NORTHSCORE/Eli Silverstone After last week's disappointing Concacaf Champions Cup performance, attention in the nation's capital shifts to defending the  title this spring. Five years after joining the Canadian Premier League (CPL) as the first expansion team in league history, Atletico Ottawa dominated the 2025 campaign. It became the first team in league history to not lose a game at home and set the CPL goals record with 53. This magical season was encapsulated by a unique

NORTHSCORE/Eli Silverstone Hoopqueens (HQ) is the first paid Canadian professional women's basketball league. It’s a competitive summer league filled with overseas Canadian pros and the best of the best when it comes to Canadian U Sports. Women's basketball is growing across North America, including a recent surge bringing the Toronto Tempo, the WNBA’s newest expansion team, to Canada. Hoopqueens was founded in 2020. Now, six years later, the Tempo are joining the mix to make

NORTHSCORE/Jonathan Reynoso The University of Saskatchewan Huskies continued their dominance over U Sports women’s basketball as they claimed their fourth championship of the past decade, toppling the University of New Brunswick Reds 77-68 on March 8 at Ampithéâtre Desjardins at Université Laval. In winning their second championship in a row, this national title capped off a near-perfect season for the Huskies. They suffered only one loss the entire season, which came against

NORTHSCORE/Jonathan Reynoso The approach of summer 2026 signals the end of the first round of qualifying matches for the 2027 Qatar FIBA World Cup. With their final games of the first round being played on July 3 and July 6, the Canadian men’s national team looks to continue to dominate group B  and advance to the second round of qualifying matches.  Canada has been the strongest team by far in the group, going 4-0 in round-one matches, highlighted by a dominant 111-75 win ov