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Calgary has support if it chooses to form a bid corporation for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

John Gibbons never had to worry much when Roy Halladay was on the mound. Until it came time to take his star pitcher out the game, anyway.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets will be the only Canadian teams in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs. But which one has the better shot of ending Canada's 25-year championship drought?

Canada's Kia Nurse has been named NCAA Division I defensive player of the year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Jason Kidd, Victoria's Steve Nash and Grant Hill have each been notified that they will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to a report from ESPN.

Injury-prone Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will have surgery on Monday to repair bilateral heel bone spurs that forced him to start the season on the 60-day disabled list.

Injury-prone Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will open the regular season on the 60-day disabled list with bilateral heel bone spurs, the team announced before Thursday's season opener against the visiting New York Yankees.

The 2018 Toronto Blue Jays' home opener against the New York Yankees is now underway at Rogers Centre.

The 2018 Toronto Blue Jays' home opener against the New York Yankees is now underway at Rogers Centre.

Hockey officials are hoping the mandatory, nationwide implementation of cross-ice hockey will reinvigorate the game at the youngest age levels.

Watch as the Toronto Wolfpack continue play in English rugby league’s second tier as they take on the Featherstone Rovers on Friday.

If there was such thing as a broken body, alpine skier Jan Hudec would fit the bill. He's had 14 surgeries, including eight on his right knee. But through it all, Hudec won Olympic bronze and world championship silver and he couldn't be more at peace going into retirement.

Milan and Turin are combining to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) sent a letter of intent to the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, stating its plans.

Nicknamed "Le Grand Orange" by Montreal Expos fans for his shock of red hair, he was one of the most popular players in the team's history.

Nicknamed "Le Grande Orange" by Montreal fans for his shock of red hair, he was one of the most popular players in Expos history.

In just a couple of months mixed doubles curling has gone from being an unknown quantity for Canadian curling fans to the talk of the sport, especially among some of the best in the game.

Juan Martin del Potro rallied to beat Canadian Milos Raonic 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3) in the late Miami Open match Wednesday in a slugfest that lasted nearly three hours.

As Australia deals with a nationwide scandal in cricket, the country's Gold Coast prepares to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will feature Summer Olympic stars like Penny Oleksiak, Yohan Blake and the Fijian rugby sevens squad.

Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to 10 games as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Wednesday to set a new franchise record for wins in a season with 46.

LeBron James has tied one of Michael Jordan's most impressive records with his 866th consecutive game with at least 10 points.

It had been everything Selena and Karsten Sturmay dreamed about while growing up in Leduc — playing in a national curling championship with the right to wear the maple leaf at an international event.

The NHL announced lottery odds for the 2018 draft, and they contain good news for the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators if the season were to end Wednesday.

Jamal Murray's NBA classroom has been the basketball court, and he's proving to be a fast learner. In just his second season in the league, the barely 21-year-old Canadian has been tasked with taking the Denver Nuggets to the playoffs.