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Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Greenfield Park, Que., are in second place after Wednesday's short dance at the world junior figure skating championships.

​Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala scored twice inside three minutes as Juventus stunned Tottenham to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is the most admired and appreciated player in the NHL, judging from the 2017-18 NHLPA Player Poll.

Wednesday's qualifying draw for the new CONCACAF Nations League has Canada playing the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts & Nevis, and French Guiana in the buildup to the 2019 debut of the competition showcasing teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Goals by Janine Beckie and Ashley Lawrence lifted Canada to a 2-0 victory over Japan and fifth place at the 12-team Algarve Cup on Wednesday in Parchal, Portugal.

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed pitcher Tyler Clippard to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training.

CBC and Radio-Canada will offer more than 600 hours of coverage of the Paralympic Winter Games, starting Friday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where Canada’s 55 athletes will go for gold.

Ontario's John Epping continued to impress in his first Canadian men's curling championship appearance, posting his sixth straight win with an 8-4 victory over Steve Laycock's Saskatchewan rink in Wednesday's afternoon draw at the Tim Hortons Brier.

Defending Brier champion Brad Gushue suffered his first loss at the Canadian men's curling championship on Wednesday in Regina, falling 10-7 to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in the morning draw.

Brendan Bottcher finished the final day of round-robin play at the Canadian men's curling championship with a 9-2 win over Wild Card Mike McEwen on Wednesday to earn the No. 1 seed entering the next round of play

Assailants in South Africa attacked a top national triathlete who was cycling to a training session and cut into his legs with a blunt saw, causing severe injuries, an athletic director said Wednesday.

The Canadian ice dance pair finished the short dance with a score of 62.39, good enough for 2nd place at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Just a few weeks ago, Sébastien Toutant won Olympic gold in the first-ever big air snowboarding competition at the Winter Games. But it wasn't until he arrived home to Repentigny, Que., that Toutant realized the magnitude of his accomplishment.

For some Canadian athletes, this is their first time wearing the Canadian colours at the Paralympics. For others, like Para ice hockey captain Greg Westlake, this is old hat. But while this may seem routine, Westlake has a different perspective about all of this now.

Pairs Short Program - Sofia, Bulgaria

If the two strides back the Edmonton Oilers have taken this season weren’t enough for their fans to deal with, now they have to put up with how well Taylor Hall has played in the past two months.

He may be an Olympic gold medallist, an NBA all-star, and the face of the Toronto Raptors, but DeMar DeRozan has never experienced anything like the outpouring of support he's received since speaking publicly about his ongoing struggle with depression.

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medallist Yuzuru Hanyu will miss this month's world championships because of pain in his right ankle.

Ice Dance, Short Dance - Sofia, Bulgaria

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is denying a 2011 allegation of sexual assault after a weekly alternative newspaper in Oregon published details of a case that prosecutors didn't pursue, saying they didn't believe there was evidence to support the claim.

Taylor Hall extended his unofficial point-scoring streak to 26 games, Travis Zajac scored two power-play goals and the New Jersey Devils snapped a three-game skid with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

Patrik Laine got his fourth hat trick and set a career high with his 38th goal, lifting the Winnipeg Jets over the New York Rangers 3-0 on Tuesday night.

​DeMar DeRozan had 25 points as the Toronto Raptors rode a late fourth-quarter surge in a 106-90 win over the lowly Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.

Ice Cross Downhill one of the fastest and most exciting sports around. Rob Pizzo breaks down 5 things you need to know while watching racers fly down a sheet of ice on skates.

Cristiano Ronaldo punished Paris Saint-Germain's slack defending once again, scoring a powerful second-half header as Real Madrid cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-1 win on Tuesday.