Canada routs Qatar 6-0 for first World Cup win (opens in new tab)

Canada earned its men’s national team’s first World Cup victory Thursday, beating Qatar 6-0 in a Group B match at BC Place in Vancouver. Jonathan David scored three goals, Cyle Larin and Nathan Saliba also scored, and Qatar conceded an own goal. Qatar finished with nine players after Homan Ahmed was sent off in the first half and Assim Madibo was sent off early in the second following a tackle on Canadian midfielder Ismaël Koné. Koné was stretchered off with a broken left leg and taken to hos...