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Speed of CFL game matched by learning curve for Global players
CFL 2.0 has brought three players from Mexico and one from France into Eskimos training camp this year. One player will earn a spot on...
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CFL commissioner looks to expand league’s presence to Europe and beyond
By Ted Michaels, News Anchor Global News The Canadian Football League wants to establish a global footprint. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie told Global News Radio CHML’s...
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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 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats @Ottawa REDBLACKS, Sat. June 1, 7p EDT (1a CEDT June 2)
HAMILTON — The final game of the second week of pre-season action features a matchup between two well-known foes. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats head up the...
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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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Germany’s Max Zimmermann feeling at home in Saskatchewan Roughriders’ training camp
SASKATOON — Max Zimmermann is exerting maximum effort into landing a job with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Zimmermann is one of four global players on the...
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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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Hoping to be a global hit in CFL: Ottawa Redblacks Italian draft pick Jordan Bouah
By Tim Barnes, Postmedia It’s not like it was Jordan Bouah’s childhood dream to play professional football. He’s only been playing the sport for four...
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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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CFL teams to carry one global player on roster this season
According to TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor, CFL teams will each carry one global player on their roster this season, and two starting in the...
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German Global player Thiadric Hansen relishing ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
By Ted Wyman, Sports Columnist for Winnipeg Sun and Postmedia Thiadric Hansen was working as a school bus driver back home in Flensburg, Germany when...
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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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Germany’s Max Zimmermann embraces opportunity with Saskatchewan Roughriders
By Murray McCormick, Regina Leader-Post, [email protected] Max Zimmermann is enjoying himself at the Roughriders’ rookie camp. Max Zimmermann is all in on his dream of...
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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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Germany’s Max Zimmermann excited about heading to camp with Saskatchewan Roughriders
When Max Zimmermann was selected sixth overall by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the inaugural CFL European Draft earlier in April, his first instinct was to...
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B.C. Lions see upside in European CFL experiment but global growth may be slow
By Ed Willes, [email protected], twitter.com/willesonsports The ninth player taken in the CFL European Draft was linebacker Roni Salonen, who’s known as the Finnish Lawrence Taylor. That...
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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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Historic CFL Draft of European players set for April 11
When the Canadian Football League (CFL) holds its one-round European player draft Thursday, April 11. the nine CFL teams will be able to draft any...
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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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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...
