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The Toronto Blue Jays will send Marco Estrada to the mound when they open their Major League Baseball season April 3 at Baltimore.

Sindarius Thornwell scored 26 points and South Carolina earned its first trip to the Final Four with a 77-70 victory over Florida on Sunday.

Luke Maye hit a jumper with 0.3 seconds left, and top-seeded North Carolina held off Kentucky 75-73 to earn the Tar Heels' second straight trip to the Final Four and 20th all-time in Sunday's showdown of college basketball's elite in the South Regional.

When Patrick Chan stepped away from competing after the Sochi Olympics, the three-time world figure skating champion could never have known how drastically the sport would change.

Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic withdrew from the Miami Open on Sunday due to a hamstring injury, allowing qualifier Jared Donaldson to advance to the fourth round in a walkover.

Valerie Grenier won the Canadian women's giant slalom title on Sunday on her hometown hill. The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., led after the first run and put down a solid second run to win with a combined time of two minutes, 16 seconds.

The Toronto Wolfpack defeated the Keighley Cougars 48-21 in Kingstone Press League 1 rugby in Keighley, England on Sunday. Playing in their first season, the Wolfpack improved to 3-0 and are currently tied with the Barrow Raiders at the top of the standings.

The Toronto Wolfpack defeated the Keighley Cougars 48-21 in Kingston Press League 1 rugby in Keighley, England on Sunday. Playing in their first season, the Wolfpack improved to 3-0 and are currently tied with the Barrow Raiders at the top of the standings.

Defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya won gold in the 10-kilometre race at the IAAF World Cross Country championships on Sunday in Kampala, Uganda. Kenya's Irene Cheptai won the senior women's 10km event and was followed by five teammates to round out the top six.

Canada earned bronze in both the men's and women's team snowboard cross events on the last day of the World Cup final in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, on Sunday.

Canada's Rachel Homan won gold at the world women's curling championship thanks to an 8-3 victory in the final over Russia on Sunday in Beijing.

Canada's Rachel Homan won gold at the world women's curling championship thanks to an 8-3 victory in the final over Russia on Sunday in Beijing.

Canada's Rachel Homan won gold at the world women's curling championship thanks to an 8-3 victory in the final over Russia on Sunday in Beijing.

​Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday to dash Mercedes' hopes of extending their dominance into a fourth successive season of Formula One.

Canadian driver Lance Stroll almost got to experience the full package on his first weekend in Formula One, hitting speeds exceeding 320 kph, clipping a wall, being handed a grid penalty and skidding through the gravel. All that was missing was the finish.

The Canadian Wrestling Championships included some familiar faces in the women and men's freestyle competition. The crowd saw the return of Rio Olympians — Jasmine Mian, Michelle Fazzari, Haislan Garcia, and Korey Jarvis — all winning their respective weight classes.

Drake Caggiula and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers moved into a three-way tie for first place in the Pacific Division with a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

DeMar DeRozan and Serge Ibaka scored 18 points apiece and the Toronto Raptors won their fifth straight game, 94-86 over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.

DeMar DeRozan and Serge Ibaka scored 18 points apiece and the Toronto Raptors won their fifth straight game, 94-86 over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.

Sean Monahan scored with 3 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames past the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Saturday night.

Andrei Markov scored two goals and set up another as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Saturday night to retain first place in the NHL Atlantic Division.

Jack Eichel scored twice and set up another goal in the Buffalo Sabres' 5-2 win that slowed the youth-laden Toronto Maple Leafs' late-season surge to clinch a playoff berth.

Tyler Dorsey poured in 27 points, Dillon Brooks of Mississauga, Ont., added 17 and plucky Oregon ended Kansas' romp through the NCAA Tournament with a 74-60 victory Saturday night that gave the Ducks their first Final Four trip in nearly 80 years.

Tyler Dorsey poured in 27 points, Dillon Brooks of Mississauga, Ont., added 17 and plucky Oregon ended Kansas' romp through the NCAA Tournament with a 74-60 victory Saturday night that gave the Ducks their first Final Four trip in nearly 80 years.

Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points while orchestrating Gonzaga's efficient offence, and the Zags finally shook their overrated tag by routing Xavier 83-59 on Saturday to reach the Final Four for the first time.

Emily Nishikawa and Graeme Killick prevailed in the cross-country ski marathon in the season finale at the Ski Nationals. Nishikawa captured her third gold medal of the week for the second straight year after winning the women's 30-kilometre skate-ski race.