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Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to give Andretti a second consecutive victory in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." An Andretti driver has now won the 500 three times in the last four years.

Andrew Cashner allowed one run over seven innings to help the Texas Rangers beat Toronto 3-1 Sunday and end the Blue Jays' season-high five-game winning streak.

Tyla Nathan-Wong and Michaela Blyde scored first-half tries as New Zealand beat Canada 17-7 on Sunday to capture the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Langford.

Canada's women's rugby sevens squad will play for a championship Sunday after a hard-earned semifinal win over Australia at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Pole sitter Scott Dixon was knocked out of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday by a terrifying crash that saw his car fly over the car of Jay Howard and land atop the inside safety fence, where it split in two amid sparks and flames.

Canadian decathlete Damian Warner won the Hypo Meeting for the third time in his career as Day 2 of the event wrapped up in Gotzis, Austria on Sunday.

Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos broke the world record in the 100-metre event twice in a span of three days at the Daniela Jutzeler para-athletics in Arbon, Switzerland. The Dorval, Que., native also established a new mark in the 800m.

Tom Dumoulin won the 100th Giro d'Italia in dramatic fashion Sunday, reclaiming the overall lead in a final-stage individual time trial.

François Imbeau-Dulac and Peter Thach Mai made it a Canadian golden sweep in the 3-metre synchro events at the FINA Grand Prix diving event in Madrid on Sunday.

Watch live as Canada's men's volleyball team competes in FIVB World League action in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Watch live as Canada's men's volleyball team look to follow up their successful start to the FIVB World League season as they take on the rival Americans in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Watch live as Canada's men's volleyball team look to close out their first weekend of FIVB World League action with a win over host Serbia on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Angelique Kerber is the first women's No. 1 seed to lose in the French Open's first round in the Open era. Kerber lost 6-2, 6-2 to the 40th-ranked Ekaterina Makarova of Russia at Roland Garros on Sunday.

Canadian paddlers had a successful final day of action at this weekend's Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. Laurence Vincent-Lapointe scored Canada's only gold of the weekend, picking up the victory in the women's C1 200 metre event.

A year after finishing second at the Canadian Championships, Ellie Black is back where she wants to be. The Halifax native regained her senior all-around title on Saturday at the 2017 Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in Montreal.

A year after finishing second at the Canadian Championships, Ellie Black is back where she wants to be. The Halifax native regained her senior all-around title on Saturday at the 2017 Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in Montreal.

The Vancouver Whitecaps had the majority of the scoring chances but it was D.C. United who had the only goal for a 1-0 Major League Soccer victory Saturday.

It'll be an all-Ontario Hockey League matchup on Sunday in the Memorial Cup final when the Windsor Spitfires play the Erie Otters.

Two people with knowledge of the situation say the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs will play an outdoor game at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, next season.

Two people with knowledge of the situation say the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs will play an outdoor game at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, next season.

No one is totally healthy this late in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, certainly not the last two teams standing.

American Ronnie Baker topped the 100-metre field at the Prefontaine Classic while Canadian Andre De Grasse finished just off the podium.

Canadian sprint sensation Andre De Grasse posted a sub-10-second time in the men's 100-metre final but finished just off the podium Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.