General Sport Canada news

The Canadian Football League season will be spread over an additional week next year in an effort to promote player safety. The league announced its schedule on Thursday, two months earlier than last year. The season kicks off a week earlier on June 14, when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host Edmonton.

It's not a song one normally hears blasting out of a typical dressing room filled with 20-something pro athletes. But for the Winnipeg Jets, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" is a sign of victory.

Defender Kadeisha Buchanan capped a remarkable campaign overseas Thursday with a domestic triumph, earning Canadian female soccer player of the year honours for the second time in three years.

Lawyers for Bertrand Charest appeared before Quebec's top court today in a bid to release the convicted sex offender pending an appeal of his conviction on some of the 37 charges on which he was found guilty.

After some last-minute reshuffling, the 18 pairings are set for Canada's mixed doubles curling trials. Now it's time to decide who will represent the country when this quirky version of the sport makes its Olympic debut.

​Former Blue Jays relief pitcher Joe Smith and the World Series champion Houston Astros have agreed to a two-year contract worth $15 million US. The 33-year-old had 71 strikeouts over 54 innings last season, split between Toronto and Cleveland.

Toronto FC president Bill Manning loves winning — a desire shared by his fellow Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment executives, presidents Brendan Shanahan of the Maple Leafs and Masai Ujiri of the Raptors.

Team Sky rider Chris Froome has to explain to the International Cycling Union why a urine sample provided at the Spanish Vuelta in September showed a concentration of the asthma drug salbutamol that was twice the permitted level.

Longtime Ottawa Senators tough guy Chris Neil is retiring, the NHL team announced Thursday morning. The 38-year-old was a physical presence on the ice for 15 seasons and has a headlock on the team record for penalty minutes with 2,522.

As South Korean officials prepare for the Games in and around Pyeongchang, there are worries over the financial burden facing one of the nation's poorest regions.

The upcoming Winter Olympics will be very different for Travis Gerrits, regardless of the Canadian freestyle skier's performance. The Games in Pyeongchang come just months after the 26-year-old from Milton, Ont., publicly announced he is living with bipolar disorder.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused U.S. agencies of manipulating evidence from the main whistleblower on doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Putin says former Moscow anti-doping laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov is "under the control" of the American agencies.

Memorial Cup champion Michael DiPietro of the Windsor Snnpitfires believes he has the compete level to earn one of 22 spots on Canada's world junior hockey roster, preferably as its starter for the Dec. 26 tournament opener against Finland.

Memorial Cup champion Michael DiPietro of the Windsor Snnpitfires believes he has the compete level to earn one of 22 spots on Canada's world junior hockey roster, preferably as its starter for the Dec. 26 tournament opener against Finland.

P.K. Subban scored two strange goals, including one from centre ice, as the Nashville Predators dismantled the Vancouver Canucks 7-1 on Wednesday night.

DeMar DeRozan matched his season high with 37 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Phoenix Suns 115-109 on Wednesday night for their seventh victory in eight games.

Watch live action from the luge World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Friday featuring the men's competition.

Watch live action from the men's alpine World Cup super-G event in Val Gardena, Italy.

Watch live action from the men's alpine World Cup downhill event in Val Gardena, Italy.

Watch live as Canada's best skeleton and bobsleigh athletes are in action at the World Cup in Igls, Austria.

Watch live as Canada's best bobsleigh athletes are in action at the World Cup in Igls, Austria.

After facing him on the mound for nine seasons, the Toronto Blue Jays appear to be interested in prying free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia away from their division rivals, the New York Yankees.

The Ottawa Senators snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.

Colton Point and Carter Hart combined for a 32-save shutout as a U Sport all-star team beat Canada 3-0 on Wednesday.