Auger-Aliassime to meet Medvedev in Qatar Open quarterfinals

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament Wednesday when second-round opponent Hamad Medjedovic withdrew with a right leg injury.

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One-handed Calgary Muay Thai fighter sees himself as 'a puzzle with missing pieces'

Jake Peacock, who was born without a right hand, has been waiting for a fight since winning a unanimous decision over Japanese bantamweight Kohei (Samurai Warrior) Shinjo in his debut in the promotion last April in Bangkok.

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Canada advances to face U.S. in final at 4 Nations Face-Off after holding off Finland

Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon scored 46 seconds apart in the first period, and Canada held on late to beat Finland 5-3 on Monday afternoon to set up a mouth-watering title game later this week against the United States in Boston.

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Alexandre Da Rocha, Canada's newly appointed women's futsal coach, is looking for talent

As the newly named, first-ever Canadian women's futsal coach, Da Rocha has to hold ID camps and choose a roster ahead of the inaugural CONCACAF Women's Futsal Championship in late April in Guatemala.

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Skrlik edges Sturmay in battle of Alberta teams at Tournament of Hearts

Kayla Skrlik defeated Selena Sturmay 6-5 in a key matchup of Alberta-based rinks on Monday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont.

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Khadija Shaw performs Black Power salute after goal for Manchester City following online racist abuse

Khadija `Bunny' Shaw bowed her head and raised a gloved fist after scoring a goal on her first start for Manchester City women's team since pulling out of the club because of racist abuse directed at her on social media.

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Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo smashes men's half-marathon world record, 1st to go under 57 minutes

Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo set a men's half-marathon word record on Sunday and also became the first runner to go under 57 minutes.

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Canada's Lotholz, Sieben win bronze in 2-woman bobsleigh at World Cup final

Canada's Melissa Lotholz and Skylar Sieben claimed bronze in their two-woman bobsleigh race at the final World Cup event of the season on Sunday in Lillehammer, Norway.

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Manitoba's Lawes routs provincial rival Cameron at Tournament of Hearts

Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes recovered from a tough loss at the Canadian women's curling championship with a 12-3 win over provincial rival Kate Cameron in Thunder Bay, Ont.

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Canada names women's team for Vancouver rugby 7s circuit

Canada has named an experienced lineup for the Vancouver stop of the HSBC SVNS circuit, with nine members of the squad that won silver at last summer's Paris Olympics.

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Canada's William Dandjinou clinches 1st career Crystal Globe in short track

Dandjinou finished fourth in a men's 500-metre event at World Cup short-track speeding event to capture the overall title. The 23-year-old from Montreal not only dethroned two-time champion Park Ji-won of Korea but became the first Canadian to earn the crown.

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Gilgeous-Alexander can inspire more Canadians at NBA All-Star Game

Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander can inspire a new generation of Canadian basketball players as the only Canadian playing in the NBA's All-Star Game. Mark Tatum, the deputy commissioner of the NBA, recently compared the impact Vince Carter and the Toronto Raptors have had on basketball in Canada to the potential Gilgeous-Alexander has to inspire more fans.

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Canada's Cynthia Appiah wins World Cup silver medal in monobob

Canada's Cynthia Appiah captured a silver medal in the final World Cup monobob race of the season on Saturday in Lillehammer, Norway.

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CAA Centre in Brampton, Ont. to stage new Canada Super 60 cricket league in July

The new Canada Super 60 cricket league will launch in July at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ont., organizers said Friday.

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With a packed PWHL schedule, is there still room for a Canada-U.S. Rivalry Series?

Players, staff say they still see a role for series against Canada's biggest on-ice rival. Team Canada will have 'training blocks' next season ahead of the Olympics in February 2026.

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Davies's recovery sets up possible Champions League clash with Canadian national teammate Johnston

The Champions League is the best club competition on Earth, and Canadian soccer fans have more reasons than ever to watch: Three members of the men's national team are playing in the knockout stages, reaching heights beyond dreams.

