posting the best record in the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) regular season, the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals are facing their biggest test of the 2023-24 campaign. After dropping a 4-3 road decision on April 28, the ...

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - April 21, 2024 Red Bull's Sergio Perez celebrates after finishing third place in the Chinese Grand Prix

Motor racing-Red Bull should stick with Perez, says Szafnauer

Alan Baldwin |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Sergio Perez remains Red Bull's best option as team mate for triple world champion Max Verstappen next season, according to the Mexican's former boss Otmar Szafnauer. Perez's contract with Formula One's dominant ...

German big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. January 22, 2024.

Surfing-World record holder Steudtner finds peace in chaos

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Surfing the face of a wave as high as an eight-storey building would fill most people with terror – but Sebastian Steudtner says he finds his job peaceful. The 38-year-old German was already the record holder for the biggest wave ever ...

Mario Durocher was a member of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles coaching staff for five years including three years as the team’s head coach and general manager from 2008 to 2011. SALTWIRE FILE PHOTO

'We had all the tools': Former Cape Breton Screaming Eagles’ Mario Durocher says 2006-07 team was good

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 3 hours ago |9 min read Premium content

The last time the Cape Breton Eagles were in a league semifinal, Mario Durocher was their head coach and general manager. Coincidentally, Durocher is now the assistant general manager with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, the team the Eagles are now facing ...

Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers goaltender Noah Visser, 30, is ready for action during Game 4 of the P.E.I. junior B hockey championship series at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on March 24. Visser turned in a 41-save performance in the Vipers’ 3-2 loss to the Antigonish Bulldogs in the deciding game of the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic junior B championship in Mount Pearl, N.L., on April 28. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Heartbreaking end for Kensington Vipers at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

It was a heartbreaking end to the 2023-24 season for the Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers on April 28. The Antigonish Bulldogs scored two unanswered third-period goals to edge the Vipers 3-2 in the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic ...

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