General Sport Canada news

The Mets stars decided to ride horses into camp Tuesday, then took them for a romp around the spring training complex.

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has agreed to accept a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an incident with his girlfriend last October.

In his first spring training game on Monday, Blue Jays pitcher Pat Venditte faced five batters — switching from throwing with his right arm to left for each — in an inning of intrasquad play.

The Buffalo Bills have released high-priced defensive end Mario Williams and retained the rights to left tackle Cordy Glenn by designating him their franchise player.

Ivanie Blondin's path to speed skating greatness has been anything but smooth. Now, with one world championship already this season, more are on the line at the upcoming world allround championships.

Ivanie Blondin's path to speed skating greatness has been anything but smooth. Now, with one world championship already this season, more are on the line at the upcoming world allround championships.

The Denver Broncos have placed their exclusive franchise tag on Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, guaranteeing the star pass rusher a salary of $14.129 million US for 2016.

Male boxers won't be wearing protective headgear at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The move received official clearance Tuesday when the IOC executive board said it was up to the International Boxing Association to apply its own rules and the Olympic body would not interfere.

For the first time since they were selected first and second overall in the 2015 NHL draft, 19-year-old standouts Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel will face each other Tuesday night when the Edmonton Oilers visit the Sabres in Buffalo.

Toronto Blue Jays all-star Jose Bautista will miss the first seven to ten days of the pre-season schedule.

Boston Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo was suspended for five games by the NHL on Tuesday for delivering an illegal check to the head of an opponent on Sunday night.

The International Olympic Committee has joined a probe in a French investigation into corruption in track and field that could spread to possible bribery in the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Games.

The world's best biathletes are in Norway this week for the IBU World Cup stop in Holmenkollen. Watch the mixed relay now.

The world's best biathletes are in Norway this week for the IBU world championships in Holmenkollen. Watch the women's sprint live now.

The world's best biathletes are in Norway this week for the IBU world championships in Holmenkollen. Watch the men's sprint live Saturday at 5:15 a.m. ET, followed by the women's sprint at 8:15 a.m. ET.

Watch the FIS World Cup men's giant slalom event from Kranjska Gora, Slovenia live Saturday at 3:15 a.m. ET.

Watch the FIS World Cup women's slalom event from Jasna, Slovakia live on Snday at 4:15 a.m. ET.

Watch live action from the ISU world allround speed skating championships in Berlin, Germany, beginning Saturday at 6:30 a.m. ET.

Watch live action from the ISU world allround speed skating championships in Berlin, Germany as Canadian skaters Ivanie Blondin and Ted-Jan Bloemen compete for the prestigious women's and men's titles.

Watch live as cross-country skiing champions are crowned at the Ski Tour Canada — the final stop of the World Cup season — in Montreal on Wednesday.

Watch live now as cross-country skiing champions are crowned in Montreal at the Ski Tour Canada — the final stop of the World Cup season.

Watch live as cross-country skiing champions are crowned at the Ski Tour Canada — the final stop of the World Cup season.

In a major change in the handling of positive drug tests at the Olympics, the IOC agreed Tuesday to remove itself from the process and have a group of independent sports arbitrators rule on doping cases during the games in Rio de Janeiro.

Tyler Johnson scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their win streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre on Monday night

Anthony Bennett, the first Canadian player chosen No. 1 in the NBA draft in 2013, was released by the Toronto Raptors on Monday after spending most of the current season with Raptors 905, their developmental league team.

The 2016 edition of the NHL's trade deadline day was less about the secondary deals that happened than the expected trades - for players like Loui Eriksson, Nail Yakupov, and Dan Hamhuis - that never came.