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Matt Bonner, known affectionately as "The Red Rocket" during his time in Toronto, is retiring from the NBA. The 36-year-old announced the news in a humorous video he tweeted on Friday.

Canada's leading anti-doping agency has issued a two-year sports suspension to a Carleton University football player who tested positive for a banned substance following last year's Panda Game.

The Montreal Canadiens confirmed forward Brendan Gallagher will miss at least eight weeks with a broken hand. Gallagher suffered the injury on Jan. 4 in a game against the Dallas Stars, when he was struck by a Shea Weber shot on the power play.

With her stellar soccer career at West Virginia University over and with plenty of time before the 2020 Olympics, the world truly was her oyster. Lawrence was in demand in North America and abroad. Europe won out. But the 21-year-old from Toronto says she sees herself playing in North America down the line.

Ottawa's Rachel Homan defeated Russia's Anna Sidorova 8-3 on Friday morning to remain in the playoff hunt at the Canadian Open. Homan scored four points in the fifth end and added a single in the seventh for the win.

The men's quarter-finals are set at the Canadian Open after Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher, Saskatoon's Steve Laycock and Winnipeg's Mike McEwen grabbed the final three spots.

Following her decision to retire from competition, Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton is drawing praise from both her peers and those who hope to follow in her footsteps.

The case claimed FIFA acted wrongfully in choosing Qatar without demanding reform of labour laws, and should be held liable for abuses.

The Canadian bobsleigh duo of Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz easily took home gold on Friday in Altenberg, Germany, finishing the two-run event by more than half a second ahead the American pair of Elana Meyers Taylor and Kehri Jones.

CBC Sports will provide free live streams of all Hockey Night in Canada games on all platforms on Saturday nights.

Johnny Gaudreau and the Calgary Flames host the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada. Watch coverage with our free live stream or tune in to CBC-TV.

Sergey Ustiugov is two wins away from the first clean sweep of all seven stages in the 11-year history of the Tour de Ski cross-country race.

Canada's Milos Raonic took advantage of a key mistake by Rafael Nadal to defeat the 14-time major winner 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Friday and earn a spot in the semifinals of the Brisbane International.

The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada. Watch coverage with our free live stream only on the CBC Sports app or tune in to CBC-TV.

The Brier is the one thing in curling Brad Gushue has never won. This year's will be held in his barn at Mile One Centre at the start of the Trans-Canada Highway in March.

Let's take the high road and refrain from being sucked into a debate on whether a shootout should decide a title like the world junior hockey championship. Last night's game in Montreal was still a classic Canada-U.S. showdown.

Let's take the high road and refrain from being sucked into a debate on whether or not a shootout should decide a championship like the world junior hockey championship. It was still a classic Canada-U.S. showdown.

Losing to a rival is never easy, but Canadians managed to keep it together and congratulated the USA on their gold medal win at the world juniors, as Canadians do.

The United States overcame two separate two-goal deficits and a heart-stopping overtime to defeat Canada 5-4 in a shootout to win the 2017 world junior hockey championship. Scroll through for a look at some of the best moments from the world junior final in Montreal.

Troy Terry scored the shootout winner as the U.S. beat Canada 5-4 at Montreal's Bell Centre on Thursday to capture the gold medal.

Kyle Lowry scored 16 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Toronto Raptors 101-93 over the Utah Jazz on Thursday.

Patrick Maroon had a hat trick and also squared off in a fight with 6-foot-9 Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara, helping the Edmonton Oilers beat Boston 4-3 on Thursday night.

When the Washington Capitals ended the Columbus Blue Jackets' win streak at 16, their Twitter accounts started an off-ice battle.

The Columbus Blue Jackets' 16-game win streak came to a stunning end on Thursday in the form of a 5-0 loss to the Washington Capitals.

Olympic ski champion Tina Maze of Slovenia said that she might reconsider her decision to retire. In October, Maze announced that she planned to quit the sport after competing in one final race, the giant slalom in her home country on Saturday.

Denis Guryanov scored at 33 seconds of overtime to give Russia a 2-1 victory over Sweden on Thursday in the world junior hockey bronze medal game.

Denis Guryanov scored at 33 seconds of overtime to give Russia a 2-1 victory over Sweden on Thursday in the world junior hockey bronze medal game.