Liam Rosenior takes charge as Chelsea visit Charlton in the FA Cup third round, with Chelsea under pressure after a run of one win in nine league matches and Charlton struggling near the foot of the Championship table.
Manchester United are seeking an interim head coach after Ruben Amorim was sacked; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is due to hold face-to-face talks with the club on Saturday while Michael Carrick has already met senior officials.
The WNBA and its players union did not reach a new collective bargaining agreement by Friday’s deadline, and both sides say negotiations are ongoing while the expired CBA places the league in a status‑quo period.
Alisha Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov won the U.S. pairs title; Efimova’s pending U.S. citizenship will determine whether the pair can be named to the Milan Cortina Olympic team before Sunday’s roster deadline.
The Vancouver Aquarium opens a permanent gallery called "Amazing Axolotls!" on Jan. 11, 2026, expanding its axolotl display to showcase the species' biology, cultural roots and conservation. The IUCN reports there may be roughly 50–1,000 axolotls left in the wild, now surviving naturally only in the canals of Xochimilco.
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 for their first win in 12 games, with Mark Scheifele scoring twice and Eric Comrie stopping 23 of 24 shots.
Timothy Busfield has been charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse of a minor in New Mexico; the allegations involve two child actors who worked on the Fox series The Cleaning Lady in 2022.
A Pollara online survey of 1,000 Albertans found 19% would vote for separation and 75% would vote against; Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiative petition that could trigger a referendum if it collects at least 177,732 approved signatures by May.
More than 100 people gathered at two Toronto rallies to show solidarity with protests in Iran; organizers expressed concern about an internet shutdown and reported violence there.
A 47-second cellphone video from an ICE agent's phone was verified by CBC and shows the officer's perspective in the moments before Renee Nicole Good was shot; federal officials say the footage supports their self-defence account, while some analysts dispute that interpretation and a Hennepin County prosecutor has asked the public to submit any related footage.