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'Human nature to think ahead': NHL stars focused on 4 Nations with Olympics looming

The NHL will return to the global sporting spectacle in 12 months at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in Italy. The 4 Nations — the United States, Sweden and Finland are also in the field — is the closest thing men's hockey has come to best-on-best since the 2016 World Cup.

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No women crack annual list of 100 highest-paid athletes topped by Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the list of the world's highest-paid athletes with total income of $260 million in 2024, according to sports industry news site Sportico, but there were no women in the top 100.

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Jets drop 4-time MVP Aaron Rodgers after 2 disappointing seasons

Aaron Rodgers' disappointing two-year stint with the New York Jets is over. And the team's only Super Bowl trophy is still standing by itself. The Jets announced Thursday they told the 41-year-old quarterback they are moving on without him next season.

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Injured Canada defenceman Shea Theodore out for rest of 4 Nations tournament

Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Shea Theodore will miss the remainder of the 4 Nations Face-Off after sustaining an upper-body injury while playing for Canada.

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Restrictions on trans athletes focus on exclusion, when participation should be the goal

The International Boxing Association's attempt to take the International Olympic Committee is about scapegoating vulnerable people while actively working against gender equity in sport.

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Former Blue Jays star slugger Bautista named to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

Former Toronto Blue Jays star slugger Jose Bautista is among the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2025. Joining Bautista are former major-league pitcher Erik Bedard, Women's National Team standout Amanda Asay and longtime Baseball Canada head coach and executive Greg Hamilton.

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Guerrero Jr. future with Blue Jays among bevy of team's spring training storylines

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the homegrown face of the Toronto Blue Jays, is set to become a free agent this fall unless he signs a contract extension. Other question marks hover over the team, which opened spring training on Thursday in Florida.

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2008 Olympic champion Lamaze banned from equestrian until 2031 for breaking doping rules

Equestrian rider Eric Lamaze, an Olympic champion in 2008, has been banned from the sport until 2031 after a second four-year doping suspension was imposed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Australian soccer star Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment of police officer

Sam Kerr, one of the world's top female soccer players, was found not guilty Tuesday of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.

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Former Olympic champion Grospiron wants to revive 2030 Winter Games in France, claims event 'behind schedule'

Edgar Grospiron, the moguls Olympic champion in Albertville in 1992, is bidding to become president of the organizing committee for the 2030 Winter Olympics in France, saying the project is lagging behind schedule.

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B.C. bible college accused of mistreating trans player no longer hosting basketball provincials

An evangelical Mennonite bible college in British Columbia that has been accused of mistreating a transgender player says it will no longer be hosting the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball provincials.

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Sidney Crosby cleared to lead Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off after injury scare

Canada's captain Sidney Crosby for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament says he's overcome the upper-body injury that kept him out of the Pittsburgh Penguins' last two games.

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Track's proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others

Track and field moved toward adopting rules that would place athletes assigned female at birth but have higher testosterone levels, like Caster Semenya, under the same set of rules as transgender athletes who were born male and transitioned to female.

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Germany sweeps 2-woman World Cup medals, Canada's Lotholz and Walkeden 8th

Germany swept the medals again and Laura Nolte moved a big step closer to what would be her third consecutive overall World Cup title in a two-woman bobsled race on Sunday in Lillehammer, Norway.

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‘I don’t need to prove anything to anyone’: Lindsey Vonn reflects on her comeback to alpine skiing at worlds

CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux interviews American skier Lindsey Vonn following the women’s downhill run.

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Invictus Games 2025 kick off with star-studded opening ceremony in Vancouver

The 2025 Invictus Games for injured military and service personnel have kicked off in Vancouver with a star-studded opening ceremony featuring artists Katy Perry, Roxane Bruneau, Noah Kahan, Nelly Furtado and Coldplay's Chris Martin.

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Booing of The Star-Spangled Banner reignites debate on national anthems in sports

It's been a decades-long tradition in North America, but a Canadian professor of sport management says it might be time to re-examine the legitimacy of national anthems being played before games.

