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Shaun White made the U.S. Olympic team in grand fashion — scoring a perfect 100 at the U.S. Grand Prix event to set himself up as a favourite to win a third gold medal.

Ivanie Blondin and Vincent De Haître have both been picked for Canada's Olympic speed skating team — but it's not their first time on the world stage.

Ivanie Blondin and Vincent De Haitre have both been picked for Canada's Olympic speed skating team — but it's not their first time on the world stage.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir captured their eighth Canadian figure skating title on Saturday, in their final appearance in the event. The Olympic gold and silver medallists brought the crowd to its feet with their sensual skate to music from "Moulin Rouge," scoring 209.82 for the victory.

Patrick Chan captured a record 10th national senior figure skating title on Saturday, in his final appearance at the event.

Quarterback Josh Freeman signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday. The six-foot-six, 240-pound Freeman started 61 games in the NFL, including 59 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which he led to a 10-6 record in 2010, his first full season as a starter.

A pair of Canadian sleds finished just off the podium at the bobsleigh World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland on Saturday.

Following their performance at the bobsleigh World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland on Saturday,the Canadian women's team has qualified three sleds for the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in the nation's history.

Beat Feuz won the classic Lauberhorn downhill on Saturday in Wengen to give Switzerland yet another victory in its signature Alpine skiing race.

Canada's India Sherret notched a career milestone in Idre Fjall, Sweden, on Saturday, taking her first-career podium finish at a World Cup ski cross event.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch as World Cup snowboarders go for gold in the halfpipe competition in Snowmass Mountain, Colo.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch as the world's best ski cross athletes compete in a World Cup event in Sweden.

Darnell Nurse scored twice on rising slap shots from the left circle and the Edmonton Oilers overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Friday night.

CBC figure skating anaylst PJ Kwong is in Vancouver for the national championships.

American skip John Shuster scored an 8-3 win in front of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for Team North America's only victory Friday evening, giving his squad a 10.5 to 7.5 advantage in the race to 30.5 points at the Continental Cup.

Brazil was never going to beat Canada in a best-of-five curling series. It was never really about that, anyway.

Mikael Backlund had an empty-net goal and a pair of assists, helping lift the Calgary Flames to their sixth straight victory with a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

Sven Baertschi sparked a four-goal second period for Vancouver, Jacob Markstrom had 27 saves and the Canucks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Friday night.

Billie Jean King thinks one of the main venues at the Australian Open should be renamed because of Margaret Court's comments about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

From wacky workouts to doting parents balancing their training while raising a family, competitors are fine-tuning their sporting skills and showing off the character, grit and - sometimes - glamour it takes to do it.

Cassie Sharpe dominated en route to ski halfpipe gold at the World Cup in Snowmass, Colo., on Friday.

The Canadian and USA women's hockey teams will continue the narrative of their long-standing rivalry this February at PyeongChang 2018. Will the Americans finally be able to stop Canada's Olympic run?