General Sport Canada news

Here's what Canadian sports fans are talking about on Thursday evening, including Canadian gold on the track and a Blue Jays team facing another do-or-die playoff game.

Wayne Gretzky clarified his support for Stephen Harper at a campaign event by saying he would do the same for any prime minister that made a request for his appearance.

Brent Lakatos won the gold medal Thursday in the T53 100m dash at the IPC world championships in Doha.

The Toronto Blue Jays are tasked with trying for their first post-season victory in Kansas City as David Price makes his second start in another elimination game.

Watch live at 4 p.m. ET as Blue Jays pitcher David Price and manager John Gibbons field questions from reporters as they prepare for Game 6 of the ALCS at Kansas City's Kaufmann Stadium.

Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis is expected to play his first game in nearly a year on Thursday after suffering from a torn ACL and blood clots.

CBC Sports on Thursday launched a new vision for its department that focuses closely on Canada's high-performance athletes. The changes include a new logo, a redesigned website and revamped mobile app, as well as a new show, Road to the Olympic Games, debuting this weekend on CBC-TV.

Students in Kugluktuk, Nunavut have been crowding in the high school library to catch every Blue Jays playoff game.

Sochi Olympic silver medallist Gus Kenworthy came out in interviews with ESPN and the Associated Press on Thursday, revealing to the public that he is gay.

An anonymous source has told the Associated Press that Don Mattingly and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to part ways.

Manager Don Mattingly and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to part ways.

Watch live beginning Friday at 4:15 p.m. ET as the 2015-16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating season lifts off with the Skate America event in Milwaukee, Wis.

The family of the Blue Jays' young closer Roberto Osuna came from Mexico to watch him pitch against Kansas City in Game 5 Wednesday night.

This weekend's Skate America event kicks off the 2015-16 figure skating season — and four key words sum up what to expect in each of the four competition categories.

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy added some excitement to the team's four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night, becoming the first player to homer in six straight playoff games, breaking Carlos Beltran’s record of five.

Connor McDavid and Teddy Purcell scored in the second period as the Edmonton Oilers won their third straight with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

Connor McDavid and Teddy Purcell scored in the second period as the Edmonton Oilers won their third straight with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

​Daniel Murphy homered in his record sixth straight post-season game and the New York Mets reached the World Series for the first time in 15 years, beating the hometown Chicago Cubs 8-3 Wednesday night for a playoff sweep.

October 21, 2015 is already a pretty special day, as it's the day in the future that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travelled to in Back to the Future 2. It's also the day that the Toronto Blue Jays skirted do-or-die elimination to play another day.

Boston Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo was kicked out of Wednesday night's game against Philadelphia at the end of the first period and assessed a five-minute major penalty for charging and a game misconduct for his high hit on the Flyers' Sean Couturier.

Evander Kane tied it with 4:29 left with his first goal for Buffalo and the Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in a shootout Wednesday night. Matt Moulson and Tyler Ennis scored in the shootout, while Chad Johnson made 23 saves as Buffalo improved to 2-4.

Disney's ESPN is cutting about 300 jobs, or four per cent of its staff, amid signs that the traditional cable bundle is less far-reaching than it once was.

Toronto shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has picked his spots to contribute with the bat in the playoffs. His latest effort helped extend the Blue Jays' post-season run for at least one more game, breaking open their 7-1 Game 5 win.

The Calgary Flames on Wednesday waived 29-year-old goaltender Karri Ramo in a surprising move after he was winless in three starts this season with a 4.37 goals-against average and .879 save percentage.

​The Cleveland Cavaliers and free-agent power forward Tristan Thompson have agreed in principle on a five-year, $82 million contract, ending his holdout. There's a chance the deal will be finalized Thursday and Thompson can begin practising.

​The Cleveland Cavaliers and free-agent power forward Tristan Thompson have agreed in principle on a five-year, $82 million contract, ending his holdout. There's a chance the deal will be finalized Thursday and Thompson can begin practising.

Marco Estrada was nearly unhittable over 7 2/3 innings and Blue Jays teammate Troy Tulowitzki hit a three-run double in a four-run sixth inning in Wednesday's 7-1 thrashing of Kansas City, as Toronto avoided playoff elimination and forced Game 6 in the AL Championship Series.

Former Edmonton Oilers defenceman Paul Coffey on Wednesday went into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame with 11 others, including speed skater Susan Auch, soccer goalkeeper Craig Forrest, women's hockey player Danielle Goyette and freestyle skier Jennifer Heil.

Canadian skier Dustin Cook will be out for an indefinite time after hurting his knee in a training crash in the Austrian ski resort of Pitztal on Wednesday.