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The world short-track speed skating championships will be the last hurrah for the old guard of the Canadian team, with one exception — 33-year-old Charles Hamelin.

Brian McKeever from Canmore, Alta. made history at PyeongChang 2018 when he become Canada's most decorated Paralympian.

British Columbia is at odds with a bid to bring the FIFA World Cup games to North America.

The pressure will be on four para ice hockey teams playing in the two semifinal games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre. The action begins at 11 p.m. ET with Canada taking on South Korea.

Lionel Messi scored his 99th and 100th goals in the Champions League to send Barcelona through to the quarter-finals for the 11th straight season with a 3-0 win over Chelsea on Wednesday.

31-year-old Joar Ulsom was the first to reach the finish line in Nome, Alaska, early Wednesday morning.

Free agency among Canada's top curling teams picked up steam with another team announcing changes Wednesday.

Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe, who has earned 49 caps for Canada and helped the women's team claim Olympic bronze in Rio, is looking to win a job with the Calgary Foothills FC men's soccer team.

Greece could be expelled from international soccer competitions because of widespread violence, a FIFA representative said Wednesday. League officials will draft a declaration against violence by March 23.

Canadian para hockey player Dominic Cozzolino idolizes Joe Sakic and always dreamed of following his hero into the NHL. A check from behind ruined that dream, but the opportunity of competing at the Paralympics has the Mississauga, Ont., native thinking big again.

Beat Feuz finished ahead of Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal to win the season-long World Cup downhill title Wednesday in Are, Sweden.

Sofia Goggia followed up her Olympic downhill gold medal by claiming the season-long World Cup title in the discipline on Wednesday in Are, Sweden.

Nearly four years and 36 World Cup appearances later, the decision to switch from alpine to ski cross is finally paying dividends for Toronto's Kevin Drury.

CBC Sports' Lauren Woolstencroft spoke with 17-year-old Natalie Wilkie of Salmon Arm, B.C. after she won a bronze medal in the women's cross-country 1.5 km standing sprint.

CBC Sports' Josh Dueck spoke with 18-year-old Alexis Guimond from Gatineau, Quebec after he won a bronze medal in the men's para alpine giant slalom standing event.

Watch Paralympic curling round robin coverage as Canada faces Slovakia in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Here's a quick recap of all the important Paralympic news you might have missed overnight and what's to come later today.

As this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament tips off, Canada will be well represented again as the country's wave of young talent continues to put its stamp on U.S. college hoops.

Brian McKeever has done just about everything possible in para nordic skiing. While Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian isn't finished competing yet, he's already excited about what the next generation of Canadians has to offer.

Canada's Brian McKeever won gold in the 1.5-kilometre cross-country sprint visually impaired final at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Watch Paralympic Alpine skiing coverage of the men's adn women's standing, sitting and visually impaired giant slalom - second runs, from Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Sebastian Giovinco scored as Toronto FC lost to Mexico's Tigres UANL 3-2 in a wild game on Tuesday but advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League on aggregate goals.

Mike Smith made 28 saves and Johnny Gaudreau had the winner as the Calgary Flames edged the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 on Tuesday night, ending a seven-game losing streak against their provincial rival.

Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne stopped 32 of 33 shots, and the Predators pulled away for a 3-1 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena.

Mike Hoffman scored two goals and six other Ottawa players had multipoint games as the Senators beat Tampa Bay 7-4 on Tuesday night, ending the Lightning's 10-game streak without a regulation loss.

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens snapped their five-game losing skid with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens snapped their five-game losing skid with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

Jonas Valanciunas carried Eastern Conference-leading Toronto on an off night for stars DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry as the Raptors earned their ninth straight win with a 116-102 victory over the Nets on Tuesday night in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Watch Paralympic cross-country skiing coverage of the men's and women's 1.1km sprint - sitting and 1.5km sprint classic - standing and visually impaired, in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Watch Paralympic Alpine skiing coverage of the men's and women's standing, sitting and visually impaired giant slalom - first runs, from Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Canadian Milos Raonic has advanced to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 win over Joao Sousa of Portugal on Tuesday.

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els are the next Presidents Cup captains for the 2019 matches in Australia.