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Former Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Semin and Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup for the second time Tuesday, beating CSKA Moscow 3-1 in game seven of the finals series in Moscow.

Former Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Semin and Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup for the second time Tuesday, beating CSKA Moscow 3-1 in game seven of the finals series in Moscow.

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor reportedly retired via Twitter on Tuesday.

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor reportedly retired via Twitter on Tuesday.

World champion extreme snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday while making a film in her native Switzerland.

LeBron James recently activated his "Zero Dark Thirty-23" social media blackout for the duration of the NBA playoffs. That led us to wonder how Canada's high-performance athletes are planning on doing (or not doing) online during the Olympics in Rio this August.

Get up to speed on today's most important news from the Stanley Cup playoffs, including which Penguins goalie will get the nod in tonight's Game 3.

Andrew Wiggins' involvement in Basketball Canada's final push for Olympic qualification is still questionable. There are also question marks around the participation of Canadians Tristan Thompson and Jamal Murray as well.

The Canadian Olympic Committee insists real steps have been taken to change its organizational culture as critics continue to question the way it handled years of sexual harassment allegations made against former president Marcel Aubut.

When the Florida Panthers’ top forward line of Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau and Jaromir Jagr combined for zero points in their playoff opener against the New York Islanders, it was Reilly Smith who took charge of the offence, and he hasn't stopped.

International sports federations expressed concern Tuesday over problems with venues for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including power failures at the gymnastics arena this week.

Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm hopes a scientific study will clear him to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by finding that he has no unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes by using his carbon-fiber prosthesis.

Rebecca Marino has come a long way from a professional tennis career and crippling depression that dominated her life until three years ago.

The United States Olympic Committee is pouring hot water on suggestions Lake Placid could be part of Quebec City's possible bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Tanner Pearson gave the Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 victory in overtime of Game 3 against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night, but some people think the play should have been reviewed.

Tanner Pearson gave the Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 victory in overtime of Game 3 against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night, but some people think the play should have been reviewed.

Tanner Pearson scored 3:47 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings bounced back from a pair of series-opening losses at home to beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in Game 3 in the first round Monday night.

As Stephen Curry emphatically waved his arms to ignite the crowd and coached from the bench when he could do little else, Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors' supporting cast picked up the slack for their absent NBA MVP to hold off the Houston Rockets 115-106 on Monday night and take a 2-0 lead in their playoff series.

In the fourth quarter of Toronto's 98-87 Game 2 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night, DeRozan was on the bench. He came into the fourth quarter having played 30 minutes, and that is where he finished.

A putback at the buzzer by Oklahoma City's Steven Adams that would have won the game was disallowed upon review, and the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Thunder 85-84 on Monday night to even their Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece.

A putback at the buzzer by Oklahoma City's Steven Adams that would have won the game was disallowed upon review, and the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Thunder 85-84 on Monday night to even their Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Braden Holtby had 31 saves and the Washington Capitals moved one game closer to a sweep in their first-round playoff series with a 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

Jonas Valanciunas scored 23 points and hauled down 15 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors bounced back to beat the Indiana Pacers 98-87 on Monday, evening their best-of-seven series at one game apiece.

Santo Condorelli, one of Canada’s top medal hopes in swimming for this summer’s Olympics, won the bronze medal in the men’s 100-m freestyle on Monday at a Games test event in Rio de Janeiro.

The Philadelphia Flyers honoured the passing of their former owner Ed Snider prior to Game 3 between the Flyers and Washington Capitals.

Toronto hosts Indiana in Game 2 of the playoffs on Monday night and have brought back their purple jerseys for the occasion. In addition, fans were given retro purple t-shirts to wear at the game. Will the purple fever prevail and help the Raptors win?