The Dallas Wings hired Chris Koclanes as the franchise's new head coach, the team announced Monday. He has more than a decade of experience as an assistant coach in the WNBA and Division 1 women's basketball.
Major league star Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company, capping 2024 by winning The Associated Press male athlete of the year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. He trails only four-time winners Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and LeBron James.
U.S. Open doubles champion Max Purcell has entered a voluntary provisional suspension under tennis' anti-doping rules.
Hundreds of Detroit Lions fans crowded into London's Canada Life Place on Sunday as part of a watch party event organized by the team.
New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe was suspended for eight games by NHL's Department of Player Safety on Sunday for boarding and elbowing Dallas Stars defenceman Miro Heiskanen on Friday night.
Taylor Heise's fourth round shootout goal turned out to be the difference as the Minnesota Frost defeated New York Sirens 4-3 Sunday in New Jersey.
Lindsey Vonn lost a chance to improve her ranking when the second race of her World Cup skiing comeback at age 40 was cancelled on Sunday due to strong winds and poor visibility.
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball's stolen base king, has died at 65. Henderson was part of two World Series-winning teams, including the 1993 championship with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Two Canadian skiers have landed on the World Cup podium in freestyle halfpipe. Calgary's Brendan Mackay was a silver medallist in the men's event behind victor Alex Ferreira of the United States at Copper Mountain, Colo.
Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men's rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones.
FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S.
Lille forward Jonathan David, Nice defender Moise Bombito and Celtic fullback Alistair Johnston are the men's finalists for Canada Soccer Player of the Year. On the women's side, the award is down to midfielder Jessie Fleming of the NWSL Portland Thorns, Lyon defender Vanessa Gilles and Roma striker Evelyne Viens.
Centre Brayden Yager has been named captain of Canada's team for the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Ottawa.
Porter Martone and Matthew Schaefer have won together. They've also battled on opposite sides. The pair are now eyeing gold for Canada at the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Ottawa.
No Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball player will wear Caitlin Clark's No. 22 again as it will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Iowa athletic department announced Wednesday.
Forward Kevin He has agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets, making him the first Chinese-born player to sign an NHL contract.
Maven Maurer, who grew up in Saskatoon, is a Grey Cup winner who the CFL says is the first former player to be publicly out as transgender. She says it's a scary time to be vocal about her identity, but she's doing so anyway to help other vulnerable transgender people.
The Canadian men's team will be part of the Vancouver Sevens, competing in an invitational event in conjunction with the HSBC SVNS stop in February.
Two Saskatchewan men are hoping to recoup thousands of dollars they say were lost in an online hockey card deal.
Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a PGA of America program that gives each player a $200,000 US stipend and $300,000 to distribute to charity.
Edmonton's Katherine Plouffe scored 11 points, including the winning basket in overtime, as Canada defeated the U.S. 19-18 to win the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Italy's Sofia Goggia made a stirring return to competition as she won the women's super-G in Beaver Creek, Colorado on Sunday for her 25th World Cup victory in only her second race since breaking her right leg in February.
Two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, punctuating a tireless performance all season by a dynamic player with a unique combination of skills.
Mikaela Shiffrin is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Thursday night to clean out a puncture wound she received in a giant slalom crash two weeks ago.
Austria's Cornelia Huetter claimed the first ever women's World Cup downhill event held on the formidable Birds of Prey course on Saturday in Beaver Creek, Colorado where Lindsey Vonn tested the track ahead of her comeback next week.
Adam Johnson made as big an impression off the ice as he did on it for the Nottingham Panthers. The U.K. hockey team officially retired Johnson's No. 47 jersey on Saturday in tribute to the American forward who died after his neck was cut by an opponent's skate during a game over a year ago.
The club's owners, Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett and Steve Nash, said in a statement that they had retained investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise them on sale and transition options.
As the newly-named host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, Saudi Arabia says it will construct or renovate 15 stadiums, create a futuristic city and expand airports in a massive buildout to accommodate millions of athletes, coaches and spectators.
The Canadian men faced elite opposition in 2024 and can expect more of the same next year in the lead-up to co-hosting the World Cup in 2026, says coach Jesse Marsch.
Lindsey Vonn will return to World Cup ski racing next weekend for a pair of super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, as she continues her comeback at 40 years old.
The Paris Olympics says it was far less polluting than recent Games but is not claiming to have been "carbon neutral" despite funding projects to compensate for its emissions.
The Toronto Raptors have signed guard AJ Lawson to a two-way contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday.
Calgary's Cavalry FC will head south to Mexico in February to face one of that country's biggest soccer clubs in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
All-star left-hander Garrett Crochet was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday for four prospects: catcher Kyle Teel, infielder Chase Meidroth, right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez and outfielder Braden Montgomery.
The Canadian women's rugby team is headed to the Southern Hemisphere in May to defend its Pacific Four Series title. The second-ranked Canadians will face No. 3 New Zealand on May 17 in Christchurch and No. 5 Australia on May 24 in Brisbane.
NBA Hall of Famers Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are among 10 limited partners who have joined the Buffalo Bills' ownership group.
Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says the prostate cancer he thought had been eliminated by radiation has returned and spread.
Sixteen mixed doubles curling teams, including 2019 world championship silver medallists Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant, will compete later this month for the right to represent Canada at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
Swimmer Summer McIntosh has won the Northern Star Award as Canada's athlete of the year after a dominant performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Felix Auger-Aliassime and doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski were named Tennis Canada's players of the year on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 29 from Montreal, was also named men's singles player of the year. Dabrowski, from Ottawa, also took the nod as women's doubles player of the year.
A FIFA economic impact assessment estimates the 2026 FIFA World Cup will contribute up to $3.8 billion in "positive economic output" for Canada as a host nation.
Anastasia Bucsis is our host and Rob Snoek and Brittany Maclean have the call of all the day's races as CBC's live coverage of the Day 1 evening session begins at 11:20 a.m. ET.
CBC Sports' daily newsletter brings you up to speed on what happened this weekend in Olympic sports, including another seven medals for Canada's short track speed skaters.
The Philadelphia Phillies and two-time all-star Jordan Romano are in agreement on a one-year deal worth $7.75 million US, ESPN and The Athletic reported Monday.
Lindsey Vonn finished 24th and 19th in two super-G races Sunday as she attempts a comeback at the age of 40.
The Swiss superstar paced the field with a final score of 1:09.41 during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup stop in Beaver Creek.
Australia, fresh off a fifth straight title in Dubai, downed Canada 26-10 in pool play at the Cape Town Sevens on Saturday to advance to the semifinals in South Africa.
Watch the men's super G competition from the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup stop in Beaver Creek.
Lionel Messi of Inter Miami is Major League Soccer's MVP after factoring into a league-high 36 goals - scoring 20, assisting on 16 others — for the highest rate per 90 minutes in MLS history.
Canadian freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury continued his perfect start to the World Cup moguls season with a gold medal Friday in Idre Fjäll Sweden. Teammate Maïa Schwinghammer earned her first individual World Cup podium in the event with bronze.
