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Canadian clubs and officials get ready for FIFA offside experiment

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football development, calls the critical test of provisional FIFA offside rules in Canada “an important pilot”.
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football development, calls the critical test of provisional FIFA offside rules in Canada “an important pilot”.

Canadian clubs and officials get ready for FIFA offside experiment

Soccer Football - FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw Welcome Reception - Hall of Nations, John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, U.S. - December 4, 2025 Former footballer Arsene Wenger arrives at the Welcome Reception ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Soccer Football - FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw Welcome Reception - Hall of Nations, John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, U.S. - December 4, 2025 Former footballer Arsene Wenger arrives at the Welcome Reception ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

LaGuardia controller staffing may have violated procedures on night of collision, document shows

FILE PHOTO: The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a ground vehicle on Monday at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a ground vehicle on Monday at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Wenger's proposed daylight offside rule to begin trial in Canadian Premier League

Soccer Football - FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw Welcome Reception - Hall of Nations, John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, U.S. - December 4, 2025 Former footballer Arsene Wenger arrives at the Welcome Reception ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Soccer Football - FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw Welcome Reception - Hall of Nations, John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, U.S. - December 4, 2025 Former footballer Arsene Wenger arrives at the Welcome Reception ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Air Canada CEO to quit after furore about crash condolence video

An Air Canada Express jet flew from Montreal to New York on March 22 and, after landing, collided with an airport fire truck, killing both pilots.
An Air Canada Express jet flew from Montreal to New York on March 22 and, after landing, collided with an airport fire truck, killing both pilots.

‘Amazing opportunity’ as Sweden still have World Cup chance despite woeful qualifying campaign

Swedish national tam head coach Graham Potter and his captain Victor Lindelof at a press conference in Stockholm on March 30, 2026. Sweden will face Poland in the 2026 FIFA World Cup play-off on March 31.
Swedish national tam head coach Graham Potter and his captain Victor Lindelof at a press conference in Stockholm on March 30, 2026. Sweden will face Poland in the 2026 FIFA World Cup play-off on March 31.

World Cup risks being ‘stage for repression’: Amnesty International

Police officers, including mounted police, stand guard near posters of missing people as relatives of victims of forced disappearance protest outside Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
Police officers, including mounted police, stand guard near posters of missing people as relatives of victims of forced disappearance protest outside Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

US thrashed 5-2 by Belgium in reality check for World Cup hosts

The thrashing comes as a wake-up call just 75 days before the tournament for the Americans.
The thrashing comes as a wake-up call just 75 days before the tournament for the Americans.

Canada eyes Mercosur pact by autumn

Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu speaks during an interview with Reuters at the residence of the Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu speaks during an interview with Reuters at the residence of the Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

Mercosur and Canada near free-trade agreement with April talks

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks on the flight deck of HMCS Margaret Brooke at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada March 26, 2026.  REUTERS/Ingrid Bulmer
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks on the flight deck of HMCS Margaret Brooke at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada March 26, 2026.  REUTERS/Ingrid Bulmer

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.