General Sport Canada news

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin says he overslept and missed practice on Tuesday morning, and that's why coach Barry Trotz made him sit out that night's game against San Jose Sharks.

Canadian skaters are in Barrie., Ont. this week, and tweeting updates from the 2015 Autumn Classic.

Harold Reynolds can't get a break. The baseball commentator had to apologize after a clumsy comment on Canada's baseball ability during Game 3 of the American League Division Series, saying Canadians aren't very good at catching foul balls because they didn't grow up playing baseball.

Decorated wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc headlines the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame class of 2015. The Montreal native is among seven inductees who will officially enter the hall Nov. 27 in Ottawa.

The Ottawa Senators will try for their 14th win in their past 17 road starts, dating back to last season, when they visit the 0-3-0 Blue Jackets in Columbus on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.

The Toronto Blue Jays' success on the field is helping them online. Toronto's surge into during the post-season has seen the Blue Jays' popularity explode, with the team's official Twitter account gaining over 350,000 followers in the past 10 weeks and putting them over one million total followers.

The Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to win their first playoff series since 1993 when Marcus Stroman takes the mound at home in a winner-take-all Game 5 of the AL Division Series against Cole Hamels and the Texas Rangers on Wednesday (4:07 p.m. ET).

Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Kevin Glenn is going to Montreal, according to media reports.

The door has officially been shut on an open roof at Toronto's Rogers Centre today for the key MLB playoff game between the Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, despite a vigorous online campaign by Jays fans.

IOC vice president John Coates says he is pleased with the list of proposed additional sports for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and that skateboarding has strong support despite reports.

FIFA has suspended a South African soccer official for six years as part of a match-fixing investigation involving friendly games ahead of the 2010 World Cup.

Ryan Miller made 15 saves in his 36th career shutout, Adam Cracknell scored his second goal in two games, and the Vancouver Canucks completed a Southern California sweep with a 3-0 victory over the winless Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.

Game 5 of the Blue Jays vs. Rangers series means that post-season baseball is back in The Six. It didn't take long for Torontonians to take up the hashtag #OpenTheDome to petition MLB to shine some natural light on the series in the hope the boys in blue can garner a post-season win at home. That is, if the Taylor Swift curse is over.

Jason Spezza scored three goals, including the tiebreaker late in the third period, and the Dallas Stars spoiled Connor McDavid's first NHL goal with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.

Lamar Odom, the former NBA star and reality TV personality embraced by teammates and fans for his humble approach to fame, is taken to hospital after being found unresponsive in a Nevada brothel.

Former NBA and reality TV star Lamar Odom was hospitalized after he was found unconscious Tuesday at a Nevada brothel, authorities said.

Edmonton Oilers rookie Connor McDavid scored his first NHL goal on Tuesday to tie the score at two apiece against the Dallas Stars.

Cubs' rookie Kyle Schwarber has been likened to a cross between Babe Ruth and Phillies' slugger John Kruk for his build and prodigious home run power. He gave a great example of the latter with a home run that cleared the Wrigley Field scoreboard Tuesday in Chicago.

Tomas Fleischmann finished off an odd-man rush with his first goal of the season early in the third period to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Bryan Little scored twice and Michael Hutchinson made 40 saves to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Marc Pelosi and Jerome Kiesewetter scored as the United States shut out Canada's under-23 soccer team 2-0 on Tuesday night in a CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.

Malcolm Kelly breaks down the balance of power in the Canadian Football League for Week 16.

The Chicago Cubs clinched a post-season series at Wrigley Field for the first time ever, getting home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez in beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday to win the NL Division Series in four games.

The Chicago Cubs clinched a post-season series at Wrigley Field for the first time ever, getting home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez in beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday to win the NL Division Series in four games.

Chase Utley's appeal hearing on his two-game suspension has been scheduled for Monday, according to a person familiar with the process. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because no announcement was authorized.