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After winning two Olympic medals Roseline Filion is calling it a career. Her synchronized diving partner Meaghan Benfeito is carrying on. Filion discusses her relationship with Benfeito and what is next for her career.

Tiger Woods is impressed with President Donald Trump's abilities on the golf course. The 14-time major champion played a round with Trump last month before the real estate mogul took office as the nation's 45th president.

Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine could be back in the lineup sooner rather than later.

The vibe around Monday night's matchup (7:30 p.m. ET) between Calgary and the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs promises to be a lot different than their Feb. 9, 2016 meeting when standouts Matthew Tkachuk, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner had yet to reach the NHL.

Mitch Marner outperformed Maple Leaf teammates and fellow rookies Auston Matthews and William Nylander along with former junior teammate Matthew Tkachuk Monday night, scoring once and adding an assist in a 4-0 Toronto win over the visiting Calgary Flames.

The Calgary Flames may have stumbled lately with back-to-back losses at home to Nashville and Edmonton, but the recent struggles have been nothing like the grim beginning when the Flames flickered in the first five weeks of the season.

Fresh off her tour in India as part of the Mumbai Maharathi team in the Pro Wrestling league, Olympic gold medallist Erica Wiebe is back helping the next generation of Canadian athletes achieve their goals.

Centre Alex Galchenyuk has reinjured his knee and will miss the Montreal Canadiens' game Tuesday night against the Calgary Flames.

Following the Green Bay Packers' 44-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC championship Sunday, Aaron Rodgers' long-time girlfriend and actress Olivia Munn took to Instagram to voice support for her beau — and also disapproval of his family.

No one in the NHL is better at drawing penalties right now than Connor McDavid. He drew two more against the Flames on the weekend: Michael Frolik for hooking and Sean Monahan for tripping. Here are five takeaways from last week.

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan will miss at least two games with a sprained right ankle sustained in the fourth quarter of Toronto's 115-103 loss to Phoenix Suns on Sunday.

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan will miss at least two games with a sprained right ankle. DeRozan suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of Toronto's 115-103 loss to Phoenix Suns on Sunday.

Twenty years after jumping head first into the sport she loves, two-time Olympic medallist Roseline Filion is retiring from competitive diving. CBC Sports caught up with the Canadian to talk about her decision to take her life in a new direction.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won't have Morgan Rielly for Monday night's game against the visiting Calgary Flames. Defenceman will sit out a third straight game with a lower-body injury against the Flames.

The president of the All-Russia Athletic Federation has promised to take "very tough measures" against coaches accused of doping athletes, and the athletes who work with them. Dmitry Shlyakhtin says he discussed the issue on Monday with a taskforce from the IAAF.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport says the Belarus men's canoe and kayak team was wrongly banned from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a doping case. There was "insufficient evidence to uphold several of the alleged anti-doping rule violations," the court said.

At just 20 years of age, Kia Nurse is already one of Canada's most decorated basketball players. She led her country to gold at the 2015 Pan Am Games, played in the 2016 Olympics, and is now helping drive UConn's record 93-game win streak.

Canadian diver Roseline Filion confirmed her retirement on Monday. The native of Laval, Que., won a bronze medal in the women's 10-metre synchronized platform at Rio 2016. Filion also captured bronze in the same event at London 2012.

Henry Burris is retiring from football as a Grey Cup champion and MVP.

It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, including a pair of podium sweeps by Canadian freestyle skiers and snowboarders.

Jonathan Toews scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:18 remaining and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Sunday night for their third straight victory.

The Tom Brady redemption tour is headed to the Super Bowl. After beginning the 2016 season suspended for four games for his role in the "Deflategate" scandal, the New England quarterback relentlessly carried the Patriots to an unprecedented ninth appearance in the title game, and his seventh.

The Tom Brady redemption tour is headed to the Super Bowl. After beginning the 2016 season suspended for four games for his role in the "Deflategate" scandal, the New England quarterback relentlessly carried the Patriots to an unprecedented ninth appearance in the title game, and his seventh.

Serena Williams has advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a scrappy 7-5, 6-4 win over Barbora Strycova to open play at Rod Laver Arena on Monday.

Canadian Milos Raonic didn't always look like the top seeded player remaining at the Australian Open, but he came on strong late to dispatch Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain in four sets to reach the quarter-finals.

Canadian Milos Raonic didn't always look like the top seeded player remaining at the Australian Open, but he perservered and came on strong late to dispatch Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain in four sets.

Eric Bledsoe poured in 40 points and Devin Booker added 20 more as the Phoenix Suns beat Toronto 115-103 on Sunday to hand the Raptors their first three-game losing skid in over a year.

Hudson Swafford won the fittingly named CareerBuilder Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, following three straight birdies with a closing par for a one-stroke victory.

When it comes to pure athleticism, Canada's two-time world pairs champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford are virtually in a class by themselves.

Matt Ryan and Julio Jones teamed up for a dominant playoff performance, and the Atlanta Falcons ignored all those ghosts from the last half-century.