Calgary goalie has World Cup in sight
Goals for the New Year are not in Erin McLeod’s plans. The very opposite, in fact, for Canada’s No. 1 soccer goalie as she and her teammates look forward to the World Cup to be held across the country...
View Article2014: The Year In Sports
To be fair, the wait dated back just six years. It only had begun to feel like an eternity. After lifting the Grey Cup in 2008, five succeeding seasons of stellar, unparalleled regular-season success,...
View ArticleSun shines on Calgarian as he preps for U-20 World Cup qualifying
It all seems too much to take in, somehow. The balmy plus-29-degree temperatures in early January. The stretches of resort beachfront. The laid-back atmosphere. Oh, and the international football, of...
View ArticleYellow card for World Cup exhibit at Market Mall
As momentum builds for Canada hosting the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, celebrations in Calgary got a temporary yellow card from the city Friday morning. The tournament’s golden trophy was on display at...
View ArticleJohnson: Blatter wins fifth FIFA term
In Disney’s world, Prince Ali sang heroically about A Whole New World, and delivered on the promise. Disney’s world, though, is nothing but a world of artifice, of make-believe. A cartoon world in...
View ArticleAll eyes on Barca-Juve in Champions League
Trust an old campaigner like Gigi Buffon to put a fresh spin on a familiar theme. “(Lionel) Messi,’’ marvelled the 37-year-old Juventus shot-blocker earlier this week, “is an alien, dedicating himself...
View ArticleCalgary goalie has World Cup in sight
Goals for the New Year are not in Erin McLeod’s plans. The very opposite, in fact, for Canada’s No. 1 soccer goalie as she and her teammates look forward to the World Cup to be held across the country...
View Article2014: The Year In Sports
To be fair, the wait dated back just six years. It only had begun to feel like an eternity. After lifting the Grey Cup in 2008, five succeeding seasons of stellar, unparalleled regular-season success,...
View ArticleSun shines on Calgarian as he preps for U-20 World Cup qualifying
It all seems too much to take in, somehow. The balmy plus-29-degree temperatures in early January. The stretches of resort beachfront. The laid-back atmosphere. Oh, and the international football, of...
View ArticleWorld Cup tent gets yellow card at Market Mall
As momentum builds for Canada hosting the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, celebrations in Calgary got a temporary yellow card from the city Friday morning. The tournament’s golden trophy was on display...
View ArticleJohnson: Blatter wins fifth FIFA term
In Disney’s world, Prince Ali sang heroically about A Whole New World, and delivered on the promise. Disney’s world, though, is nothing but a world of artifice, of make-believe. A cartoon world in...
View ArticleAll eyes on Barca-Juve in Champions League
Trust an old campaigner like Gigi Buffon to put a fresh spin on a familiar theme. “(Lionel) Messi,’’ marvelled the 37-year-old Juventus shot-blocker earlier this week, “is an alien, dedicating himself...
View ArticleSoccer fans raise an early glass at Calgary pubs as World Cup kicks off
A crowd of about 50 diehard soccer fans gathered around a big screen at the Ship and Anchor Pub on Thursday morning as the World Cup officially kicked off at 9 a.m. And thanks to approval from the...
View Article'The little country that could': Calgary's Croatian community celebrates...
It was 20 years in the making. Grown adults weeping, old friends hugging, children cheering. Croatia’s thrilling semifinal victory over England at the World Cup on Wednesday was felt in northeast...
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