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Why tourists are not so merrie about Olde England
By Jemima Lewis Whenever I return to Britain from a trip abroad, I play a masochistic mind game called: “How disappointed would I be?” On the way home from the airport, I gaze out of the car window...
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Please don’t eat the daffodils: UK health agency asks stores to separate...
LONDON — Health officials in Britain have a message: Daffodils can make you ill. Authorities have asked supermarkets to keep flowers far from fruit and vegetables, in case customers mistake poisonous...
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Photos Feb 10: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A couple sitting on their motorcycle cross a flooded road on a...
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Photos Feb 11: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Team Alvimedica, during Leg 4 from Sanya to Auckland in Sanya,...
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Wigan defender Juan Carlos Garcia diagnosed with leukemia
WIGAN, England — English club Wigan says Honduras defender Juan Carlos Garcia has been diagnosed with leukemia. Garcia, who played at the 2014 World Cup, developed a blood disorder and went to a...
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Manchester United avoids upset against Preston to reach FA Cup quarter-finals
PRESTON, England — Manchester United had to come from behind to avoid an FA Cup upset at Preston, rallying with three second-half goals to beat the third-tier club 3-1 and reach the quarterfinals....
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Photos Feb 17: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school...
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Photos Feb 18: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Ethnic Chinese people burn joss sticks to celebrate on the eve...
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Photos Feb 19: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A man selling food for pigeons sits in a cubicle, near Yeni...
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Weather creates contrasting situations at Cricket World Cup as New Zealand...
BRISBANE, Australia — A bit of weather role reversal was creating opposite vibes for the co-hosts of the Cricket World Cup on Friday. In New Zealand’s capital of Wellington, which can often be hit by...
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Luis Suarez scores twice as Barcelona defeats Manchester City in Champions...
MANCHESTER, England — Luis Suarez marked his return to England by scoring both of Barcelona’s goals in a 2-1 win over Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday, putting the Spanish club within...
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants 2022 World Cup final no later than Dec. 18...
By Rob Harris HOLYWOOD, Ireland — FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar to take place no later than Dec. 18, a date that would avoid a conflict with the powerful Premier...
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Canada clinches spot in Cyprus Cup final with win over Italy
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Canada clinched a spot in the final of the Cyprus Cup women’s soccer tournament Monday after defeating Italy 1-0 in its final group game. Fullback Allysha Chapman scored the winning...
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Welbeck scores winner, Arsenal downs United in FA Cup quarters
MANCHESTER, England — Danny Welbeck scored the winner on his return to former club Manchester United as Arsenal won 2-1 at Old Trafford on Monday to reach the FA Cup semifinals and stay on course to...
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Canada beaten 1-0 by England in final of Cyprus Cup women’s soccer tournament
LARNACA, Cyprus — Lianne Sanderson’s 67th-minute goal lifted England to a 1-0 win over Canada in the final of the Cyprus Cup on Wednesday. The goal was the first given up by Canada at the women’s...
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Kiwis edge Bangladesh for sixth straight pool match win ahead of Cricket...
New Zealand entered the Cricket World Cup quarter-finals with a perfect six wins in the group stage and growing in confidence, despite appearing somewhat vulnerable at the end of a tight three-wicket...
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Toronto FC has roster questions to ponder during bye week
TORONTO — It’s a bye week for Toronto FC in MLS but coach Greg Vanney still has plenty to ponder. His team is awaiting word on its appeal of left fullback Justin Morrow’s sending-off in Saturday’s 2-0...
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Van Gaal says he’ll retire at end of Man United spell
MANCHESTER, England — Dutch coach Louis van Gaal says he will retire from football at the end of his spell in charge of Manchester United. The 63-year-old Van Gaal tells British newspaper The Daily...
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Montenegro-Russia qualifier abandoned amid player disorder; Kane scores in...
A Russian player was hit by a flare after 20 seconds in Montenegro before a brawl between the two teams’ players eventually resulted in the European Championship qualifier being abandoned on Friday....
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Tiger Woods out of the top 100 in the world ranking for 1st time since 1996
VIRGINIA WATER, England — For the first time since 1996, Tiger Woods is not among the top 100 golfers in the world ranking. Woods, who hasn’t played since he withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on...
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Hot springs, Jane Austen and a downtown Abbey among Bath highlights
By Terry Tang BATH, England — Yes, there really is a natural hot spring beneath the city of Bath, but soaking in the above-ground sights and sounds will leave you plenty relaxed. With its Georgian...
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Webb Ellis Cup comes to Canada as part of Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour
TORONTO — Al Charron, who exited the 2003 Rugby World Cup on his shield, smiled Thursday as he posed with the Webb Ellis Cup. It was a perhaps a little bittersweet for the former Canadian rugby...
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Benteke scores hat trick as Aston Villa draws 3-3 with QPR to stay out of...
BIRMINGHAM, England — Christian Benteke scored a hat trick as Aston Villa twice came from behind against Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday to draw 3-3 and stay out of the relegation zone. Benteke’s final...
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Soccer: A Love Story – Pondering what might have been …
VANCOUVER — As an athlete who makes his living stickhandling in and out of tight spots, NHL veteran Henrik Sedin also knows a thing or two about dodging difficult questions in a media scrum. But when...
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Sterling scores as Liverpool beats Newcastle 2-0 in Premier League to stay...
LIVERPOOL, England — Raheem Sterling and Joe Allen scored in each half to give Liverpool a 2-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday, keeping the club four points from the last Champions...
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Thrifty Burnley wins admirers by punching above its weight, staying in fight...
BURNLEY, England — With chimneys rising from the former cotton mills which nestle between tightly-packed houses, Burnley provides a quintessentially English vista for fans at the town’s soccer stadium....
