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Spain easily defeated Albania 3-0 to secure a World Cup berth on Friday and outspoken defender Gerard Pique received a mixed reaction from home fans every time he touched the ball.

Teenage star Christian Pulisic scored with a brilliant touch to help put the U.S. back on track for next year's World Cup with a 4-0 rout of Panama on Friday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired goaltender Calvin Pickard in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.

She entered as Canada's brightest hope for a medal at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal. Now, Ellie Black looks to confirm her status as one of the world's best. Following a dominant qualifying round, Black will compete Friday night in the women's individual all-around final (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET)

Ray Turnbull, a member of the World Curling Hall of Fame and Manitoba's 1965 Brier championship team, has died. He was 78.

Despite watching his team win 7-2 in Winnipeg to kick off the season, Mike Babcock wants to see improvements in Saturday's home opener against the New York Rangers.

Taking a look at the changes the Toronto Raptors made as they head into the 2017-18 NBA season

Japanese teenager Yuji Sawabe, who could barely skate five years ago, now has visions of playing in the NHL — or at least at a U.S. college. But he knows that reaching that goal takes a lot of practice, time and travel. Especially travel.

Panthers coach Ron Rivera says Cam Newton's apology for a sexist remark to a female reporter was "something that was needed to be said."

Watch live on television and online at 7 p.m. ET as the New York Rangers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Night on Canada.

Octavio Zambrano looks across Canada and wonders about the soccer talent that has fallen through the cracks. Zambrano, head coach of the Canadian men's national team program, says it's his mission to find it.

Who says the NHL has a scoring problem? If the first two days of the 2017-18 season are any indication, goalies will be in for a tough year. There have already been four hat tricks scored in the opening two nights of the NHL season. Will the scoring barrage continue or is this just an early season fad?

The IOC suspended Olympic official Carlos Nuzman and froze funding for the Brazilian Olympic Committee on Friday, with the decision coming only hours after Brazilian authorities investigating a vote-buying case asked for help from prosecutors in Switzerland.

Canada's short track speed skating team qualified 11 of a possible 12 spots on Thursday for the final rounds of the 500-metre and 1,500 events in the second leg of the World Cup season in the Netherlands.

Damian Lillard led Portland with 16 points and eight assists in 26 minutes as the Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 106-101 on Thursday night in pre-season action.

Brandon Saad was a force on both ends of the ice. Patrick Kane made a couple of dazzling passes. Nick Schmaltz showed off his speed, and Ryan Hartman was everywhere.

Tom Brady threw for 303 yards and one touchdown, and New England's porous defence showed signs of improvement Thursday night in a 19-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tom Brady threw for 303 yards and one touchdown, and New England's porous defence showed signs of improvement Thursday night in a 19-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

China's Ruoteng Xiao is the new men's all-around champion after winning gold on Thursday night at the artistic gymnastics world championships.

Trevor Bauer chopped slugger Aaron Judge and New York's other big bats down to size, and Jay Bruce drove in three runs as the Cleveland Indians began chasing their first World Series title in 69 years with a 4-0 win over the Yankees on the Thursday night in the opener of the AL Division Series.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the shootout winner and Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick to lead the Washington Capitals past the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.

Jonathan Drouin scored the lone shootout goal in rallying the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.

Jonathan Drouin scored the lone shootout goal in rallying the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.

More than 300 tickets were still available minutes before the Ottawa Senators took on the Washington Capitals in their season opener on Thursday.

Olympic champion turned gymnastics commentator Kyle Shewfelt explains why gymnast Brookyln Moors is the whole package!​

Jose Altuve hit three home runs in an unprecedented show of power for the diminutive major league batting champion as the Houston Astros roughed up Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox 8-2 Thursday in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.

Jet lag, altitude, a summer in limbo and age all had Jaromir Jagr bending over to catch his breath a lot in his first skate as a Calgary Flame.

Jet lag, altitude, a summer in limbo and age all had Jaromir Jagr bending over to catch his breath a lot in his first skate as a Calgary Flame.