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Will the Pittsburgh Penguins create a dynasty with a third straight Stanley Cup, or will Winnipeg or Toronto break Canada's 25-year championship drought? They are just a few of the compelling storylines for this year's post-season.

A pair of own goals by Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas helped Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 in the opening leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.

The Toronto Blue Jays have placed first baseman Kendrys Morales on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring.

Aaron Sanchez lost his no-hit bid when Baltimore's Tim Beckham led off the eighth inning with a sharp grounder through the legs of third baseman Josh Donaldson, and Curtis Granderson hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth to carry the Toronto Blue Jays over the Orioles 2-1 on Tuesday night.

In the wake of last week's horrific bus crash that killed 15 members and staff of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, grieving has been raw. But for former NHLer and bus-crash survivor Sheldon Kennedy, support of the players, families and community must continue.

The Eastern Conference No. 1 seed Tampa Bay Lightning are hoping Steve Stamkos can play in Game 1 of their series against New Jersey after he missed four of the last seven regular-season games with a nagging lower-body injury.

Tim Hortons has apologized for a "misunderstanding" after a Halifax-area franchisee reportedly sold doughnuts in the Humboldt Broncos' colours without intending to donate the proceeds to the team.

Canada's Dylan Moscovitch retired from competitive pairs figure skating Tuesday, ending a decade-long career that included six appearances at the world championships and a silver medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Philipp Grubauer will start Thursday's Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the Washington Capitals against Columbus over Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Braden Holtby. Grubauer started 10 of the final 16 games of the regular season.

The Tokyo Olympics can't come soon enough for Canadian swimming after 17-year-old phenom Taylor Ruck matched a Commonwealth Games record with eight medals. But first there's an English exam to pass.

Ruck's silver in the 4x100m medley relay was her 8th medal of the Games, tying the all-time single Commonwealth record.

High performance director John Atkinson passes on the thoughts and prayers of the Swimming Canada athletes to everybody involved in the Humboldt Broncos tragedy

Ottawa businessman Jeff Hunt, one of the key figures in revitalizing Lansdowne Park and bringing the CFL back to Ottawa, will step aside as Redblacks president at the end of the year.

Warner withdrew from the competition after unexpectedly failing to record a height in the pole vault event of the men's decathlon

Canada's men's and women's beach volleyball teams both advanced to the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games. Sam Pedlow and Sam Schachter won 2-0 over a pair from Cyprus, while Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan beat Scotland in straight sets.

Canadian teenage swimmer Taylor Ruck matched the record for most medals won at a single Commonwealth Games by any athlete when she reached the podium for the eighth time in Australia on Tuesday.

South Africa's highest court dismissed Oscar Pistorius' request to review the prison sentence on Monday, bringing a close to a five-year legal saga surrounding the man who was once one of the world's most celebrated athletes.

Canada defeated England 97-79 Tuesday to earn a berth in the men's basketball semifinals against New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. The Canadian women had already qualified for the semifinals and will play either England or Jamaica.

Canada advanced to the men's basketball semifinals with a 97-79 win over England on Tuesday at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins begin their quest for a third Stanley Cup title in a row on Wednesday, an achievement that hasn't been accomplished since the New York Islanders of the 1980s. Here is a glance at the first-round matchups in the Eastern Conference:

For 11 years, Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion achieved great success on the Olympic and world championship stages. With her longtime teammate now retired for more than a year, Benfeito is finding a lot to like about her newer partnership with Caeli McKay.

Damian Warner's bid to defend his decathlon title at the Commonwealth Games took a nose dive Tuesday when he failed to clear a height in the pole vault, but Canada's medal hopes were salvaged when unheralded Pierce LePage took silver.

Canadian Damian Warner's bid to defend his decathlon title at the Commonwealth Games took a nose dive Tuesday when he failed to clear a height in the pole vault.

Canadian Damian Warner's bid to defend his decathlon title at the Commonwealth Games took a nose dive Tuesday when he failed to clear a height in the pole vault.

Steve Pearce homered in a third successive game, Josh Donaldson tacked on a ninth-inning grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Monday night before 7,915 fans, the lowest paid crowd in Camden Yards history.

Jonas Valanciunas scored 25 points, and the Toronto Raptors scored the first 13 points of the fourth quarter before holding on for a 108-98 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.

Canada's Damian Warner, an Olympic medallist in the decathlon, aces his track trivia test with CBC's Anson Henry.

Canada's 400m hurdles star Sage Watson, from Medicine Hat, Alta. tries her hand at same track trivia with CBC's Anson Henry.

Toronto's Nazem Kadri calls the playoff series loss to Boston the toughest moment of his career. His young teammates, Mitch Marner and Connor Brown, think of it as one of their toughest moments as fans.