Sweden sent 550 troops from one of its mechanized infantry battalions to Riga, Latvia, on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade on NATO’s eastern flank. Latvia borders Russia to the ...

Canada returns to action for the first time since their stunning upset loss to Latvia on Friday. They’ll be without defenseman Matthew Schaefer, who reportedly suffered a broken clavicle in the ...

Latvia’s move to tighten rules on selling tobacco products and substitutes is seeing businesses in the Baltic country scrambling to find loopholes to circumvent the law. Starting in January 2025 ...

Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia — a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings — in a shocking shootout Friday. Coming off a disastrous ...

Latvia 4, Germany 3 (OT) --Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored with 1:37 left in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre to send Latvia into the quarterfinal round. Mateiko skated down left wing ...

Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout Friday as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 in the powerhouse nation's backyard. "They battled," said Cameron, the Canadian head ...

Getting the call to replace the irreplaceable Matthew Schaefer — who suffered what’s being reported as a broken collarbone in Friday’s shocking loss to Latvia — is Sawyer Mynio ...

Finland finished with eight points, while Canada and the U.S. had seven entering their game. Latvia, which entered the game a point behind Finland, finished fourth in the group and will face ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Swedish soldiers disembarked in the port of Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, to join a Canadian-led ...

Sweden continued its Group B dominance with an 8-1 outburst over Kazakhstan that featured contributions from up and down the lineup and Latvia stunned Canada and the world by beating the ...

Even so, a west-central Wisconsin deer camp built its multi-generation legacy through shared Latvian bloodlines. Latvia is a small country 400 miles southeast across the Baltic Sea from Sweden. At ...