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Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil, a semifinalist the last time the men played the Rogers Cup in Montreal in 2013, got past Lu Yen-Hsun 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Seeded players David Goffin and Grigor Dmitrov advanced to the second round of the US$4.1 million men's Rogers Cup on a wet Tuesday at Uniprix Stadium.

Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil, a semifinalist the last time the men played the Rogers Cup in Montreal in 2013, got past Lu Yen-Hsun 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday.

World No. 1 women's tennis player Serena Williams lost the first set but came back to beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Tuesday afternoon at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

Canadian Eugene Bouchard has been eliminated from the Rogers Cup after losing to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic.

Each day our Parapan Am Games field reporters Jacqueline Doorey and Caroline Calve will go behind the scenes and reveal new and cool things that they've learned.

Doug Melvin is leaving his job as general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, turning over the task of rebuilding the last-place club to someone else.

Doug Melvin is leaving his job as general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, turning over the task of rebuilding the last-place club to someone else.

Watch our live streaming coverage of today's action at the 2015 Parapan Am Games, featuring athletics, swimming, wheelchair rugby & wheelchair rugby.

Watch CBC's coverage of the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games now with host Scott Russell.

New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith will be sidelined at least 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw after being punched by teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali in the locker room Tuesday morning.

New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith will be sidelined at least 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw after being punched by teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali in the locker room Tuesday morning.

During ESPN’s Monday Night Baseball broadcast from Kansas City, analyst Dallas Braden riled up Blue Jays fans on Twitter while describing the Royals offence in the bottom of the first inning, calling Toronto a beer league softball team and later tried to backtrack on his comments.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats great Angelo Mosca will be only the second player in team history to have his number retired. It will happen at a ceremony at Tim Hortons field later this month.

A judge is urging last-minute settlement talks between the NFL, the players' union and Tom Brady before a Wednesday hearing in the legal dispute over the superstar quarterback's suspension for using underinflated footballs.

The Blue Jays will try for a ninth straight win Tuesday night when they open a series against visiting Oakland, which will have three former Toronto players in the field in second baseman Brett Lawrie, third baseman Danny Valencia and starting pitcher Kendall Graveman.

The defending East Division champion Hamilton Tiger-Cats claw their way into the top spot in our weekly breakdown of the Canadian Football League.

Twenty-eight athletes tested positive and are facing disciplinary action after their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships were reanalyzed, the IAAF said Tuesday.

Twenty-eight athletes tested positive and are facing disciplinary action after their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships were reanalyzed, the IAAF said Tuesday.

Nicolas Turbide added another swimming medal for Canada on Tuesday at the Parapan Am Games, taking silver in the men's 50-metre freestyle S13 final.

Quebec's Aurelie Rivard picked up her third gold medal of the 2015 Parapan Am Games and her fourth in total. Her goal heading into the games was to reach the podium seven times.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers may have lost starting quarterback Drew Willy to a right knee injury for the balance of the season after he suffered a tibial plateau fracture and partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in Sunday’s 38-8 loss at Hamilton.

Olympic discus champion Robert Harting will not defend his world title in Beijing later this month because he is still recovering from a knee injury.

Kia Nurse, Natalie Achonwa and Tamara Tatham each had 14 points as Canada continued to shine in round robin play at the FIBA Americas women's basketball championship with a 93-36 victory over Chile

Kia Nurse, Natalie Achonwa and Tamara Tatham each had 14 points as Canada continued to shine in round robin play at the FIBA Americas women's basketball championship with a 93-36 victory over Chile

Team Canada athletes showed their support for one another on and off the fields of play Monday at the Parapan Am Games. Some of these moments are perfectly summed up by the day's best posts on social media:

Pictures from a busy day in track and swimming at the Parapan Am Games

Chicago Blackhawks winger Kris Versteeg and Dallas Stars defenceman Jason Demers know how to put on a show.

Minnesota Timberwolves star Andrew Wiggins was one of 10 NBA players named to Canada Basketball's Olympic qualifying training camp roster, while Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson was left off.

Minnesota Timberwolves star Andrew Wiggins is one of 10 NBA players named to Canada's Olympic qualifying training camp roster.