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Rene Bourque, 36, hopes to cap his professional hockey playing career with Olympic gold. The former NHL journeyman has three goals in two games heading into Team Canada's final preliminary-round match.

Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists as the Ottawa Senators defeated the New York Rangers 6-3 on Saturday.

If the Olympic Athletes from Russia are to have any chance of upsetting the Canadian women's hockey team, they'll have to find some way of slowing the Canucks' red-hot offence.

At Saturday's midway point of the Winter Games, Canada is on track to break its record medal haul of 26, set in Vancouver 2010.

The Canadian men hockey team will look to bounce back from its shootout loss to the Czech Republic when it plays its final group game against South Korea on Sunday morning.

Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash and fellow star point guard Jason Kidd, Grant Hill and Ray Allen are among the 13 finalists for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Big air is about as straightforward a name as it gets for a sport, but that's where the simplicity ends as boarders only have one shot to showcase their creativity and skill. Here's everything you need to know to instantly become a big air expert.

There are plenty of messages of love and laughter following the death of a longtime hockey enforcer, who was "more of a Newfoundlander" than most.

Bobsleigh has evolved from a way to entertain wealthy tourists in Switzerland to an intense Olympic event that simultaneously demands brute strength, split-second timing and acute attention to detail. Here's everything you need to know to instantly become a bobsleigh expert.

After their shocking 0-3 start to the Olympics, Canadian skip Rachel Homan and her teammates went behind closed doors for a heart-to-heart, then looked like a new team in Saturday's much-needed 11-3 trouncing of the United States.

The NBA's best players have arrived in Hollywood for a star-studded all-star weekend.

Not many snowboarders can slap on a pair of borrowed skis and go on to win a super-G Olympic gold medal, but that's exactly what Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka did on Saturday in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Watch action from the Red Bull Crashed Ice event from Marseille, France.

Elisabeth Vathje saved her best performance for her final run Saturday in women’s skeleton, but it wasn't enough to reach the podium as the Calgarian placed ninth at the Olympics in Pyeonchang, South Korea.

Rachel Homan and her Canadian squad were in desperate need of a win after opening round-robin play with three straight losses at the Gangneung Curling Centre.

Canadian short-track speed skaters won a pair of medals at the Pyeongchang Games on Saturday, with Samuel Girard winning gold in the 1,000-metre and Kim Boutin taking the bronze in the 1,500.

All it took was a strategically placed tweet and then a flood of support came to help book Canadian rock band the Arkells a ticket to play for Team Canada in South Korea.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia team trounced Switzerland 6-2 in an entertaining clash at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Saturday to book a spot in the semi-finals of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey has pulled out of Sunday's 4x10 kilometre relay at the Winter Games.

On Jan. 11, Philippe Marquis crashed in a training run for the Deer Valley World Cup. He tore the ACL in his left knee and immediately thought his season was over, his Olympic dream dead. Three weeks later, he was competing for Canada in Pyeongchang.

Here's a quick recap of all the important Olympic news you might have missed overnight, and a look at what's still to come later today.

Japanese figure skating icon Yuzuru Hanyu cemented his legacy by winning back-to-back gold medals, while American star Nathan Chen gave fans a glimpse of what's to come by landing a record six quads during his long program.

Niklas Edin curled a near-perfect game against Canada as Sweden stole three points in the match to beat the three-time defending Olympic champions 5-2 at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

While the names changed, the result remained the same. Nearly 20 years after losing in the famed shootout at the 1998 Olympics, Canada suffered the same fate to the same team, losing 3-2 in another agonizing shootout loss to the Czech Republic in Group A action.

Jamaica's first women's bobsleigh squad almost lost the chance to compete when their coach quit and took their sled with her. But beer company Red Stripe brewed up a plan to get them back on track at the Olympics in Pyeongchang.

The Czech Republic defeated Canada 3-2 in a shootout at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The victory comes nearly 20 years after the Czechs' memorable shootout win over Canada at the 1998 Olympics.

Switzerland won gold and silver in women's ski slopestyle at the Olympics in Pyeongchang on Saturday.

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu defended his Olympic title in Pyeongchang on Saturday, becoming the first male in 66 years to repeat as champion.

Canadian Olympic sprinter Andre De Grasse had 17 points and six rebounds at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday. Justin Bieber wasn't able to duplicate his MVP performance from the 2011 game, finishing with four points and two rebounds.

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic has made a stunning run from back in the pack to take the Olympic super-G title, with a mistake costing Lindsey Vonn a spot on the podium.

Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele each had three-point games as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Colorado Avalanche 6-1 on Friday.

There will be a new champion in the women's ski slopestyle event. Canada's Dara Howell, the reigning Olympic champion, was unable to land the final jump on her second run and finished 21st with a score of 32.00.

Forward Mikael Backlund decided not to test free agency this summer and re-signed a multi-year contract extension with the Calgary Flames.

Both ESPN and Fox are reportedly pursuing Peyton Manning to be their primetime game analyst this season.

Tiger Woods is playing the Honda Classic, his third PGA Tour start as he tries to build up his game for the Masters. It will be the first time since 2014 that Woods plays at PGA National Golf Club.