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The Olympic Games planned to be held this summer in Tokyo may feature an extremely strong USA squad. Approximately 60 players expressing interest were invited, including all the NBA’s big names, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat and Christian Wood of the Houston Rockets are among the bigs included in the initial player pool. As previewed by head coach Gregg Popovich, conflicting schedules may prevent the players advancing to the 2021 NBA Finals from actually being part of the final roster. Game 7 could be played on July 22 with the opening ceremony of the T...

Concacaf confirms Guadalajara to host Men's Olympic Qualifiers in March 2021 01/15/21 Winner and the runner-up will qualify for the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Concacaf has today confirmed that the regional Men’s Olympic Qualifiers will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, from March 18 to 30, 2021. The 15th edition of this competition was initially scheduled for March 2020, but due to the pandemic and the postponement of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, it was rescheduled for 2021. In January 2020, the eight participating U23 Men’s National Teams were drawn into two groups of four at a dra...

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The first round of World Cup qualifiers begins in March. Canada, who sit outside the top five teams in Concacaf based on FIFA rankings (72nd in the world and seventh in the region, to be exact), will have to finish first in their five-team group and then win a two-legged tie against another group winner in order to get to the eight-team final round. If they get that far, they’ll play each of the other seven teams home and away, and the top three sides from that Octagonal will go to the World Cup (with the fourth going to a playoff for one more spot).

Toronto FC’s youngest ever signing called up to first Canadian men’s national team camp Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is going to be attending his first senior international camp this weekend. Share this story David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports TORONTO, Canada—Toronto FC’s youngest-ever signing Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty has received his first senior international call-up. The 16-year-old Brampton, Ontario native will be replacing one of Liam Millar (loan) or fellow TFC teammate Liam Fraser (ankle) at Canada’s January camp, which is set to kick off tomorrow in Bradenton, Florida. For what it�...