General Sport Canada news

The Toronto Argonauts will be playing another home game at Tim Hortons Field. The CFL club will announce later Friday that its Oct. 23 home game scheduled for Rogers Centre against the Montreal Alouettes will be played in Hamilton because of the baseball playoffs.

Todd McLellan of the Edmonton Oilers will coach the 23-and-under Team North America at the upcoming World Cup of Hockey.

On Monday, as politicians plead with supporters to go out and mark their X on a ballot, they will have some tough competition for the attention of many voters. And the main party leaders have no one to blame for the situation but themselves.

The Winnipeg Jets opened their season with four straight road games and didn't disappoint, riding their high-octane offence to a 3-1-0 start. On Friday night (8 p.m. ET), they play their home opener against the Calgary Flames.

Dozens of the world's top curlers, including Olympic gold medallists Brad Gushue, Brad Jacobs and Jennifer Jones, say they won't use new broom technology that threatens to alter the sport dramatically by slowing down and changing the direction of a rock in motion.

The Montreal Canadiens have inked a two-year, $12 million contract extension with centre Tomas Plekanec.

The mother of Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse is refuting a report that her son is turning pro. Beverley De Grasse told CBCSports.ca it's 'speculation' that the world bronze medallist in sprinting is in final negotiations with a shoe company.

Canadian sprint phenom Andre De Grasse is turning pro. A source says the 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., will remain in school at the University of Southern California, but will forgo his senior NCAA season of eligibility.

The last time the Toronto Blue Jays and the Royals met, batters were thrown at, benches cleared and there were suspensions. The two teams in this fiery rivalry are now battling for the American League pennant, beginning with Game 1 (8:07 p.m. ET) tonight in Kansas City.

FIFA says allegations that Germany used bribes to secure the 2006 World Cup are "serious" and will be reviewed as part of its ongoing investigation into corruption in soccer.

Sepp Blatter says the payment to Michel Platini that led to them being suspended by FIFA was based on a "gentleman's agreement."

Authorities are retracing Lamar Odom's $75,000 US visit to a Nevada brothel to find out why the former NBA and reality TV star was found unconscious. Though there's been no official word on his condition at a Las Vegas hospital.

Rafael Nadal beat a top-five player for the first time in more than a year with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win over Stan Wawrinka on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters.

Canadian snowboarder talks about pressing pause on the competition circuit to gain more respect in the sport, and a new drive on the road to the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Athletes, major sports leagues and media have competing views about social media, what it brings to sports and its drawbacks.

Toronto Mayor John Tory will send three types of local craft beer to his counterpart in Kansas City if the Blue Jays lose the American League Championship Series to the Royals.

The Blue Jays are riding an emotional high after a dramatic first-round playoff win at home, but in Kansas City they’ll face an equally hot Royals team that's out for revenge.

Alexander Steen, Paul Stastny and Jori Lehtera each recorded a goal and an assist as the St. Louis Blues spoiled the Oilers' home opener with a 4-2 victory over Edmonton on Thursday.

Daniel Murphy stole an uncovered third base and went on to score the tying run, then hit a go-ahead homer off Zack Greinke to lead the Mets over the Dodgers 3-2 Thursday night and into an NL Championship Series matchup with the Chicago Cubs.

Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., won the gold medal in pairs on Thursday at the Autumn Classic International figure skating competition in Barrie, Ont.

The 53-minute 7th inning of Game 5 of the Blue Jays vs. Rangers ALDS was one for the history books. A rollercoaster that had fans throwing beer cans at first, and then their hands in the air as Joey Bats hit a three-run homer. Then he threw his bat, and the Twitterverse threw up all the memes.

The 53-minute 7th inning of Game 5 of the Blue Jays vs. Rangers ALDS was one for the history books. A rollercoaster that had fans throwing beer cans at first, and then their hands in the air as Joey Bats hit a three-run homer. Then he threw his bat, and the Twitterverse threw up all the memes.

Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist and Price posted a 25-save shutout as the Montreal Canadiens won their home opener 3-0 over the New York Rangers on Thursday to extend their winning run from the start of the season to a team-record five games.

On Thursday night, Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price stood up to the player that took him out of the 2014 Eastern Conference Final.

Evgeni Malkin scored his first goal in nearly seven months and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots for his 39th career shutout as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursday night.

The Jose Bautista bat flip from Game 5 of the ALDS has become the talk of the MLB, and Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo took notice.