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CFL players attend team-led COVID-19 informational sessions to prepare to play football
The Canadian Football League Players’ Association has a much more positive tone regarding the potential for a 2021 season following COVID-19 meetings put on by...
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Saskatchewan Roughriders’ head coach Craig Dickenson feels ‘quite strongly’ 2021 CFL season will start in August
Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson can see kick-off happening on the current timeline for the 2021 season. Dickenson disagreed with the notion that there is...
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Calgary Stampeders sign 1st round Global Draft pick Australian Cody Grace
CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed global punter Cody Grace from Australia, the Stamps’ first-round selection – seventh overall – in last month’s CFL...
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Ottawa Redblacks sign three Global Draft picks plus another Global player
The Ottawa REDBLACKS have signed three of their picks from the 2021 CFL Global Draft and inked global linebacker Ryan David Gomes, the club announced...
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign three Global Draft picks including Chris Mulumba
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Wednesday that three of the team’s four selections in the 2021 Global Draft have been signed to a contract, including Australian...
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CFL: Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign Global Draft selection LB Les Maruo
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League have announced that they have signed their first round 2021 CFL Global Draft selection, linebacker Les...
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Morris: Prokick Australia’s impact on the CFL Global Draft
When four Australian punters were selected in the first round of the CFL Global Draft the only people more thrilled than the players themselves were...
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3-D Chess: Greg Quick explains the intricacies of the 2021 CFL Global Draft
During the 2021 CFL Global Draft, Montreal Alouettes defensive and special teams assistant Greg Quick felt right at home. Over the previous year, Quick had...
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CFL: Calgary Stampeders sign South African RB Nico Leonard and Australian K/P Gerard Laws
The Calgary Stampeders have become the first team to sign a Global undrafted free agent following the April 15th draft, adding South African running back...
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O’Leary: Randy Ambrosie on Aug. 5 kickoff, XFL talks and more
By Chris O’Leary Wednesday felt like a bad news/good news day. The bad news, that the 2021 CFL season has had its start date pushed...
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CFL announces plans to return to play
Canadian Football League (CFL) Commissioner Randy Ambrosie issued the following statement announcing the League’s Return-to-Play plans for the 2021 season: “We will play CFL football...
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O’Leary: No. 1 pick Jake Ford has big opportunity in BC
By Chris O’Leary The name may have been unfamiliar and the location may have been something of a surprise to others, but the BC Lions...
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British DB Tigie Sankoh the player Toronto Argonauts were hoping for in 2021 CFL Global Draft
Selecting third overall in the 2021 CFL Global Draft, there was one player available that the Toronto Argonauts wanted more than any other, but there...
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Danish lineman Steven Nielsen excited for chance to face opponents in Canada
Historians believe the first person of Danish ancestry arrived in Canada over a 1000 years ago, one of the Norse explorers who briefly settled on...
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Japan’s Les Maruo: ‘I’m trying to compete against the best of the best’
WINNIPEG — After spending the first few years of his life in Shizuoka, Japan, he experienced a complete culture shock when he moved across the...
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BC Lions take Aussie punter Jake Ford 1st overall in Global Draft
TORONTO — The BC Lions have selected punter Jake Ford with the first overall pick in the 2021 CFL Global Draft. The six-foot-two, 225-pounder from...
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American Football International’s 2021 CFL Global Draft Primer
It may just be a normal Thursday for most but by the time the sun goes down in Europe today, 36 lucky individuals from across...
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Swedish DB William James ‘A top three Global DB’
By Chris O’Leary As the CFL Global Draft looms April 15, we have been putting a spotlight on our prospects, focusing on some interesting background...
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A pair of potential first-rounders in Thursday’s CFL Global Draft
By Chris O’Leary With the CFL Global Draft a day away, we’ll wrap up our spotlight series with a two-for-one, some bang for your reading...
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British LB David Izinyon draws an impressive comparison ahead of CFL Global Draft
By Chris O’Leary If you followed the CFL’s combine workouts last year, David Izinyon’s name may be familiar to you. The six-foot-one, 240-pound linebacker was...
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American Football International’s CFL Global Draft Position Rankings
The CFL Global Draft is slated to take place on Thursday, April 15 and there are nearly 300 players available for selection. In the end,...
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Representing Finland in the CFL would be ‘A dream come true” for Mulumba
TORONTO — Chris Mulumba has certainly had a different path to get to the professional football ranks. The native of Helsinki, Finland grew up studying Judo...
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Maruo ready to bring aggressive, violent game to CFL
By Chris O’Leary Les Maruo has had one of the most complete football experiences of any player in this year’s CFL Global Draft. Born in...
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Shared global vision underpins potential CFL-XFL collaboration
By Dave Naylor, TSN Football Writer For many, the raging debate about the Canadian Football League’s potential alignment with the XFL boils down to a...
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South African rugby player Nico Leonard has sights set on CFL in pursuit of pro football dream
In South Africa, no sport is bigger than rugby and nowhere in the country is rugby more important than at Paul Roos Gymnasium. For the...
