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Bassil Thayabeh
Bassil is a sports journalist covering the latest in sports news for VAVEL USA, predominantly over seeing the Toronto franchises and other Canadian sports. Bassil has also featured for United Report and FutbolPulse.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have been red-hot of late and two instrumental players have been Josh Donaldson and David Price. Both were named AL players of the week while Andrew Mc...
The Toronto Blue Jays won their eighth straight game Sunday in the Bronx with a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Toronto now sit just 1 1/2 games behind New York for t...
The Toronto Blue Jays continued their winning streak when they made it seven straight wins Saturday. Justin Smoak hit his first career grand slam to propel the ...
The Toronto Blue Jays continued their surge towards the top of the AL-East with their sixth win in a row Friday night in the Bronx. Jose Bautista...
Herculez Gomez is officially making a return to MLS after spending the last six seasons in Mexico. Toronto FC announced the signing of their newe...
Toronto FC announced Friday that they have sent versatile player Warren Creavalle to the Philadelphia Union in exchange for a second-round draft ...
Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco continues his stellar debut season in MLS by picking up yet another award, this time being named the MLS Player of the Month for July....
David Price made his Toronto Blue Jays debut Monday afternoon against the Minnesota Twins and picked up the 5-1 win while striking out 11 batters and allowing just three hit...
As they look to clinch their first appearance in the MLS playoffs, TFC have added defensive reinforcement with the signing of Ahmed Kantari to add numbers to the team's back line after ...
Canada's women's national soccer team captain Christine Sinclair is set to make history as one of three women to be the first female at...
Canada failed to score for the second consecutive Gold Cup as they fought to a scoreless draw against Costa Rica Tuesday at BMO Field in Toronto. Canada bow out of the tourn...
The Reggae Boyz continued their strong Gold Cup play Tuesday evening in Toronto at BMO Field as they tacked on another win over El Salvador. Gareth McCleary...
Sebastian Giovinco continues his historic season in his debut year in MLS by being crowned the MLS Player of the Week for the third time this sea...
Former Toronto FC captain and defender Steven Caldwell has formally called it quits. Caldwell, who hasn't made a club appearance for TFC since March 14th m...
Co-hosts Canada and Costa Rica square off in Group B action of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Tuesday in Toronto at BMO Field with both nations vying...
With the Gold Cup group stages nearing an end, Jamaica and El Salvador meet Tuesday in a pivotal game with lots of implications. The top two stops in the group remain unclai...
Canada and El Salvador fought to a goal-less draw Wednesday afternoon in Group B action at the 2015 Gold Cup. Both sides had several chances to find the breakth...
Group B action starts Wednesday and Canada and El Salvador are both looking to kick start their 2015 Gold Cup campaigns with a win when the two sides meet at the StubHub Center in Carson, Ca...
Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan was named the top young player of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup after playing every minute of Canada's five games as a part of a defence that ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Nazem Kadri have agreed on a one-year contract extension worth $4.1 million. Kadri will need to have a big season if he hopes to remain a...
Robbie Keane led the way for the Los Angeles Galaxy as the forward bagged a hat trick on course to a comfortable victory for his team, Saturday a...
As the Gold Cup draws closer, Toronto FC and L.A. Galaxy have fallen victim to stars going on international duty. The two sides will meet in California Saturday afternoon at...
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