Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Federal gov’t turns down CFL request for $30M loan: Reports
Multiple media reports Sunday said the Canadian government had turned down the CFL's request for a $30-million, interest-free loan. The league approached the feds for the loan in hopes of staging a sh...
Aug 17, 2020
Federal gov't turns down CFL request for $30M loan: Reports
Multiple media reports Sunday said the Canadian government had turned down the CFL's request for a $30-million, interest-free loan. The league approached the feds for the loan in hopes of staging a sh...
Aug 16, 2020
Njoo positive about talks with CFL but cannot provide timeline for decision
TORONTO - Canada's deputy chief public health officer remains encouraged about the CFL's health-and-safety protocols but can't say when approval for a shortened season might come. "We've had very good...
Aug 14, 2020 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Jamie Nye: CFL fans' growing disinterest is a growing concern
We are now officially two weeks past the date I thought would be a drop-dead date for the CFL to get a season started in a bubble in Winnipeg. Timing-wise, to get a CBA done, to get federal health off...
Aug 14, 2020
Lone Grey Cup win tops list of accomplishments for Roger Aldag
Roger Aldag was a mainstay on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line for 18 seasons. And after it all, Aldag says he's lucky to have had the career he did. "With the teams we had, we had numerou...
Aug 07, 2020 (Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame)
Source: CFL would use federal government loan to cover hub, player costs
TORONTO - If successful in securing a $30-million, interest-free loan from the federal government, the CFL would use the money to cover such operating costs as player salaries, COVID-19 testing and hu...
Aug 04, 2020
Family death a catalyst for the career of CFL great Reggie Hunt
Reggie Hunt said he's blessed to have had the football career he did. But the event that turned the focus of the Saskatchewan Roughriders great to the sport was anything but a blessing. "I still remem...
Jul 24, 2020 Reggie Hunt sacks Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray in 2007. (Daniel Paquet/Wikipedia)
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says CFL hub will boost economy, not COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Hosting hundreds of players, coaches and staff in Winnipeg for the Canadian Football League season could boost the economy without leading to a spike in COVID-19 numbers, Manitoba Premier B...
Jul 22, 2020
Heritage Minister Guilbeault non-committal about financial assistance for CFL
OTTAWA - It seems the CFL shouldn't be holding its breath for much-needed financial assistance from the Canadian government. Earlier this month, the CFL submitted a revised financial request to Ottawa...
Jul 22, 2020
Jamie Nye: Hoping Winnipeg hub city news is a hint 2020 season will happen
The Canadian Football League has officially announced Winnipeg will play host to the 2020 season, if it goes ahead. But here is my biggest question: Why announce where the hub city is going to be if y...
Jul 22, 2020
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