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Vancouver and Victoria will welcome the world's top under-20 hockey players in 2019 when the cities co-host the world junior hockey championship.

Reid Coolsaet will make another attempt at breaking the Canadian men's marathon record, only this time his body might not co-operate. The two-time Olympian has been dealing with hip and hamstring injuries ahead of this weekend's Fukuoka Marathon.

​Milos Raonic has been named Tennis Canada's male player of the year for the sixth straight time. The 44-year-old made the Wimbledon final and beat Swiss star Roger Federer to win the Brisbane title during his best season on the ATP World Tour.

Tiger Woods ruined an otherwise impressive return to golf Thursday with two double bogeys over the final three holes for a 1-over 73 at the Hero World Challenge. For eight holes, it sure didn't look as though Woods had been out of competition for 15 months while recovering from two back surgeries.

After longest break in his career, Woods missed only one green and ran off three straight birdies Thursday in Nassau, Bahamas. He ended the front nine with his lone bogey — a flubbed pitch from a difficult lie — and made the turn at 3-under par.

Canada opened the 2016-17 HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series on a winning note Thursday, posting three wins to advance to the quarter-finals in Dubai.

Bill Manning remembers having to sell defender Drew Moor on Toronto FC while trying to recruit him as a free agent last winter. Manning, who joined Toronto as president in October 2015, knew where Moor was coming from.

Erin Mielzynski and Marie-Michele Gagnon are being counted on to supply leadership — and results — to a young Canadian women's alpine ski team that hopes to build a contender in time for the 2018 Olympics.

LeBron James delivered on a promise and ended decades of Cleveland sports misery in 2016. For leading the Cavaliers to an NBA title and ending the city's 52-year title drought, James joins Tiger Woods as the award's only two-time winners since its inception in 1954.

The allegations of child sex abuse in English soccer from the 1970s through to the 1990s has shocked Britain and led to deep soul-searching in the game amid fears hundreds of young boys might have been involved.

Watch as the best luge athletes in the world gather in Lake Placid, NY, as the World Cup makes a stop at the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics.

In addition to the MLS Cup, Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders will be battling for a $275,000 US team bonus when they meet Dec. 10 for North American soccer supremacy.

Erik Guay knows the end is coming, but the 35-year-old Canadian alpine skier is confident that he still has one more Winter Olympics left in him.

Erik Guay knows the end is coming, but the 35-year-old Canadian alpine skier is confident that he still has one more Winter Olympics left in him.

Reportedly six tennis players were among those detained in match fixing tournaments in Spain and Portugal. Police said Thursday that Operation Futures probed several Futures and Challenger tournaments in Iberia for the past several months and found evidence that results were rigged.

Michael Phelps wants to dive into Silicon Valley's investment opportunities as he tries to make the transition from Olympic swimming star and product pitchman to entrepreneur.

The end of another CFL season — and the start of a new bobsleigh campaign this week in Whistler, B.C., — brings a reminder that some retired football players are extending their athletic careers in an unexpected place.

Former world champion Erik Guay was fastest in training on Thursday in Val d'Isere, France, for the first men's World Cup downhill race of the season.

Chad Johnson made 39 saves and Freddie Hamilton and Kris Versteeg scored in the opening minute of the game as the Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 on Wednesday.

Kyle Lowry poured in 29 points and the Toronto Raptors overcame 18 turnovers for a 120-105 win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Kyle Lowry poured in 29 points and the Toronto Raptors overcame 18 turnovers for a 120-105 win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Toronto FC has advanced to the MLS Cup final. Benoit Cheyrou and Canadian Tosaint Ricketts both scored in extra time as Toronto beat the Montreal Impact 5-2 in the second leg of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference final.

Toronto FC has advanced to the MLS Cup final. Benoit Cheyrou and Canadian Tosaint Ricketts both scored in extra time as Toronto beat the Montreal Impact 5-2 in the second leg of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference final.

Toronto FC has advanced to the MLS Cup final. Benoit Cheyrou and Canadian Tosaint Ricketts both scored in extra time as Toronto beat the Montreal Impact 5-2 in the second leg of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference final.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press negotiators for baseball players and owners have a verbal agreement on a five-year labour contract.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press negotiators for baseball players and owners have a verbal agreement on a five-year labour contract.

A rowdy and hostile BMO Field set the tone for what turned out to be an aggressive 2nd leg of the Eastern Conference for the Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact.

Brian Burke, who appeared on TSN1050 on Wednesday, addressed rumours regarding defenceman Dougie Hamilton, specifically a leak about a team that made an "insulting offer."

Brian Burke, who appeared on TSN1050 on Wednesday, addressed rumours regarding defenceman Dougie Hamilton, specifically a leak about a team that made an "insulting offer."

Brian Burke, who appeared on TSN1050 on Wednesday, addressed rumours regarding defenceman Dougie Hamilton, specifically a leak about a team that made an "insulting offer."

Canada's top female soccer players will announce plans to form a players' association on Thursday, the Toronto Star reported Wednesday.

Already the first person to call the play-by-play of NHL games in Punjabi, Harnarayan Singh will become the first Sikh to broadcast in English when he joins the crew covering the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs game at the Saddledome.

Already the first person to call the play-by-play of NHL games in Punjabi, Harnarayan Singh will become the first Sikh to broadcast in English when he joins the crew covering the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs game at the Saddledome.