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Led by Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden, Canada earned a two-three finish in the two-man race and Kaillie Humphries took bronze in the women's event at World Cup bobsleigh in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Friday.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says he feels "shock" and "inner rage" at the extent of Russia's doping scandal detailed by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren.

A grand jury in Lexington, Ky., handed down a wanton murder indictment Friday in the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. This week features the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, World Cup snowboarding, freestyle skiing, bobsleigh and skeleton.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. This week features the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, plus World Cup snowboard, freestyle skiing, bobsleigh and skeleton.

Watch live action from the halfpipe at the World Cup freestyle skiing stop in Copper Mountain, Colo.

Watch coverage of championship show jumping on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET from the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping in Geneva, Switzerland.

Atiba Hutchinson has been voted Canada Soccer's male player of the year after helping Besiktas JK to their first Turkish Super Lig title in seven years and making four appearances for the men's national team in 2016.

Watch live freestyle skiing action from the World Cup aerials event in Beida Lake, China

Watch freestyle skiing action from the World Cup aerials event in Beida Lake, China, on Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world.

Running back Jeremiah Johnson, who was eligible to become a free agent on Feb. 14, signed a contract extension through the 2018 season with the B.C. Lions on Friday.

Hard-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman, who finalized a five-year free-agent contract with the Yankees worth $86 million US on Thursday, says Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon put him on the mound too often in the post-season.

'Tis the season to be hopeful, and optimism is in the air for Canadian athletes looking for a much-needed boost in funding and better educational opportunities.

Cross-country skier Therese Johaug's two-month provisional suspension has been extended until Feb. 19, Norway's anti-doping agency said Friday from Oslo.

Canadian Erik Guay earned his first World Cup medal of the season by finishing third in the men's super-G race in Val Gardena, Italy on Friday.

Recently equestrian sport, which includes; dressage, jumping and eventing, has had to deal with rule alterations which are ostensibly aimed at keeping one of the oldest Olympic pursuits from becoming extinct at the Games.

Watch as the best luge athletes in the world gather in Park City, Utah as the World Cup makes a stop in Utah, and the site of the 2002 Olympic Games.

The FBI kept tabs on the late boxer Muhammad Ali in 1966, including his divorce and his speech at a Miami mosque, in its investigation of the religious group Nation of Islam, according to documents released by the agency.

Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Tyler Lockett had 130 yards receiving and a score, and the Seattle Seahawks won the NFC West title with a 24-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night.

Mathieu Perreault scored the winning goal in the sixth round of the shootout to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday.

Auston Matthews scored against his hometown team, but the Toronto Maple Leafs still dropped their fourth straight game on home ice, a 3-2 shootout loss to the Arizona Coyotes wither former Leaf Peter Holland scoring the winner.

As part of a Thursday Night Football tradition, the Seattle Seahawks and L.A. Rams donned colour vs. colour uniforms, but Seattle's choice of bright green didn't go over so well with fans.

New York Rangers fans received a scare Thursday night when all-star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was knocked out of the game after a crushing hit from Dallas' Cody Eakin.

New York Rangers fans received a scare Thursday night when all-star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was knocked out of the game after a crushing hit from Dallas' Cody Eakin.

Mike Hoffman will have a hearing Friday for his cross-check to San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture.

Mike Hoffman will have a Friday telephone hearing at 12:30 p.m. ET for his cross-check to San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture.

The hot seat is nothing new for Willie Desjardins. The under-fire head coach of the Vancouver Canucks looked to be in trouble with his team mired in an ugly nine-game losing streak earlier this season before a subsequent 7-4-1 stretch cooled talk of his immediate job security.