Sydney Collins ruled out for Canada ahead of Paris Olympics

The Canadian women’s national soccer team will have to go into the Olympic Games without Sydney Collins.

The defender sustained a fracture to her left leg during their closed-door training match against Nigeria on July 18. Gabrielle Carle will replace Collins at the Paris Olympic games.

The injury occurred during Collins’ first match back after recovering from a fracture to her right leg sustained in February 2024.

Veteran midfielder Desiree Scott will fill Carle’s spot as alternate, both of whom played a key role in winning the gold medal for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020.

“Our hearts go out to Sydney during this difficult time. She has worked incredibly hard to return in time for Paris 2024, and while this is a setback, we know she will come back stronger. She will be with us in spirit every step of the way,” said Bev Priestman, the national team’s head coach. “With the depth and resilience of our roster, it’s a next-player-up mentality, and both Gabby and Desiree’s experience will be invaluable to our team’s success.”

Prior to joining the Olympic roster, Collins, 24, was selected eighth overall in the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft by the North Carolina Courage and has made two starts with the club.

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Newman wins pole vault silver, Canadian men fourth in 4x100m relay at Diamond League

Canada’s Alysha Newman won silver in women’s pole vault in Diamond League action on Saturday.

Newman, a 30-year-old from Delaware, Ont., cleared 4.75 metres, finishing behind Australia’s Nina Kennedy (4.85).

On the track, Canada finished fourth in the men’s 4×100-metre final.

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The foursome of Eliezer Adjibi, Duan Asemota, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake ran the relay in 38.35 seconds.

Japan (38.07) placed first ahead of Australia (38.31) and a team from Great Britain (38.32).

In the men’s 400 final, 19-year-old Christopher Morales Williams of Vaughan, Ont., was sixth in 44.90 seconds.

Track and field at the Paris Olympics begins Aug. 1.

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English FA has publicly invited applications for next England coach

English Football Association is inviting applications to succeed Gareth Southgate as head coach of the national team.

Three days after Southgate said he would step down from the post he held for eight years, the governing body on Friday publicly advertised for candidates to step forward – but said it had already identified a “number of” potential replacements.

“We are currently overseeing a highly targeted process to appoint the next Head Coach of the England Men’s Senior Team,” the FA said in its vacancy, which was posted on the careers portal of its official website.

It gave an indication of its preferred candidate, saying the next head coach would have “significant experience of English football, with a strong track record delivering results in the Premier League and/or leading international competitions.”

The FA laid out its high ambitions for the role, which includes ending England’s decades-long wait for a first trophy since the World Cup in 1966.

It said part of the job description was to lead and develop the team to “win a major tournament and be consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the world.”

The closing date for applications is Aug. 2

Southgate stepped down after England’s loss to Spain in the final of the European Championship in Berlin on Sunday.

He led the team through four major tournaments, was a beaten finalist in back-to-back Euros and advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup in 2018.

“As a proud Englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for England and to manage England. It has meant everything to me, and I have given it my all,” he said when announcing his decision Tuesday. “But it’s time for change, and for a new chapter.”

The FA said it was “committed to open recruitment processes in the football industry.”

Potential candidates from overseas could include Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino and Thomas Tuchel.

Leading English contenders could include Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, former Chelsea bosses Graham Potter and Frank Lampard and England Under-21 manager Lee Carsley.

Sarina Wiegman, who has led the England Women’s team to success in the Euros and also to the final of the World Cup last year, could also be considered.

England plays Ireland in the Nations League on Sept. 7, but the FA said it was prepared to go into that match with an interim coach, rather than rush to a decision on its next manager.

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