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Hamilton Tiger-Cats edge Ottawa REDBLACKS in close preseason battle
OTTAWA — The second week of the 2019 pre-season came to an exciting close as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats came out on top against the Ottawa...
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Calgary Stampeders defense ferocious in preseason win over Saskatchewan Roughriders
CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders were in mid-season form Friday evening, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 37-1 as the clubs opened their pre-season at McMahon Stadium....
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LIVESTREAM: CFL Preseason – Saskatchewan Roughriders @Calgary Stampeders, Fri. May 31, 7p (9p EDT, 3a CEDT June 1)
CALGARY — Friday night’s tilt between the Calgary Stampeders and Sasktchewan Roughriders will be a battle of the Dickenson brothers. Craig and Dave Dickenson will...
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“This is all so unreal to me.” | Germany’s Thiadric Hansen soaking in the experience
By ED TAIT, @EDTAITWFC It’s a sunny morning in Winnipeg, 10 days into Blue Bombers training camp, and Thiadric Hansen takes a long deep breath, surveys his...
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CFL How to: Surviving training camp
By KRISTINA COSTABILE, CFL.CA, @KCOSTABILE1 We are just over a week into #CFLTC, if you can believe it! We already have one pre-season game in the...
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Mexican receiver Jose Noreiga hopeful that sacrifice pays off with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS Four mostly cool days into training camp, Jose Noriega might be thinking about home more than he anticipated. The Tijuana-born, six-foot-two, 227-pound...
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Exciting new storylines headline Day 1 of Canadian Football League training camps
TORONTO — From highly-anticipated debuts to competitive position battles, there are plenty of storylines to report after training camps opened across the country on Sunday....
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Once in a lifetime
By GEORGE JOHNSON, Calgary Stampeders The day began early, at 3 a.m., an emotional hasta luego leave-taking of his family before the ride to Aeropuerto...
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Mini-Camp Report | Global players begin CFL dreams
MATT BAKER, @BAKESTAKES84 The CFL’s relationship with Mexico may still be fresh and hard for some to get used to, but it’s been 27 years in...
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Welcome to the Mexico Bowl
By Carlos Verde, CFL.CA, @CARLOS77VERDE Mexico’s Liga De Football Americano Profesional(LFA) title game is taking place this Sunday in Mexico City. The 4th Mexico Bowl (“Tazon Mexico...
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O’Leary: Signing of former CFL WR Akeem Foster in Finland shows other side of CFL 2.0
By Chris O’Leary, Senior Writer, @OLEARYCHRIS Akeem Foster heads to Finland as the other side of the CFL 2.0 coin. “I think the game of football...
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France reaches football milestone in historic CFL European Draft
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS They were on different continents on Thursday, but Valentin Gnahoua and Asnnel Robo enjoyed an important moment for tackle football in France....
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French DL Valentin Gnahoua 1st player selected in CFL European Draft
TORONTO — The results are in from Thursday’s first ever CFL European Draft, as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected Le Mans, France native and defensive lineman...
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Football is the ‘perfect sport’ for France’s Asnnel Robo
TORONTO — For French prospect Asnnel Robo, football is the perfect mix of everything he loves about sports. Robo was playing soccer before he ever...
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CFL Combine invite ‘Huge honor’ for Germany’s Max Zimmermann
TORONTO — When Germany’s Max Zimmermann found out he had been selected to fly over seas to Canada to participate in the CFL Combine presented...
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Physicality attracted Finnish prospect Okko Outinen to football
TORONTO — The physicality of football is what made Finnish prospect Okko Outinen fall in love with the game. Outinen played hockey before swapping his...
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Anticipation mounts for Thursday’s European draft – Valentin Gnahoua can’t wait
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS It’s been almost three weeks since the CFL Combine presented by New Era and time has slowed to a crawl for Valentin...
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French prospect Maxime Rouyer reaping rewards from taking a chance on football
TORONTO — Sometimes you just have to give something a try and you’ll end up loving it. That’s what McGill University’s Maxime Rouyer did. He...
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Germany’s Sonny Weishaupt: ‘Football is basically made for everyone to play’
TORONTO — While Sonny Weishaupt loves to play football, what he really admires about the game is the diversity and inclusion it promotes. “What I...
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Germany’s Marc Anthony Hor has CFL dreams
TORONTO — German prospect Marc Anthony Hor picked up a football at a young age and never wanted to put it down. His love affair...
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Quarterback data is in from Wilson Pro X footballs at Combine
TORONTO — The CFL Combine presented by New Era is in the books and so is the data collected from the footballs thrown. Wilson Sporting...
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Alliance of American Football collapse triggers crazy day for CFL executives
CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS It’s a scene that played out in the digital world the way that many Canadians likely hoped for when Target closed in...
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O’Leary: Women’s tackle football aiming to level the playing field
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS The first few times that Emilie Halle rolled up to the U.S. border going from Windsor to Detroit, there were a lot...
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O’Leary: Global players ‘fit right in’ at the CFL Combine
CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS To the untrained eye, Craig Dickenson said on Sunday afternoon, a fan might have walked into the CFL Combine presented by New...
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O’Leary: Germany’s Thiadric Hansen amazed by CFL Combine experience
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS He wasn’t wide-eyed about his results, even if they wrinkled a few foreheads around him on Saturday, but Thiadric Hansen did feel...