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Mark McMorris gave his fans an update a week after a life-threatening crash in the backwoods of British Columbia.

A whirlwind month for Brad Gushue's St. John's rink has led them to the world curling championships in Edmonton, despite a spate of injuries.

Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth has been released from the hospital and is resting at home, a day after collapsing in his crease during a game against New Jersey.

Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal for the third time this year Sunday, 6-3, 6-4, to win the Miami Open and become the tournament's oldest men's champion.

The Canadian women's hockey team used Sunday to hit the reset button after opening the world championship with back-to-back losses.

The Toronto Blue Jays finalized their opening day roster Sunday, placing closer Roberto Osuna on the 10-day disabled list with a sore neck and releasing outfielder Melvin Upton Jr.

Canada's Brad Gushue defeated Russia's Alexey Stukalskiy 11-3 in round-robin play Sunday morning at the world men's curling championship in Edmonton.

The Canadians are the only unbeaten team at 3-0 after five draws of round-robin play. Gushue dumped Russia's Alexey Stukalskiy 11-3 on Sunday morning before topping Sweden's Niklas Edin 8-6 in the evening. Gushue opened the competition with a 7-5 win over Switzerland's Peter de Cruz.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir danced to their third world title in Helsinki, but it was Canada's two young women, who had flirted with international success all season, who stole the spotlight.

Canadian Joanna Brown staged a late charge to finish second at the triathlon World Cup in New Plymouth, New Zealand on Sunday.

British police say the hotly contested annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race will proceed as planned after they removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb near the start of the race on the River Thames.

As the IOC moves the goalposts in the 2024 Olympic contest, bid leaders from Los Angeles and Paris head to a campaign event in Denmark on Tuesday unsure of exactly what they are shooting for.

Pushing through a performance that is not going to yield you what you want is tough. Doing it when you know it will be painful has to be worse. However, the decision by Canadian pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford to compete through injury at worlds has resulted in the maximum three spots for Canada at the 2018 Olympics.

Pushing through a performance that is not going to yield you what you want is tough. Doing it when you know it will be painful has to be worse. However, the decision by Canadian pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford to compete through injury at worlds has resulted in the maximum three spots for Canada at the 2018 Olympics.

Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers vaulted into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with Anaheim with a 3-2 victory over the Ducks on Saturday.

Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers vaulted into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with Anaheim with a 3-2 victory over the Ducks on Saturday.

Fredy Montero and Matias Laba scored one minute apart in the second half as the Vancouver Whitecaps fought back to defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy 4-2 and pick up their first win of the Major League Soccer season on Saturday night.

Neuvirth was awake and alert as he was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital for observation

Auston Matthews scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday night. Matthews' second goal of the night at 18:51 of the third period gave Toronto a 5-3 lead, but proved to be the winner when Detroit's Mike Green tallied with 44.2 seconds left in regulation.

The Winnipeg Jets have their first four-game win streak of the season after a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

Alexander Radulov scored 51 seconds into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Finland beat Canada in women's hockey for the first time with a 4-3 win Saturday at the world hockey championship. The closest Finland had come previously was a 6-6 tie in an exhibition game in 1999.

Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points, Gonzaga's big men combined for 27 and the Bulldogs used some last-second strategy for a 77-73 victory over South Carolina on Saturday in a matchup of first-time teams at the Final Four.

Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth left Saturday night's game against the New Jersey Devils early in the first period after collapsing in his crease being carted off the ice on a stretcher.

Canada's Brad Gushue opened the Ford world men's curling championship with a 7-5 victory over Peter de Cruz of Switzerland on Saturday at the Northlands Coliseum.