London Knights give players more courses on sexual violence awareness than OHL requires

The London Knights have increased sexual violence prevention training, adding courses and seminars on top of the required Ontario Hockey League course, saying the team is committed to educating players. 

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Siakam's 31-point double-double helps VanVleet-less Raptors rout Hawks

Pascal Siakam had 31 points and 12 rebounds and the Raptors routed Atlanta 139-109 on Monday, Toronto's seventh consecutive win over the Hawks at Scotiabank Arena.

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A's 'prudent' to explore Las Vegas ballpark option, MLB commissioner says

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the Oakland Athletics made a good decision to explore a possible new ballpark in Las Vegas, expressing frustration their stadium situation remains unsolved in an industry just shy of $11 billion US in revenue this year.

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B.C. extends bar hours for 2022 World Cup

Bars and pubs in B.C. can stay open longer during the FIFA World Cup 2022 to give fans extra time to enjoy the matches that will be held late at night or in the early morning hours.

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Status of women committee passes motion for study on safety in sport

The standing committee on the status of women unanimously passed a motion Monday in Ottawa to undertake a study on the safety of women and girls in sport.

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Ukraine soccer body asks FIFA to consider excluding Iran from World Cup

The Ukrainian soccer federation on Monday urged FIFA to remove Iran from the World Cup next month, alleging human rights violations and supplying the Russian military with weapons.

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Yellowknife kickboxing coach guides Canadian youth team to best finish at world championship

A Yellowknife boxing coach led a national team to a tournament in Italy last month. 

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Forge FC defeats Atletico Ottawa to claim 3rd CPL title

A first-half goal from Alessandro Hojabrpour and a second-half insurance marker from David Choiniere was enough to lift Forge FC to a 2-0 win over Atletico Ottawa Sunday in the Canadian Premier League final in Ottawa.

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Johnson leads team to season-ending LIV win capping $35M US year in prize money

The victory capped a monster earnings year for Dustin Johnson, by far the biggest money winner in the first year of LIV. Including his $18 million US for winning the season-long individual title, Johnson finished with $35,637,767 in earnings.

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Fajardo reflects on possible end to time as a Rider after season-ending loss

Fajardo watched from the sidelines as the backup quarterback to Mason Fine on Saturday night as the Riders lost their last regular season game 36-10.

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Nicholas Bennett sets Para-swimming world record in 200m freestyle S14 event

Para-swimmer Nicholas Bennett continued his banner season Sunday at the FINA World Cup in Toronto, lowering the world record — pending ratification — in the men's 200-metre freestyle S14 to one minute 51.40 seconds.

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CBC Sports: ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup - Montreal

Get caught up on all the short track speed skating action from Montreal, Canada at the ISU World Cup event being held at the Aréna Maurice-Richard.

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Auger-Aliassime earns 3rd straight ATP Tour title, beating Holger Rune in Swiss final

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Denmark's Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday for his third consecutive ATP Tour title. Fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov fell short of winning his first title of the year, losing to Daniil Medvedev in Vienna.

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Tiger-Cats roll past Redblacks for 4th straight win to close out regular season

With a 23-16 win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats wrapped up their CFL regular season on a four-game winning streak.

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Hockey Night in Canada: Maple Leafs vs. Kings

Watch live on television and online on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET as the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Los Angeles Kings on Hockey Night in Canada.

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Alouettes hold off Argonauts to win regular-season finale

Cole Spieker caught six passes for 105 yards and a touchdown to lead the Montreal Alouettes to a 38-33 win against the Argonauts in the regular-season finale on Saturday at BMO Field in Toronto.

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Steven Dubois collects short track silver for Canada at World Cup opener in Montreal

Canadian speed skater Steven Dubois, the reigning men's Olympic 1,500-metre silver medallist from Quebec, delivered the same result at the season-opening short track World Cup on Saturday in Montreal.

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CBC Sports: ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup - Montreal

Watch some of the best short track speed skaters in the world will be in Montreal, Canada to take part in this ISU World Cup event being held at the Aréna Maurice-Richard.

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Phillies erase 5-run deficit, stun Astros in 10th inning to win World Series opener

J.T. Realmuto homered in the 10th inning and the Philadelphia Phillies, saved by right fielder Nick Castellanos' sliding catch, rallied past the Houston Astros 6-5 Friday night in the World Series opener.

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Canucks rout Penguins for 1st home win of season

Bo Horvat put up a pair of power-play points and the Vancouver Canucks collected their first home win of the season, topping the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Friday night.

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Blue Bombers spoil Rourke's return, defeat Lions for franchise-record 15th win of season

Zach Collaros threw two touchdown passes to help the Blue Bombers post a franchise-best 15th victory with a 24-9 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday in Winnipeg.

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Canada Soccer releases statement on workers' rights, inclusivity in World Cup host Qatar

Canada Soccer added its voice Friday to the push for greater workers' rights and inclusivity in Qatar as the country prepares to host next month's FIFA World Cup.

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OUA Women's Rugby Final

The best women's teams in Ontario will go head to head to see who gets top honours at this year's OUA Women's Rugby Final.

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Phillies manager Rob Thomson's Ontario hometown gearing up for World Series celebration

Many in the southwestern Ontario town of Corruna will be watching and celebrating when Rob Thomson takes the field with the Philadelphia Phillies Friday night to become the first Canadian to manage a team in the World Series.

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NWSL awards: Thorns' Sophia Smith named MVP, Wave's Kailen Sheridan named Goalkeeper of the Year

Portland Thorns FC forward Sophia Smith has been named the 2022 National Women's Soccer League Most Valuable Player.

