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Canada was stunned in its 2023 World Junior Championship opener, falling 5-2 to Czechia in Group A play. It was Canada’s first loss to Czechia at the tournament since 2014. People were discussing this Canada team in the same conversation as the best teams to be fielded by the country at the tournament. TSN’s James Duthie correctly pointed out on the pregame show that people should wait until the team actually played a game....

Heading into the 2022 World Cup, Les Rouges are considered a longshot not just to win the tournament, obviously, but even to qualify for the knockout stage amidst a difficult Group F draw. Canada will have to contend with Belgium, ranked No. 2 in the world, plus 2018 finalists Croatia and top African side Morocco. Yet Herdman, set to become the first head coach ever to lead both a women’s and men’s side at the World Cup, will have his team primed to produce an upset or two as they head into Qatar with little to lose, building towards the next tournament four years from now as joint hosts of the 2026 event along with the United States and Mexico....

Rising young talents in Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David have led Les Rouges to new heights, but Herdman’s leadership is what has really built a squad that is greater than the sum of its parts. Canada has been drawn for the finals into a group with a European giant, a recent World Cup finalist, and an African side that went unbeaten through World Cup qualifying. It will be a stiff test, but opportunities are there for the taking as well....

Alvarez stepped up to take out an overmatched Rocky Fielding and win the WBA super middleweight title last December before reverting to his more natural home of the middleweight division. Join DAZN and watch Canelo vs. Kovalev on Nov. 2 That is where the 29-year-old Mexican’s long-term future is expected to lie regardless of the weekend outcome, although victory over the aging but still-fearsome Kovalev would have to rank among his finest accomplishments....

The new footage is one of the first looks we’ve been given at the upcoming changes to the game, and it looks to stay in tune with the graphics overhaul given to the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes released in previous years. The footage also gave us a look at some of the game’s early combat moments, including a point where Leon Kennedy, the game’s main character, is grabbed by a zombie making its way toward him....

The Italy international moved to San Siro from the Serie A champions in a shock €42million deal but he has struggled badly for form during a difficult time for the Rossoneri. Capello, who guided Milan to four Scudetti and the 1994 Champions League in a glittering spell in the early 1990s, has offered his own rather scathing assessment of Bonucci’s qualities and the reason behind his poor performances. “He’s the best Italian defender when he has the ball at his feet....

“Sometimes love takes a long time to build,” Chimera said. Wise words. Nice to see the softer side of hockey players for a change.

JENNY TOLLEFSON IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT OFTEN PEOPLE such as Rusty Weston commit horrible acts of high-profile violence in an attempt to gain national attention. By “honoring” Weston with your cover, you have helped fuel the desires of other potential assassins to gain this same fame. MOLLY SMART I FOUND YOUR COVER ARTICLE ON RUSTY Weston disappointing. Although you mention Weston’s diagnosis as a paranoid schizophrenic, nowhere did you mention that schizophrenia is a biologically based disease, and that its effects are not the patient’s fault any more than are those of Alzheimer’s disease....

A letter to Waxman confirmed what had long been known: that Cheney met privately with Enron CEO Ken Lay in fashioning the White House’s energy policy. More importantly, the letter revealed what had long been suspected: that there had been an extensive web of contacts between Enron and the White House, six meetings in all, to formulate the legislation. The last meeting occurred just six days before the true nature of Enron’s financial picture became public....

Now he’s nowhere to be seen. And warnings about possible attacks are emanating from the administration almost daily. Maybe Ashcroft knows something we don’t. Now that he’s a seasoned veteran looking at all the deadly threats collected by the intelligence community, perhaps he no longer feels the urge to rush before the television cameras to announce the latest scare. Landmark bridges are still standing; commuters in Manhattan are riding the subways, if nervously, and the Statue of Liberty beckons freedom while guards search tourists’ backpacks....

The NHL and NBA owner graded himself Tuesday in an interview with reporters and editors from The Associated Press, and the marks reflect the mixed results and shifting expectations regarding both franchises since he took over the Capitals in 1999 and the Wizards in 2010. A "failing grade" for the Washington Capitals, but that's grading on the curve. An incomplete for the Washington Wizards, but it's time to take a step forward....

Disturbing video shared on social media shows a white car speeding directly towards a group of protesters on Interstate 5 [I-5] and colliding with two people who are flung into the air amid screams from those nearby. Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead told a press conference that one of the victims, a woman aged 24 from Seattle had suffered critical, life-threatening injuries. Another woman, 32, from Bellingham, had serious injuries....

In May, Cardinals wide receiver Hopkins was handed a six-game suspension by the NFL for violating the league’s PED policy. In July, he’s still pleading his case. According to Hopkins, he tested positive for trace amount of a banned substance known as Ostarine. The wideout believes that the NFL’s “black and white” policy regarding banned substance needs to be revisited, saying he “barely takes vitamins” in the process: MORE: Should you draft DeAndre Hopkins in fantasy?...

Garcia’s comments came as news to general manager John Mozeliak, who said he hadn’t discussed the situation with the player. Mozeliak said Saturday the Cardinals had basically ruled Garcia out for the rest of the year and that Garcia had consulted with team trainers. But he said the team believed other options had not been explored. Mozeliak judged the decision-making process “rather dramatic and quick” and added, “obviously, it sounds like he’s made the decision....

They especially don’t want to give up an eight-time Pro Bowl player in his prime for some “maybes” as general manager Steve Keim put it. Patrick Peterson, who has been with Arizona since the team selected him fifth overall in the 2011 draft, has reportedly garnered interest from multiple NFL teams while he was serving a six-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. But Keim said Friday that’s not happening. “We are not trading Patrick Peterson,” he said during his weekly appearance on “Doug & Wolf” on Arizona Sports 98....

One of those moments is upon us. We are finally talking about care as infrastructure with investments to match. In this moment, we can truly begin reimagining what care in America could look like for millions of working families, for our children and for our older adults. We are on the verge of finally catching up to so many other countries who already invest heavily in care and whose people and economies reap the rewards of that investment....

“Today, I’m not thinking about Carey Price the goaltender,” general manager Marc Bergevin said. “I’m thinking about Carey Price the human being.” Bergevin, who found out the news Wednesday — which he mentioned caught him off guard — was overcome with emotion during his news conference. “It’s … It’s hard,” he said, fighting through tears when asked about what Price has meant to him over the past nine years together before motioning for the next question....

As the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country trundles toward total disintegration, the Dominique case illustrates some of the phenomenal challenges facing Aristide: a breakdown in the rule of law and a corrupt political elite, not to mention a moribund private sector, bankrupt public coffers and a political crisis that has led international donors to freeze $500 million in aid the country desperately needs. Hoping to improve Haiti’s sorry state, Dominique had used his bully pulpit to blast high-level corruption....