General Sport Canada news

The hook for Manny Pacquiao's latest fight is that he's the fighting politician, as eager to take on problems in the Philippines as he is to take on other welterweights in the ring.

Lanni Marchant, who finished 24th in the women's marathon at the Rio Olympics, will join fellow Canadians Rob Watson and Marilyn Arsenault in running the New York City Marathon for the first time on Sunday (CBCSports.ca, 9 a.m. ET).

Five months after his first French Open title and completing a career Grand Slam in Paris, Novak Djokovic's reign over men's tennis could be about to end in the City of Lights.

Haley Irwin and her Canadian teammates just need to keep things exactly the same to win the Four Nations Cup. Irwin scored the winner early in the third period as Canada edged the United States 3-2 on Friday in the final round-robin game of the Four Nations Cup.

The four-time Olympic medallist talks about his role with the short track team and how friendship is the key to pushing one another to become even better. Watch him in action this weekend on Road to the Olympic Games.

Free agent goaltender Karri Ramo practised with the Maple Leafs on Friday afternoon. Ramo, who spent last season with the Calgary Flames, joined Toronto's tandem of Frederik Andersen and Jhonas Enroth on the ice at Mastercard Centre.

The NHL's power play to try to get an outdoor game on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in December 2017 has collapsed.

Jumping from more than twice the height of Olympic platform divers, Lysanne Richard and her fellow competitors on the Red Bull Cliff Diving tour hope the sport gains enough momentum to be contested on sports' biggest stage.

World Cup giant slalom champion Eva-Maria Brem was ruled out for the rest of the season after breaking her lower left leg in a training crash on Friday.

Olympian and national record holder Lanni Marchant is questioning the fairness of Athletics Canada's decision to leave her off the list of athletes who will receive financial assistance for the 2016-17 season.

A goalkeeper from North Korea who failed to stop an opposing goalkeeper's kick from scoring has been banned from the Under-17 World Cup for "bringing the game into disrepute."

Austrians love alpine skiing, Norwegians adore cross country, and the province of Quebec elevates their stars of short track speed skating. Follow the first World Cup in Calgary during our Road to the Olympic Games show on Saturday (3 p.m. ET, CBC TV, CBCSports.ca).

Canadian ice dance duo Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje sit in third place after the short dance at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow on Friday.

Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross posed for a selfie Friday in front of a multitude of roaring fans in the city's Grant Park during a rally honouring the club's first World Series title in 108 years.

Watch live now as the city of Chicago celebrates the Cubs' first World Series title in 108 years.

Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross posed for a selfie Friday in front of a multitude of roaring fans in the city's Grant Park during a rally honouring the club's first World Series title in 108 years.

Cubs fans are packing downtown Chicago to celebrate the team's first World Series title in 108 years with a parade on Friday.

Watch coverage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Moscow on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, with action from the men's, ice dance and pairs events.

Watch live on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET as some of the best long-distance runners in the world, including Canada's Lanni Marchant, run for glory at the New York City Marathon.

Watch on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET as some of the best short track speed skaters in the world gather in Calgary for the first World Cup event of the season.

Watch live as some of the best short track speed skaters in the world gather in Calgary for the first World Cup event of the season.

Sports are about fun and games, but about 30,000 people in the U.S. go to emergency departments each year with sports-related eye injuries, a new study suggests.

Kevin Durant matched his career high with seven 3-pointers and scored 39 points, coolly knocking down long jumpers while thoroughly embarrassing Russell Westbrook and his old Oklahoma City team in Golden State's 122-96 rout of the Thunder on Thursday night.

Mike Condon made 27 saves in his Ottawa debut as the Senators blanked the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Thursday.

Alex Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and the Washington Capitals blew a three-goal lead in the third period but regrouped to beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Thursday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Rick Nash scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:21 remaining to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-3 victory over the Western Conference-leading Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

Mitchell Marner scored two goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday night for their first road victory of the season.