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CBC Sports reporter Anson Henry puts one of Canada's best short track speed skaters on the spot with a series of quick questions.

San Francisco police are asking tennis star Serena Williams to file a police report after she said someone tried to steal her cellphone at a restaurant.

Five years after missing the World Cup amid his involvement in a prostitution probe, Karim Benzema was charged Thursday with conspiracy to blackmail as part of an investigation over a sex tape involving France teammate Mathieu Valbuena.

The Canadian women's hockey team fell 3-0 to the United States in the preliminary round of the Four Nations Cup on Thursday in Sweden.

Campaign highlights how sports media covers female athletes differently than their male counterparts.

The struggling Detroit Lions have shaken up their front office. Lions president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew were fired Thursday, according to a person familiar with the decision.

Mike Babcock is back to coach Canada at the World Cup of Hockey. Coming off back-to-back Olympic gold medals, Babcock will lead the staff next fall in the return of the World Cup tournament next fall.

The NHL's board of governors will not make a final decision on expansion at its annual December meeting, a source told The Canadian Press.

A report by two U.S. senators reveals that the Pentagon has been paying millions of dollars to the NHL, NFL and other major sports leagues to pay tribute to the troops. The senators call the spending illegitimate and dishonest and their probe has already prompted changes.

The Cup of China, the third event in figure skating's six-event Grand Prix series, will feature 13 superstars and rising stars, all fighting to win gold.

The world men's curling championship will be held in an unusual place, and in the United States for the first time in a decade, when it heads to Las Vegas in 2018.

The IAAF's former anti-doping chief has been placed under criminal investigation, suspected of taking about 200,000 euros ($220,000 US) in bribes in an alleged coverup of positive Russian doping tests.

Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not bring rape charges against Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane, citing a lack of credible evidence in a case "rife with reasonable doubt" and the accuser's decision to no longer cooperate in the investigation.

Watch live coverage of the first ever World Cup short track speed skating event to be held in Toronto t 1 p.m. ET.

Watch live coverage now of the first ever World Cup short track speed skating event to be held in Toronto.

The Russian athletics federation suspended five athletes Thursday, including a top marathon runner and an Olympic hammer throw finalist, just days before the publication of a major report into Russian doping.

Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the season and Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday night

Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the season and Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday night

In the middle of the second quarter against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James showed his dismay with the NBA's sleeved jerseys as he ripped them off during the middle of play.

In the middle of the second quarter against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James showed his dismay with the NBA's sleeved jerseys as he ripped them off during the middle of play.

DeMar DeRozan scored 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, and the Toronto Raptors overcame an eight-point deficit in the final 6 minutes to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-98 on Wednesday night and remain undefeated.

Alexander Burmistrov scored the game-winning goal out of the penalty box to give the Jets a 4-2 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night at Air Canada Centre.

Alexander Burmistrov scored the game-winning goal out of the penalty box to give the Jets a 4-2 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night at Air Canada Centre.

Toronto FC's post-season fumbling continued Wednesday with an email advising that playoff ticket refunds would take three to four weeks for credit cards and six to eight weeks for cheques.

Maelle Ricker, the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold on home soil, announced her retirement from competitive snowboarding Wednesday, the same day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed former Paralympian Carla Qualtrough into his cabinet as minister for sport and persons with disabilities.