Organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games say they are on track to complete all competition venues by year-end and have teams in place for test events, despite the devastating impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in the country late last year.
Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a big victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday in a game between a pair of injury-riddled teams hungry for playoff points.
Alan Pulido and Gadi Kinda each scored their first Major League Soccer goals as Sporting Kansas City defeated the Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday at B.C. Place.
Defenceman Martin Marincin scored a rare goal to put the Maple Leafs ahead in the third period, and Toronto held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
Jeff Petry scored 52 seconds into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens earned a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
Artem Anisimov scored twice in regulation, then added the shootout winner as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez' dream run at the Mexican Open came crashing to an end following her 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-1, defeat to Heather Watson of Great Britain in Saturday's final.
Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia won Sunday's Tokyo Marathon, a race that was scaled back as part of Japan's efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
Watch live on television and online as the Edmonton Oilers host the Winnipeg Jets on Hockey Night on Canada.
Meaghan Benfeito and Philippe Gagne both avoid looking at their individual scores following their dives, but the Montreal natives knew they had won gold medals after hearing their roar from their hometown crowd.
The Western Mustangs travel to the nation's capital to take on The Carleton Ravens as they try to win and hoist u[ the OUA Wilson Cup for Men's Univserity Basketball Championship.
Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak that has led to the first reported death in the U.S.
Oswaldo Alanis scored on the last kick of the game as the San Jose Earthquakes salvaged a 2-2 draw against Toronto FC on Saturday in the MLS season opener for both teams.
Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat scored on the power play and Yanni Gourde added a shorthanded goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Calgary Flames Saturday to snap a season-long four-game losing streak.
A new grandfather of twin boys, Northern Ontario coach Rick Lang couldn't wait to return to Thunder Bay this week to be with family and see the new arrivals.
The Canadian men's rugby sevens team suffered a 17-12 defeat to Ireland on Saturday at the Men's World Rugby Sevens event in Los Angeles.
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch World Cup parallel giant slalom snowboarding from Collingwood, Ont.
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch coverage of the bobsleigh and skeleton world championships in Altenberg, Germany.
Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken won the World Cup doubles overall title on Saturday, and Germany's Julia Taubitz claimed the 2019-20 women's championship. Both crowns were decided in the final race of the season for each discipline.
Germany's Tina Hermann pulled off a huge comeback in her final run and won the women's skeleton world championship for the third time on Saturday.
Watch as some of the world's best freestyle skiers compete in a big air event at a World Cup stop in Deštné, Czech, Republic.
Local favourite Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria won a men's super-G World Cup race on Saturday, which gave the battle for the overall and discipline titles new impetus. Jack Crawford of Toronto finished a career-best 12th.
Five Serie A soccer games in Italy were postponed on Saturday in an attempt to contain the spread of a virus outbreak while the Paris half-marathon, involving some 44,000 competitors, was also cancelled.
The Bear Mountain Resort & Spa, nestled in majestic Vancouver Island, will play host to the 2020 Panam Cross Country Championships, an event showcasing the world's finest athletes.
Watch action from the men's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Los Angeles.
Watch as World Cup snowboarders go for gold in the parallel giant slalom event in Collingwood, Ont.
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the ISU World Allround and Sprint Speed Skating Championships.
Austrian skier Nina Ortlieb won the junior world title in super-G four years ago on Feb. 29, and she got her first career victory on the women's World Cup on Saturday, defeating Federica Brignone of Italy by one hundredth of a second.
Canada's Laurent Dubreuil notched a pair of silver medals Saturday at the ISU world sprint/allround speedskating championships in Hamar, Norway.
Manitoba skip Mike McEwen drew the four-foot ring to beat Ontario's Glenn Howard 5-4 on Friday night to earn the 16th and final berth as Team Wild Card at the Brier in Kingston, Ont.
Toronto's Justyn Knight set a new Canadian indoor record in the men's 1,500 metres on Friday at the Boston University Last Chance meet, posting a winning time of three minutes 36.13 seconds to better Doug Consiglio's mark of 3:38.73, set in 1986.
Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez advanced to the final of the Mexican Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Renata Zarazua on Friday night.
Watch live action from the luge World Cup event in Königssee, Germany.
Terry Rozier scored 18 points and the game-clinching free throw with two seconds remaining to lift the Charlotte Hornets to a 99-96 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday, spoiling a solid return by Norm Powell.
The Canadian women's sitting volleyball team is one win away from securing a spot at the Tokyo Paralympics.
It seems every year, right about this exact moment on the eve of the Brier, fans and curling pundits proclaim the latest Brier field is the most talent-laden it's ever been. As Kevin Koe aims to make history and Brad Gushue seeks his third title in four years, this may best field yet.
Canada's Laurent Dubreuil raced to a gold medal in the men's 500-metre race Friday at the ISU world sprint/allround speedskating championships.
Ayres donated his game-used stick from his stunning 6-3 victory to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Friday.
The world figure skating championships will unfold in a devoutly skating city and in a country which has a national passion for the sport.
Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez dispatched Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 7-5, and will face home crowd favorite Renata Zarazua in a semi-final match on Friday at the Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico.
As Black History Month comes to an end, figure skating analyst and coach Asher Hill speaks with CBC Sports about what barriers and biases still exist in sport for athletes of colour.
Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus (COVID-19) forces the cancellation of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with estimates of the cost of insuring the sporting showpiece running into billions of dollars.
The Russian track federation elected a state aircraft executive as president on Friday with the goal of getting the country's national team reinstated in time for the Tokyo Olympics.
Watch speed skating action from the ISU World Allround and Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, Norway.
Watch live action from the FINA Diving World Series event in Montreal.
Canada's men's hockey team won a nail-biter over the United States on the final day of the 2010 Olympic Games, with Sidney Crosby scoring the game winning goal in overtime. Canada won the game 3-2.
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was banned for eight years on Friday and will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because he broke anti-doping rules in a late-night incident in which a blood sample container was smashed with a hammer.
The HSBC Men's World Rugby Sevens land in California this weekend and, as Nigel Reed writes, it may prove to be a positive showcase for the Canadian men. They find themselves in a preliminary pool with a real chance to advance to the Cup quarter-finals. In addition, a key member of the squad is making his comeback in L.A.
Even though the trade deadline is in the books, Rob Pizzo looks at some unanswered questions.
Hoping to boost morale in Japan by assuring people that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, IOC President Thomas Bach held a conference call limited to three of Japan's main media outlets — newspapers Asahi and Yomiuri, and the Kyodo news agency.
