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The Calgary Stampeders stayed in the race for first place in the CFL's West Division for at least another day, as the defending Grey Cup champions improved to 13-4 after a 42-19 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.

Canada's Patrick Chan marked his return to competitive figure skating in spectacular fashion Saturday, capturing gold at Skate Canada International.

Canada's Patrick Chan marked his return to competitive figure skating in spectacular fashion Saturday, capturing gold at Skate Canada International.

Canada's Patrick Chan marked his return to competitive figure skating in spectacular fashion Saturday, capturing gold at Skate Canada International.

Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje are back on top of the figure skating podium, winning ice dance gold at Skate Canada International on Saturday.

Canada's Marianne St-Gelais and Kim Boutin won silver medals at the short track speed skating World Cup on Saturday in Montreal. St-Gelais's silver was in the 1000 metre discipline, while Boutin finished silver in the 1500 metre race.

Canada's Jason Roberts won a bronze medal in the men's discus throw on the final day of competition at the IPC world championships in Doha on Saturday.

New Zealand became the most successful team in the history of the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, defeating rival Australia by a score of 34-17. The title is the All Black's third all-time, while Australia has won two.

Brad Gushue was taken to hospital for stitches, then made his return to the ice after he slipped and fell during his team's quarter-final match at the Grand of Curling Masters tournament in Truro, Nova Scotia.

Phil Kessel makes his return to Toronto tonight (CBC, CBC Sports app, 7 p.m. ET) as he plays his first game at Air Canada Centre since being traded by the Maple Leafs to the Penguins.

Will the ghosts of 1986 help the Mets as they attempt to even the World Series with a second straight victory over the Royals on a Saturday All Hallows Eve? We'll find out at 8 p.m. ET.

Canada's Celina Toth opened a new international diving season with a silver-medal performance in the platform event at the FINA Grand Prix stop at Gold Coast, Australia.

Rookie Jared McCann scored the first of two quick goals in the opening period and Vancouver held on for a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night.

Dale Weise recorded the first hat trick of his career Friday night as the Montreal Canadiens returned to the win column with a 6-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

David Wright and Curtis Granderson homered, rookie Noah Syndergaard pitched six effective innings and the New York Mets roughed up the Kansas City Royals 9-3 Friday night, cutting their World Series deficit to 2-1.

Pj Kwong offers her analysis on Patrick Chan's much anticipated return to competition as he faced off against reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu.

Pj Kwong offers her analysis on Patrick Chan's highly anticipated return to major competition as he faced off against reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu at Skate Canada.

DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points and Terrence Ross had 13 of his 21 in the fourth quarter as the Toronto Raptors took command in the second half and beat the Celtics 113-103 on Friday night in Boston.

Jonathan Jennings threw two TD strikes and a two-point convert as the B.C. Lions took advantage of Toronto penalties and held on for a wild 27-25 road win over the Argos on Friday night to spoil Ricky Ray's 2015 starting debut.

Mats Zuccarello's hat trick sent the New York Rangers to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

Sasha Fathoullin was one-of-nine Canadians to earn elimination round races on Friday at the ISU World Cup short-track speedskating event in Montreal.

Brad Gushue and Kevin Koe will head into quarter-final action at the Masters Grand Slam of Curling in Truro, N.S. as the only two undefeated skips on the men's side after finishing round-robin play on Friday with victories.

Marcel Aubut, the former head of the Canadian Olympic Committee, has resigned from his position on the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) executive council, according to a report by Inside the Games on Friday.

Canada's Patrick Chan is within striking distance of gold at Skate Canada International, his first major competition since the 2014 Sochi Olympics.