FIFA has kicked Myanmar out of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup as punishment for crowd violence at a 2014 qualifier in July. Fans threw stones and water bottles onto the field during Myanamar’s game against Oman on July 28, forcing the referee to abandon the match. Oman was leading 2-0 at the time and [...]

Chelsea’s forward Fernando Torres has scored two goals in six Premiership matches this season. (JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images) Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has kept faith with Chelsea striker Fernando Torres for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Czech Republic and Scotland. Torres did not make the matchday squad for Spain’s previous match and his place [...]

Oilers centre Eric Belanger converted on 55.3 per cent of the 1,297 faceoffs he took last season. (Ian Jackson/Canadian Press) When the Edmonton Oilers called on the first day of free agency, Eric Belanger sensed he’d be moving to Western Canada. It was more than just the obvious reasons. Family comes first It shouldn’t come [...]

Detroit defenceman Brendan Smith, front centre, knocked out Chicago’s Ben Smith, left, with a hit to the face on Wednesday. (Charles Cherney/Associated Press) Detroit Red Wings defenceman Brendan Smith was suspended for the remainder of the pre-season and five regular-season games on Friday after delivering a check to the head of Chicago’s Ben Smith. The [...]

New National Hockey League disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan told the CBC that the NHL may have to examine whether fighting has a place in the game. Shanahan made the comments Thursday in an interview conducted for the next episode of Mansbridge One on One. “We’re definitely very serious in making advancements in studying blows to the [...]