Canada FIFA World Cup

Canada wasted little time Sunday ending its scoring drought at the men’s World Cup via Alphonso Davies but could not hold off Croatia, losing 4-1 to end its hopes of reaching the tournament’s knockout round. Ranked 12th in the world…

Many Canadian soccer fans have been waiting for this moment their entire lives. Long an afterthought behind hockey in their home country, Canada’s soccer team is back in the World Cup for the first time since 1986 and it opens…

As Canada’s men’s national soccer team prepares to play in their first FIFA World Cup in 36 years, Canadian interest in watching the Qatar tournament is low, a new poll suggests. Right now, 63 per cent of 1,005 Canadians Ipsos…

Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis predicts the ongoing labour talks with the Canadian men’s and women’s teams will produce “an epic, historical deal for pay equity.” The association’s collective bargaining agreement with the women’s…

Ottawa is joining calls for “transparency and robust measures” to protect migrant workers who built the infrastructure needed for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The international soccer tournament, which kicks off later this month in…

Ottawa has “no plan” yet to send a dignitary to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as calls grow for participating countries to take a stand on human rights issues in the host nation. The 2022 men’s World Cup, the first to be played in the…

For soccer fans across Canada, it has been a long wait — almost four decades — to see the men’s national team qualify for the FIFA World Cup. With less than one month before the event kicks off in Qatar — the first country in the…