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Canadian left-fielder Michael Saunders will be joining three of his Toronto Blue Jays teammates at next week's MLB All-Star Game in San Diego. The Victoria native won the last roster spot on the American League team with 17.7 million fan votes Friday.

On the attack in the Tour de France, British rider Adam Yates was suddenly performing a somersault in midair after an inflatable arch marking the final kilometre collapsed and hit him during a bizarre finale to Friday's seventh stage.

2014 world women's player of the year Magali Harvey was left off the Canadian rugby 7's Olympic team, leaving many fans confused.

Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie failed to clear his opening height with the gold medal at stake and lost his title at the European Championships on Friday.

Former Detroit Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk has signed a two-year contract with Russian club SKA St. Petersburg after leaving the NHL.

Troy Tulowitzki has put his early-season struggles behind him, batting at a torrid pace since his return from the disabled list to give a jolt to the resurgent Toronto Blue Jays.

Canadian tennis player Milos Roanic made history Friday by beating Roger Federer at Wimbledon to become the first Canadian man to advance to a Grand Slam singles final. See some of the best reactions to the historic win.

Rugby 7s is making its debut at the Olympics this summer. While the full, 15-a-side version of the sport was contested up until the 1924 Games, the condensed format looks to introduce the sport to a whole new Olympic audience.

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded goaltender Jonathan Bernier to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2017 NHL draft.

The Canadian women's rugby sevens team is aiming for a medal in Rio, but it'll do so without Magali Harvey after Rugby Canada officially named on the squad on Friday.

After beating both Turkey and Senegal to finish atop the Group A standings at the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in the Philippines, the Canadian men's basketball team faces New Zealand in the semifinals Saturday at 6:30 a.m. ET.

Milos Raonic made Canadian tennis history Friday by defeating one of the sport's all-time greats on its biggest stage, rallying to beat seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in a marathon semifinal at the All England Club.

Roger Federer won the third set 6-4 to take a two-sets-to-one lead in his Wimbledon semifinal match against Canada's Milos Raonic.

Roger Federer won a tiebreak to pull even at one set apiece in his Wimbledon semifinal against Canada's Milos Raonic.

Three months after being diagnosed with partial tears in each of her hamstrings, Canadian racewalker Rachel Seaman struggles to dealt with the pain of missing the upcoming Rio Olympics. This is the second story in our shattered dreams series.

Three months after being diagnosed with partial tears in each of her hamstrings, Canadian racewalker Rachel Seaman struggles to dealt with the pain of missing the upcoming Rio Olympics. This is the second story in our shattered dreams series.

None of the players in the marquee group that featured three of the top four players in the world in Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson and Lexi Thompson could break par. Ko birdied her final hole at No. 9 to finish the day 1 over, one shot ahead of Thompson and three in front of Henderson.

Anderson Silva will replace Jon Jones in a light heavyweight bout against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200.

There was plenty of drama on the first day of the Canadian Olympic track and field trials. Mohammed Ahmed won the men's 5,000 metres while Cam Levins — Canada's top distance runner for several years — finished seventh, casting doubt on his Olympic hopes.

Troy Tulowitzki drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Thursday night for their season-best sixth straight victory.

With less than a month to go before the Olympics begin in Rio, the conversation has at last turned away from controversy and toward the competition.

Winnipeg kicker Justin Medlock hit four of his six field-goal attempts to give the Blue Bombers their first win of the season, a 28-24 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Tim Hortons Field on Thursday night.

The American Hockey League has announced a variety of new rules meant to curb the number of staged fights.

For Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat, Thursday seemed like a day of business as usual. Of course, that was anything but the case.

Canada's Olympic trials for track and field are happening this week amid perhaps the greatest turmoil to ever touch the sport.