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A year after placing third in the men's ski slopestyle competition, Canada's Alex Beaulieu-Marchand fell just short of repeating the feat at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. on Sunday.

Canada has failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, upset 1-0 by Haiti in the third-place game Sunday at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship.

Michelle Englot's Team Canada rink earned its second straight win at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, edging Emilia Gagne of Quebec 6-5 in an extra end on Sunday.

It was another dominating performance for Manitoba's Jennifer Jones at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

The National Women's Soccer League confirmed Sunday that the Boston Breakers have closed shop. News of the demise of the franchise, home to Canadian internationals Allysha Chapman and Adriana Leon, first broke Thursday — on Chapman's 29th birthday.

CBC Sports Rob Pizzo and Signa Butler give their take on the Best of 10 Ski's and Boards.

Sam Edney helped Canada's luge relay team to a sixth-place finish Sunday in the final World Cup race of his career. The 33-year-old Edney had a solid run on the tricky 1,260-metre Latvian track to help the Canadians finish in two minutes 14.414 seconds, also solidifying a third-overall standing for the Canadian squad.

The Calgary Flames will reportedly waive forward Jaromir Jagr on Sunday.

Canadian Alex Harvey continued his strong season with a silver-medal performance in the 15-kilometre mass start free in Seefeld, Austria on Sunday.

Marcel Hirscher claimed his 55th World Cup victory by finishing well ahead of his rivals in Sunday's giant slalom, the last before the Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin ended her six-race winning streak in World Cup slaloms Sunday when she stunned her rivals by skiing off course with a lead of a full second in sight of the finish.

The IOC says it is "extremely worried" about the governance of Olympic boxing body AIBA, whose new interim president has been linked to organized crime by United States federal authorities.

​Roger Federer has won his 20th Grand Slam singles title with a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Marin Cilic in the Australian Open final.

Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski is an Australian Open champion.

Canada has earned another medal at the Sydney Sevens, just not the same colour as 2017.

Canada couldn't hang on to an early 10-point lead and fell 38-29 to Uruguay in a Rugby World Cup qualifying match Saturday.

Team Canada scored twice in both the eighth and ninth ends to down British Columbia 6-2 on Saturday during the opening draw of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Alberta's Casey Scheidegger kept it simple to begin the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a victory.

Remarkably, despite so many erratic shots, Tiger Woods still managed a 2-under 70 in his first weekend round on the PGA Tour in 29 months. He was in the middle of the pack going into the final round.

San Jose will host the 2019 NHL All-Star game. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the news before Saturday night's 2018 All-Star game skills competition.

Brooke Henderson birdied the par-5 18th hole and had a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Shanshan Feng on Saturday in the suspended second round of the wind-swept Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.