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Freshman guard Jordan Poole squared up and drained a long three-pointer at the buzzer, giving third-seeded Michigan a heart-stopping 64-63 victory over No. 6 seed Houston in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night.

Kentucky put an end to any upset talk on its watch Saturday, getting 27 points and a near-perfect shooting game from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a 95-75 pullaway from 13th-seeded Buffalo.

The Blue Jays' starting infield Saturday was Clemens, Biggio, Bichette and Guerrero, with a Grudzielanek as the designated hitter and a Smith in left field. Talk about bloodlines for a group of Toronto prospects.

Jeisson Vargas scored four minutes before the intermission to lift the Montreal Impact to a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC in their Major League Soccer home opener Saturday.

Jeisson Vargas scored four minutes before the intermission to lift the Montreal Impact to a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC in their Major League Soccer home opener Saturday.

Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday.

Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina defeated Canada's Milos Raonic in straight sets to advance to the finals at Indian Wells on Sunday.

Roger Federer rallied to beat Borna Coric 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, extending his career-best start to 17-0 and putting him in the final of the BNP Paribas Open with a chance to win his record sixth title.

Canada's Jennifer Jones opened the women's world curling championship with an 11-5 victory over Anna Kubeskova of the Czech Republic on Saturday in North Bay, Ont.

Canada alternate Shannon Birchard was expecting to chat about the start of Saturday's opening game when she joined her teammates at ice level for the fifth-end break. Instead vice-skip Kaitlyn Lawes handed her a broom and asked if she wanted to make her world championship debut.

Canada alternate Shannon Birchard was expecting to chat about the start of Saturday's opening game when she joined her teammates at ice level for the fifth-end break. Instead vice-skip Kaitlyn Lawes handed her a broom and asked if she wanted to make her world championship debut.

Canadian Charles Hamelin won gold in the men's 1,500-metre event Saturday at the ISU world short-track speed skating championships in Montreal.

Canadian triple Olympic sprint medallist Andre De Grasse has withdrawn from next month's Commonwealth Games to concentrate on his fitness for the outdoor season, he said on Friday.

Canada's para ice hockey team looks for its first Paralympic gold since the 2006 Torino Games. The only thing left standing in its way is the U.S., the two-time defending Paralympic champions.

Canadian Ted-Jan Bloemen will finish atop the World Cup standings after earning a fifth-place result in the men's 5,000-metre long track race at the finals in Minsk, Belarus on Saturday.

Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin captured bronze in the women's 3,000-metre long track race at the World Cup finals in Minsk, Belarus on Saturday.

The New York Jets have acquired the No. 3 overall pick in the NFL draft from the Indianapolis Colts, moving up three spots in a sign that they intend to get one of the top quarterbacks available.

The World Cup ski cross season ended with a cancelled race on Saturday in Are, Sweden, but Canada will come away with some impressive overall results in 2017-18, including the Nations Cup for top overall team.

Overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin won her seventh slalom of the season at the World Cup finals on Saturday in Are, Sweden.

Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher won the season-ending men's World Cup giant slalom on Saturday for his 58th career victory.

Para nordic star Mark Arendz was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Arendz has won five medals so far at the Games, including a long-coveted biathlon gold and his first cross-country medals

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

It's a tad premature to call Natalie Wilkie the next Brian McKeever, but the 17-year-old cross-country skier announced her presence with her first-ever Paralympic gold medal, earning praise from the Canadian icon in the process.

The Canadian wheelchair curlers earned the nickname "The Comeback Kids" at the Paralympics. In a way the team had to come back one more time — from the devastation of not winning gold — rallying one last time to win bronze.

Evander Kane scored a career-high four goals to lead the San Jose Sharks to a crazy 7-4 victory over the Calgary Flames in NHL action Friday night in Calgary.

Canadian Olympic speedskaters Kim Boutin, Samuel Girard and Charles Hamelin all had a perfect day in qualifying at the world short track championships on Friday.

Mike Hoffman scored in overtime as Ottawa edged the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday and the Senators won their third game in a row for just the second time this season.

The Toronto Raptors needed a late fourth-quarter comeback and some overtime resilience to dispatch the pesky Dallas Mavericks 122-115 Friday night, tying their franchise record of 11 straight wins.

The 38-year-old of Canmore, Alta., raced to a rare "triple treble" — sweeping all three individual men's cross-country events for the third consecutive Winter Paralympics.

Sport is expensive. It's no secret the rising cost of sport makes participation impossible for many Canadian families. But within the Paralympic community, the cost of sport isn't the only preventative obstacle, access is an additional burden.

Watch Paralympic cross-country skiing finals featuring the men's 10km and women's 7.5km classic - standing and visually impaired and the men's 7.5km and women's 5km sitting, in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Calgary's city council is being asked to approve another $2.5 million for the formation of a bid corporation for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, bringing the city's total cost of bidding to $9.5 million if council approves the funds.

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

There are some moving parts to the Canadian entry at this edition of the world women's curling championship.

A person familiar with the negotiations says AL MVP Jose Altuve and the World Series champion Houston Astros have agreed to a contract that guarantees him an additional $151 million US over five seasons from 2020-24.