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The opening ceremony for the Winter Youth Olympics was held today in Lillehammer, Norway, with Benjamin Churchill filling the role of flag-bearer for Team Canada.

When Oslo pulled out of the bidding for the 2022 Winter Games, it seemed that the relationship between the Norwegian public and the International Olympic Committee had suffered lasting damage.

Chris Bosh will not contest the 3-point competition Saturday or play in Sunday's All-Star game, according to reports Friday.

Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz are sitting in the silver-medal position after the opening day of the women's event at the bobsleigh world championships in Igls, Austria.

Canadian fencer Maxime Brinck-Croteau will compete at the fencing World Cup over the weekend - his second last Olympic qualification tournament. Brinck-Croteau's entire career has been planned around this point, but he's found a way to ignore the pressure.

Watch live action from the Big Air competition as World Cup snowboarding invades Quebec City.

Coach Michel Therrien called a report that Carey Price will miss the rest of the season "speculation" and said the Montreal Canadiens star goalie is working hard to return to action.

Watch live coverage of the FIL World Cup luge event in Altenberg, Germany, on Saturday beginning at 3 a.m. ET.

The Four Continents championships have come to be as important an event on the figure skating calendar as the 125-year old European Championships it was modelled after. And Canadian skaters have taken their fair share of the hardware.

The two-time Pro Bowl running back Matt Forte announced on Instagram Friday morning that the Chicago Bears informed him this week it will not offer him a contract for next season.

Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton says gold in Rio would be the ultimate accomplishment after finishing second in Beijing at the 2015 world championships.

The best fencers in the world will be competing in the final qualifying event for the 2016 Rio Olympics this weekend in Richmond, B.C.

Watch live as Canada's top individual and group gymnasts compete for their national ranking this weekend in Richmond, B.C. at the 2016 Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition.

CBC Toronto's Greg Ross had a special guest in his promo for his coverage of the NBA All Star Weekend on Thursday night.

Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has been has been banned from all soccer-related activity for 12 years by the governing body's ethics committee.

IOC President Thomas Bach says there is "no intention" by any countries to pull out of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro over concerns about the Zika virus.

Sneaker fanatics spent hours (in some cases days) in frigid weather to drop hundreds on new sneakers at a Nike pop-up shop

Here's what to look for on this weekend's Road to the Olympic Games show, featuring action from across the globe in speed skating, bobsleigh, snowboarding, aerials and biathlon.

Toronto is humming ahead of this weekend's NBA All Star Game. For the first time ever, the league's all star festivities are in a city outside the United States.

It's a good time to be Lisa Thomaidis these days. The head coach of Canada's women's basketball team and the University of Saskatchewan Huskies is riding an all-time high. And with that success, come even greater expectations for the Rio Olympics.

Connor McDavid recorded a career high five points in the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night and has now recorded 12 points in six games since returning from injury.

Canadian snowboarders found the air above and inside Boston's Fenway Park to their liking with four World Cup medals Thursday night, led by a 1-2 finish by Max Parrot and Michael Ciccarelli.

Connor McDavid had two goals and three assists as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday in a battle between the NHL's two lowest-ranked teams.

Connor McDavid had two goals and three assists as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday in a battle between the NHL's two lowest-ranked teams.

Canada opened the Olympic women's soccer qualifying tournament with an impressive 5-0 victory over Guyana in Houston Thursday.

Twenty-year-old Ashley Lawrence had a hat trick and 16-year-old Deanne Rose had two goals as Canada's women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 victory over Guyana in its first game of the CONCACAF women's Olympic qualifying tournament in Houston.

Kenya is being investigated for breaching the world anti-doping code, WADA said Thursday, and could be declared non-compliant in a matter of weeks.

Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic has been unable to resume on-court training due to a slightly torn adductor muscle that hampered his play in a semifinal loss to Andy Murray at the Australian Open last month.