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Raptors see Ingram trade as 'incremental step' in rebuild, says GM Bobby Webster

It's not the type of trade rebuilding teams generally make. Yet the Toronto Raptors flipped the script on Thursday, sending the New Orleans Pelicans a 2026 first-round pick from Indiana, their own 2031 second-round pick and veterans Bruce Brown and Kelly Olynyk for pending free agent Brandon Ingram.

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Canadian luge team embracing 'home track advantage' at world championships

Calgary's Morse and Trinity Ellis of Pemberton, B.C., finished 11th in the mixed singles race Thursday, 0.914 seconds behind gold medallists Max Langenhan and Julia Taubitz of Germany. The pair tapped in one minute 22.354 seconds to take the first-ever world championship gold in mixed singles.

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Canada's Megan Oldham wins gold medal at World Cup big air event in Aspen

Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham won her first gold medal of the World Cup season Thursday at a big air competition in Aspen.

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Canadian women's soccer new coach Casey Stoney includes 2 NSL players in Pinatar Cup roster

Casey Stoney has chosen two players from the new Northern Super League in her first squad selection as Canada coach, a 26-player roster for the Pinatar Cup later this month in Spain.

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The 2026 Olympics are one year away — here are 10 Canadians to watch

CBC Sports' daily newsletter highlights some of Canada's top medal contenders for next year's Winter Olympics in Italy.

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Settlement creates $5M US fund for NWSL players abused by coaches, officials

The U.S. National Women's Soccer League will establish a $5-million US fund for players as part of a settlement that stemmed from allegations of emotional and sexual misconduct that rocked the league in 2021.

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Tiger Woods announces mother Kultida's death: 'A force of nature ... my biggest fan'

Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power colour, died Tuesday.

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Leylah Fernandez advances to Round 2 at Abu Dhabi Open despite service struggles

Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., advanced to the second round of the Abu Dhabi Open tennis tournament on Tuesday with a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0) win over Japanese lucky loser Moyuka Uchijima.

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Lindsey Vonn returns to world championships at 40, ready to silence critics and challenges

Skiing legend Lindsey Vonn faces critisism and physical challenges as she returns to the slope at age 40. Despite past inujries and time away from the sport, Vonn is determined to prove she still belongs on the world stage. Meanwhile, a blend of talented Canadians are ready to make noise as well.

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Olympic sprint champion Noah Lyles accepts challenge from NFL speedster Tyreek Hill

American sprinter Noah Lyles, the 100-metre gold medallist at the Paris Olympics last summer, celebrated his victory in the 60 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday by pulling the bib off his back and showing the message "Tyreek Could Never."

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P.E.I. premier considers scrapping multimillion-dollar NHL deal as province fights U.S. tariffs

Responding to tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump, P.E.I.'s premier is vowing to take further steps to protect the Island’s economy — including the possibility of scrapping the multimillion-dollar NHL deal.

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Spanish player Jenni Hermoso testifies against ex-soccer boss over 2023 World Cup kiss

Spain forward Jenni Hermoso testified at Luis Rubiales's trial on Monday that she did not consent to being kissed by the country's former top soccer official after winning the 2023 Women's World Cup.

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Raptors fans become latest to boo American national anthem as trade war heats up

Fans at Scotiabank Arena loudly booed during the American national anthem before the Toronto Raptors hosted the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

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Auger-Aliassime outlasts American Kovacevic to capture Montpellier Open in tiebreaker

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated American Aleksandar Kovacevic to win the Open Occitanie men's tennis tournament Sunday in Montpellier, France.

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Manitobans shine on national Para hockey team

Peyton Vergie and Alyssa White both play on Canada's national women's Para hockey team. The duo push each other to excel on and off the ice. A new short documentary explores their journey.

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3 more massage therapists accuse Ravens' Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate conduct, report says

Three additional massage therapists have accused Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate conduct, the Baltimore Banner reported Saturday.

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Stars acquire Granlund, Ceci from Sharks in latest move in flurry of NHL trades

The Dallas Stars acquired centre Mikael Granlund and defenceman Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in the latest in a flurry of trades around the NHL.

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