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After watching celebrities line up to support the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup final, Rob Pizzo looks at the Top 5 teams with celebrity fans

Sidney Crosby put on a show in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final, but his brilliant night was overshadowed by some out-of-character behaviour.

If Lance Stroll felt any jitters during his first laps around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve they didn't show on the 18-year-old Formula One rookie.

It seems the Predators' run to the Stanley Cup final is strengthening hockey's roots in Nashville. But is Music City capable of building off this unique opportunity to grow the game?

Canada's Brooke Henderson rebounded from a pedestrian opening round by firing a 5-under-par 67 on Friday at the Manulife LPGA Classic.

Canada's Brooke Henderson rebounded from a pedestrian opening round by firing a 5-under-par 67 on Friday at the Manulife LPGA Classic.

The governing body of weightlifting has been warned that the sport risks exclusion from the 2024 Olympic Games if it does not provide a "satisfactory" report about how it is dealing with doping by December.

Predators head coach Peter Laviolette will have Colton Sissons at his disposal for Sunday’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final at Nashville (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET) after the NHL decided not to suspend the forward for his cross-checks against Olli Maatta.

​Stan Wawrinka beat top-ranked Andy Murray 6-7 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-1 to reach the French Open final. Later, Rafael Nadal took down Dominic Thiem to set up the championship match.

The world's best equestrians fly to Calgary from all over the globe to compete at Spruce Meadows, but how much do you know about this annual Canadian event? Here are 5 things about Spruce Meadows.

The International Olympic Committee says it has formally proposed picking the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time this year.

Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel and pairs partner Eric Radford, world champions in both 2015 and 2016, have fired their coach just eight months before the 2018 Olympics. "We needed to make some changes," said Duhamel.

Coming off an impressive opening weekend in FIVB World League volleyball, the Canadian men's team started strong against Brazil on Friday, but fell in four sets to the Olympic champions.

The IOC has added 3-on-3 basketball as an Olympic event for the 2020 Tokyo Games. In another move toward urban youth sports, BMX Freestyle cycling will join the Olympic program for the first time among a "net increase of 15 events."

There's a new sport coming to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo: 3-on-3 basketball. While NBA stars likely won't play, here's what the tournament could look like if they did.

Canada's record against mighty New Zealand dropped to 0-13-0 Friday in a 28-16 loss at the International Women's Rugby Series.

Sometimes it's hard to navigate the lexicon of show jumping. With that in mind, we've created a fun way to follow along with all the action at Spruce Meadows this weekend.

Canadian Keean White, aboard For Freedom Z, finished third after a seven-horse jump off Thursday night on the 1.55-metre course at Spruce Meadows.

Canadian Keean White, aboard For Freedom Z, finished third after a seven-horse jump off Thursday night on the 1.55-metre course at Spruce Meadows.

The Pittsburgh Penguins appear poised to become the first repeat Stanley Cup champions in 19 years after the way they performed in Game 5 at home against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

Pittsburgh appears poised to become the first repeat Stanley Cup champion in 19 years, but if the playoffs have taught us anything, it's that the momentum from the Penguins' 6-0 rout in Game 5 may not count for much.

Evgeni Malkin correctly predicted a great game from Phil Kessel, who ends his 7-game scoring drought in the Pittsburgh Penguins' Game 5 win.

Jessie Fleming got Canada rolling with a goal in the third minute as the national women's soccer team defeated underdog Costa Rica 3-1 in an international friendly on Thursday.

Sidney Crosby set up three goals as Pittsburgh stomped Nashville 6-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final on Thursday night. Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel were among the six different goal-scorers for the Penguins, who are now one win away from becoming the first repeat Cup winner in almost 20 years.

The Nashville Predators were no match for the Pittsburgh Penguins, in what was a one-sided and scrappy Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final.

De Grasse won his second 200-metre race of the 2017 season on Thursday, setting a season-best time of 20.01

It wasn't too long ago that Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski was doing her laundry on the road and booking her own flights and hotels. Now she's the 2017 French Open mixed doubles champion.