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When Canadian teammates and Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir announced they were launching a comeback after two years away from ice dancing, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje took the news in stride.

Toronto shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left in the fourth inning of the Blue Jays' 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday after being hit on the right hand by a pitch from Bartolo Colon.

Toronto shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left in the fourth inning of the Blue Jays' 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday after being hit on the right hand by a pitch from Bartolo Colon. His X-rays returned negative and he is day to day.

After helping the Washington Capitals clinch top spot in the NHL's Eastern Conference, Alex Ovechkin is poised to win his fourth straight goal-scoring title and sixth of his career. But all that matters to Caps fans is watching Ovie play in the 3rd round of the playoffs for the first time.

Alex Rodriguez says he plans to retire from baseball after the 2017 season. The New York Yankees slugger revealed his intentions Wednesday during an interview with ESPN.

Watch live now as track and field's stars of tomorrow compete at the CARIFTA Games in Grenada.

Watch live beginning Saturday at 3 p.m. ET as track and field's stars of tomorrow compete at the CARIFTA Games in Grenada.

We’re nearly five months from the Rio Olympics, and the controversies surrounding infrastructure delays, extremely scary viruses, water that might give you the plague, and a doping scandal surrounding a drug with a name that sounds like a metal from Star Trek are finally on the back burner.

Swimming's world governing body wants British daily The Times to share evidence backing up claims of widespread doping in Russian swimming.

Defenceman P.K. Subban practised with his Montreal Canadiens teammates in a full contact jersey Wednesday for the first time since suffering a neck injury during a March 10 game against the Buffalo Sabres.

NFL owners have approved as a one-year trial ejecting a player who draws two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties from specific categories.

When the Blue Jays failed to make an offer to bring back David Price for the 2016 season it was widely assumed that Marcus Stroman would take over the No. 1 spot in the rotation. Manager John Gibbons made it official Wednesday, confirming that Stroman will be the opening day starter on April 3 against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Usain Bolt will prepare for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics by returning to the site of the last games for the London Diamond League meet. The Jamaican sprinter will compete in July's Anniversary Games.

Striking a defiant tone, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says it is "vital" that soccer's European Championship and other sporting events in France go ahead to show the country will not cower in the wake of the deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris.

Brazil's economic and political crisis has relegated Rio de Janeiro's Olympic preparations to an afterthought with South America's first games just over four months away.

Hulk Hogan's $140 million courtroom victory against Gawker for posting a sex tape of the former pro wrestler was many things, including a lurid inside look at the business of celebrity gossip and a dispute over what constitutes newsworthiness

Tobias Rieder scored the winning goal in the second period and Oliver Ekman-Larsson returned from injury to spark the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.

The Washington Capitals clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night.

Lucas Lessio scored his first goal in 11 games as a Canadien as Montreal downed the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Don Cherry took to Twitter on Monday night following the news of Rob Ford's death and he had a lot to say about the media's treatment of the former Toronto mayor.

The scene was a remarkable milestone for sports diplomacy as the two presidents try to set aside more than 50 years of Cold War hostility, during which about the only thing the countries agreed on was a shared love of baseball.

The scene was a remarkable milestone for sports diplomacy as the two presidents try to set aside more than 50 years of Cold War hostility, during which about the only thing the countries agreed on was a shared love of baseball.