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Canada's Keegan Messing had dreamed of being world's 1st to land quad axel

Canada's Keegan Messing once dreamed about being history's first to land the most difficult jump in figure skating, but the 30-year-old said age caught up with him.

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Four former athletes file $5.5-million lawsuit against Water Polo Canada

Four former members of the national water polo team have filed a $5.5-million lawsuit against Water Polo Canada.

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Dominant Felix Auger-Aliassime sails into Swiss Indoors quarters

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 at the hardcourt event.

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Veteran Canadian flanker Karen Paquin savours 1 more Rugby World Cup adventure

For the 35-year-old Karen Paquin, the Rugby World Cup is the latest step on a rich rugby journey that has taken her to three World Cups, two Olympics and one Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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Nugent-Hopkins scores 200th career NHL goal to lift Oilers over Blues

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career NHL goal to break a tie in the third period, Stuart Skinner stopped 37 shots, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Blues 3-1 Wednesday night in St. Louis.

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Raptors president Ujiri fined $35k US after incident with official in game vs. Heat

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri has been fined $35,000 US for an incident that occurred during Toronto's 112-109 loss to the Heat on Saturday in Miami.

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Canadian sailor Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90

Canadian skipper Mike Birch, who won the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race by 98 seconds, has died, the event's organizers said Wednesday. He was 90.

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Canada's Auger-Aliassime overcomes Huesler to advance at Swiss Indoors

Third-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime beat 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 Swiss wild-card entry Marc-Andrea Huesler at the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday.

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Toronto Maple Leafs give big to Port aux Basques in kind gesture and donation to Fiona relief fund

The Toronto Maple Leafs sent a care package to the town of Port aux Basques with team swag as its way of showing support for the community hard hit last month by post-tropical storm Fiona.

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Canada's Eugenie Bouchard loses 3-set heartbreaker at Abierto Tampico in Mexico

Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal suffered a tough loss Tuesday night to Renata Zarazua of Mexico City in the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico tournament.

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Russian Olympic athletes remain banned — but for how long?

CBC Sports' daily newsletter covers the state of Russian and Belarussian athlete bans as various winter Olympic sports begin their seasons.

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Shapovalov posts rare 1st-round win in Vienna, downing Austria's Jurij Rodionov

Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., advanced to the second round of Vienna Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jurij Rodionov of Austria on Tuesday.

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Lake Louise to host women's downhill opener after warm weather wipes out Swiss stop

The start of alpine's World Cup downhill season reverts to Lake Louise, Alta., with the cancellation of European races in Zermatt-Cervinia on Nov. 5-6 due to "unseasonably warm" conditions in Switzerland and Italy.

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Bryan Trottier reflects on his journey from small-town Saskatchewan boy to 7-time NHL champion

The NHL Hall of Famer says he never felt like an outcast within his parents' communities as a kid. But he still heard and saw discrimination against Indigenous peoples, even at the hockey rink.

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U Sports championships loom for fall sports football, rugby and soccer

While fall-season sports are getting their respective playoff schedules underway, regular-season play in winter sports such as volleyball and basketball and men's ice hockey are just getting underway.

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Golden Knights pull away from Leafs in 3rd period as Kessel ties 'iron man' record

Phil Kessel matched the NHL record for consecutive games played, Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Monday night.

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More athletes lacing up to play soccer in Sudbury, Ont., local group says

More people in Sudbury, Ont., are signing up to play soccer and a local organization says lower registration fees paired with a new sports facility could be behind the uptick.

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Barnes-less Raptors rally in final frame to take down Heat

Fred VanVleet scored 24 points, Pascal Siakam added 23 and the Toronto Raptors rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 98-90 on Monday night and split their two-game trip to South Florida.

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Weekend Olympic sports recap: The Quad God delivers

CBC Sports' daily newsletter catches you up on the best performances in Olympic sports over the weekend, including American teenager Ilia Malinin's stunning victory at Skate America.

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'Right person to lead us:' Bruce Bochy managing Rangers team he beat in World Series

Bruce Bochy has won a World Series in Texas, something the Rangers haven't done. Now he is coming out of a three-year retirement in hopes of getting the home team back there.

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Russian hurdler Natalya Antyukh stripped of 2012 Olympic victory for doping

Russian runner Natalya Antyukh was disqualified on Monday from her 400-metre hurdles win at the 2012 London Olympics for doping, and Lashinda Demus of the United States is set to be upgraded to the gold medal.

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NBA suspends Heat's Martin, Jovic 1 game for scuffle during win over Raptors

Caleb Martin's scuffle with Christian Koloko will keep him out of the Miami-Toronto rematch on Monday night.

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Canada's Reyes wins gold, El Nahas claims bronze at judo Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi

Canadian judoka Kyle Reyes topped the podium in the men's under-100 kilogram division at the Grand Slam event in Abu Dhabi on Sunday for the first Grand Slam gold medal of his career. Fellow Canadian Shady El Nahas won bronze in the same division.

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Philadelphia Phillies reach World Series — and a Canadian is managing them

Bryce Harper slugged his fifth homer of the post-season, a two-run blast in the eighth inning that turned Citizens Bank Park into a madhouse, and the $330 million US slugger powered the Philadelphia Phillies past the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday and into the World Series for the first the time since 2009.

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Panthers stun Brady, Buccaneers as Tampa Bay drops below .500

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell below .500 with a stunning 21-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers, who won their second game of the season Sunday despite playing with a third-string quarterback and interim head coach.

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