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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 Argonauts have signed national kicker Ronnie Pfeffer to fill the void left behind by Swayze Waters who went down injured in the team's season-opening g...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have sent shock waves around the NHL after they traded winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins on free agency day. Kessel was expected to be on...
England and Canada squared off in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup Saturday afternoon. The English escaped 2-1 winners and will be making their f...
Canada and England are set to face-off in the quarterfinals of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Saturday afternoon in Vancouver. We preview this historic battle as both ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Mitch Marner fourth overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Friday afternoon in Sunrise, Florida. Marner is a forward from the London Knights o...
Toronto FC's big names came to life Wednesday evening in Toronto at BMO Field as they rebounded from a 2-0 defeat at the hands of NYCFC in impressive fashi...
Following a 2-0 defeat to snap their three-game win streak, Toronto FC will look to rebound against Canadian rivals Montreal Impact in a matchup during Rivalry ...
Head coach of the Canadian men's national soccer team Benito Floro and the Canadian Soccer Association have officially unveiled the 23-player roster that will represent...
Canada's women's national soccer team continued it's quest for World Cup glory on home soil Sunday afternoon with a 1-0 win over Switzerland in V...
Preview of Canada against Switzerland as the two nations get set to face-off in the elimination round of 16 at the FIFA Women's World Cup Sunday afternoon in Vancouver at BC Place Stadi...
As the Women's World Cup in Canada gets set to open the knockout stages Saturday afternoon, VAVEL USA editors and writers gathered together to give their take on all th...
Canada made history Monday afternoon when the women's national team clinched top spot in Group A at the Women's World Cup with a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands at the Olympic Sta...
Canada will be hoping to finally get going after a slow start in their first two games as they get set to square off against Netherlands in a pivotal group stage match for top spot in Group ...
Canada continued their quest for Women's World Cup glory on home soil against New Zealand Thursday afternoon. The Kiwis would prove to be difficult opponents for the host nation, howeve...
Canada head coach John Herdman and his team are set to play his former side New Zealand when the teams meet Thursday afternoon in Edmonton in Group A action of ...
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco continues to impress in his debut season in MLS after having a second consecutive two-goal effort that earned him MLS Player of the Week...
Canada captain Christine Sinclair scored a late penalty kick to lead her country to victory over China in the opening game of the World Cup at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Saturday afte...
Jermain Defoe is set to make a return to Toronto with current club Sunderland in an international friendly. Defoe spent a year in MLS with Toront...
Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar went at it all day in Maryland on Thursday, and ultimately, they could not be separated as the two fan...
EA Sports have officially announced the latest addition to their popular brand video game, FIFA. FIFA 16 will include women players for the first time in the ga...
Manchester City used a late goal from an unlikely hero in George Evans to secure a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC in an international friendly Wednesday at BMO Field on their p...
Toronto FC are set to play host to English giants Manchester City in an International Friendly at the new and expanded BMO Field on Wednesday, May 27th as part of City's North American ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the appointment of Mike Babcock as the team's new head coach. Babcock fills the void left by interim Peter Horachek, to become the club's 30t...
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