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Sunnier side of Dorset
By Joanne Sasvari, Vancouver Province My first thought is: Where’s the body? That’s quickly followed by: Shouldn’t there be police tape out there? And where’s David Tennant? I’m standing on a gravelly...
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Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey go extra holes in Match Play until darkness intervenes
SAN FRANCISCO — Rory McIlroy had his own fight to worry about Saturday in the Match Play Championship. It was such a tense battle with Paul Casey that both had chances to win and they had to return...
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London pop-up restaurant serves home cooking from around the world
By Richard Vines, Bloomberg News LONDON — Mazi Mas, a social enterprise that supports migrant women through training and experience in the food industry, is looking to expand overseas from its base in...
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The Victorian Ritual: Five places to indulge in Afternoon Tea
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James As travellers circumnavigate the globe, discovering the palate-pleasing local...
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Altidore injury, fine play of Konopka leave TFC’s Vanney with decisions to make
TORONTO — Nine games into the MLS season, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney finds himself with big questions at both end of the pitch. News that star striker Jozy Altidore will be out four to five weeks...
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Canadian women’s rugby sevens team can book Olympic berth this weekend
One week after reaching the final in London, the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team can book its ticket to the 2016 Olympics this weekend in Amsterdam as the Women’s World Series wraps up for the...
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Canadian women qualify for Olympic rugby sevens competition at Rio 2016
AMSTERDAM — John Tait’s women’s rugby sevens squad became the first Canadian team to qualify for the 2016 Olympics on Friday when it won all three matches on Day 1 of the final event of the Women’s...
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Defending champion Rory McIlroy misses cut at BMW PGA Championship after...
VIRGINIA WATER, England — After winning two titles in three weeks, Rory McIlroy ran out of steam. Now he’ll have the whole weekend to get some rest. McIlroy missed the cut at the BMW PGA Championship...
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Arsenal meets Aston Villa in FA Cup final, looks to retain trophy to salvage...
With Champions League and Premier League titles still seemingly way beyond the team, Arsenal is again relying on an FA Cup triumph to salvage some silverware from its season. For the second straight...
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FIFA 2015: Canadian women down England 1-0, head to World Cup on winning note
HAMILTON — Sophie Schmidt scored a highlight-reel goal midway through the first half to send Canada into the Women’s World Cup on a winning note with a 1-0 victory over England in a friendly Friday....
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Second-best can be better
By Bert Archer, National Post I was in Spain recently, in a town of 5,000 called Fuente de Cantos. A man from the tourist office was showing me around a tiny museum dedicated to the town’s most famous...
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Captain Canada: How opening herself up made Christine Sinclair a better leader
John Herdman usually doesn’t speak to his team in the locker-room after games. The Canadian women’s soccer coach prefers to talk later, when heads are cooler. But in the wake of the crushing 4-3...
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FIFA admits to giving $5M loan to Ireland over Thierry Henry handball that...
LONDON — In the midst of an escalating financial scandal, FIFA admitted Thursday to giving Ireland $5 million in compensation for missing a place at the 2010 World Cup after Thierry Henry’s handball...
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Carrie Serwetnyk: Canada needs to calm down … and attack
A quarterback has an average of four to six seconds to snap the ball, back up into the pocket and make a play before being walloped. Champions like NFL superstar Tom Brady have won Super Bowls by...
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Carrie Serwetnyk: Canada’s Sesselmann sounds off
A “Sesselmann” is a new medical term for a collective heart seizure among the masses. Soccer fans across Canada must have experienced cardiac palpitations after defender Lauren Sesselmann gaffed...
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Retief Goosen qualifies for another Open; Montgomerie misses out
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen made birdie on the first playoff hole to qualify for the British Open. Goosen shot 67-72 at Woburn to get into a three-for-one playoff...
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Veteran paddler Mark Oldershaw to carry flag for Canada at Pan Ams
When veteran paddler Mark Oldershaw carries Canada’s flag into the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games, he’ll be thinking about his grandfather. The 32-year-old from Burlington, Ont., was named...
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World Cup: Women’s soccer is no longer a few ‘haves’ and a host of ‘have nots’
VANCOUVER — The taut matches and upset scares along the American team’s troublesome path to Sunday’s World Cup championship game illustrate the evolving landscape of women’s soccer and the challenge...
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Mauresmo key to preventing Murray meltdown against Pospisil
LONDON — How hard is it to stay calm and focused when you are playing in the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament? Too hard if you are Nick Kyrgios, anyway. But Andy Murray — who revealed 10 days...
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Gerrard ready for new challenge after trading Liverpool for L.A. sunshine
CARSON, Calif. — Steven Gerrard brought a touch of Liverpool weather — cool, overcast and even some drizzle — to his first practice with the LA Galaxy on Tuesday morning. By the time the English...
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Sterling becomes most expensive English player by joining Man City for $76M...
LONDON — Raheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer ever on Tuesday after joining Manchester City from Premier League rival Liverpool in a drawn-out move costing 49 million pounds...
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Through rain and farewells, Dustin Johnson seeks to establish control in...
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rare flooding, sunshine, more rain and always wind. None of it seemed to matter to Dustin Johnson at St. Andrews. On a wild day of weather Friday at the British Open that...
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Manchester United to face Bruges in playoff to reach Champions League group...
NYON, Switzerland — Manchester United’s route back to the Champions League groups after a one-year absence must go through Bruges in the playoff round. “It will be an interesting tie,” United coach...
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Mourinho blasted by Premier League doctors’ group for ‘unjust’ downgrading of...
LONDON — After only one weekend of the English Premier League season, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is in familiar territory: Embroiled in an irrational dispute and his conduct being denounced. The...
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