Richard or 'Ree-shar'? This Calgary road may have been named after Maurice Richard

Could this street really be named after a Montreal Canadiens icon, or is that an apocryphal tale?

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Canada's LePage sets sights on Olympic gold after historic world decathlon title win

Pierce LePage has one more mountain to climb, one more goal to reach. The Whitby, Ont., native made history on Saturday, striking gold in the men's decathlon at the World Athletics Championships. He became the first Canadian to win a world title in the event.

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2023 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship: USA vs Dominican Republic

Watch as USA and Dominican Republic go head-to-head at the 2023 NORCECA Women's Continental Championships in volleyball as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifications.

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Canada defeats Puerto Rico for 2nd straight win at NORCECA Women's Continental Championship

Canada beats Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-23) at the NORCECA Women's Continental Championship in Quebec City. The Canadian squad doesn't drop a set in their two victories and advances directly the semifinals.

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Sports integrity commissioner says safe sport gaps exposed in 1st year of office

Sarah-Eve Pelletier's first year as Canada's sport integrity commissioner showed her that her reach doesn't extend far enough.

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Coach given 'travesty of game' penalty during children's championship lacrosse game

A gold medal win for Six Nations U9 lacrosse team in the provincial championships was tarnished by a series of altercations during the game leading to two travesty of game penalties to the opposing team.

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2023 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship: Puerto Rico vs Canada

Watch as Puerto Rico and Canada go head-to-head at the 2023 NORCECA Women's Continental Championships in volleyball as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifications.

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Djokovic, Swiatek cruise into 3rd round, Tsitsipas the latest upset victim at U.S. Open

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek rolled to straight-set victories to move into the third round at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, fighting not only their opponents but sticky, 85-degree Fahrenheit (29-degree Celsius) weather on the hottest day at the tournament so far.

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2023 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship: Cuba vs USA

Watch as Cuba and USA go head-to-head at the 2023 NORCECA Women's Continental Championships in volleyball as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifications.

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Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships: DAY 2

Watch as some of the top canoe and kayak athletes head to Lake Banook in Nova Scotia for Day 2 of the Canada Sprint National Championships.

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Ontario bans use of pro athletes to advertise, market online sports betting

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has banned the use of athletes in the advertising and marketing of internet gaming in Ontario.

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Safety Damar Hamlin makes Bills' 53-player roster 8 months after near-death experience

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin made the cut. Some eight months after a near-death experience during a game at Cincinnati, Hamlin's fearless bid to resume his football career approached completion on Tuesday when he made the Bills' 53-player roster.

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2023 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship: Canada vs Mexico

Watch as Canada and Mexico go head-to-head at the 2023 NORCECA Women's Continental Championships in volleyball as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifications.

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2023 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship: USA vs Costa Rica

Watch as USA and Costa Rica go head-to-head at the 2023 NORCECA Women's Continental Championships in volleyball as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifications.

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Canadian men upend Latvia to win group, stay unbeaten at basketball World Cup

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a game-high 27 points and Canada overcame a sluggish first quarter to rout Latvia 101-75 on Tuesday at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Furor over Luis Rubiales is not about a kiss, it's about females feeling safe playing a sport they love

Will the Spanish soccer executive's fate be a warning to other men who disrespect women on the pitch and behind closed doors, or will this circus continue to be a frenzy of men in power trying to save themselves while imploring their female relatives to help them? 

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Shannon Mutch: National Power Lifting Championship

The equivalent of a six-person hot tub... that's the amount of weight a power lifter from Thunder Bay took on in one day at a recent competition. She's now ranked number one in Canada... Meet Shannon Mutch.

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Canadians out of men's singles at U.S. Open as Auger-Aliassime, Raonic fall in 1st round

Canada's Milos Raonic and Felix Auger-Aliassime were each knocked out the U.S. Open in the first round on Monday night.

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Was that Canada's best track and field world championships ever?

CBC Sports' daily newsletter assesses how Canada's impressive medal haul in Budapest stacks up with the previous gold standard.

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Hamilton teen off to Halifax on a basketball scholarship, a 1st for local athletic program

An athletic development program for racialized high school athletes in Hamilton is marking a major milestone as one of its participants heads to university on a basketball scholarship this weekend.

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Dazzling Simone Biles wins record 8th U.S. gymnastics title a full decade after her 1st

A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy.

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Former CFL coach Rich Stubler, part of 5 Grey Cup-winning teams, dead at 74

Rich Stubler, who served as an assistant coach or head coach with six different CFL teams, has died. He was 74.

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Canada's Katie Vincent races to 3 gold medals on final day of sprint canoe worlds

Winning three gold medals on the final day of the world championships has become a tradition for Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent. The Mississauga, Ont., native raced to a trio of world titles at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Sunday in Duisburg, Germany, a repeat of last year.

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Devoted groundskeeper finds his field of dreams at Ottawa Stadium

Baseball was never really a thing in Haile Tecklehaimanot's native Eritrea, but you'd never know it from his meticulous work at the home of the Ottawa Titans.

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Viktor Hovland holds 6-shot lead entering final round of Tour Championship

Viktor Hovland delivered another sterling performance Saturday in the Tour Championship, a 4-under 66 that allowed him to pull away from an All-Star cast of contenders and build a six-shot lead going into the final round of the season at East Lake.

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Controversial low-blow call helps Usyk come back to KO Dubois, retain heavyweight titles

After a controversial win to retain his heavyweight boxing titles, Oleksandr Usyk is targeting a long-awaited and elusive unification fight with Tyson Fury.

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American Megan Khang takes lead in 2nd round of CPKC Women's Open in Vancouver

Megan Khang had five straight birdies in a back-nine burst and shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead in the CPKC Women's Open at challenging Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver.

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Bronny James has a congenital heart defect that caused his cardiac arrest, a spokesperson says

Bronny James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California last month because of a congenital heart defect, according to a family spokeswoman.

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Canada's Vasek Pospisil bounced from U.S. Open qualifier

Vasek Pospisil's hopes of playing in the U.S. Open were dashed Friday in New York. The Vernon, B.C., tennis star lost 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 to Zachary Svajda of La Jolla, Calif., in a match that was delayed Thursday, then rescheduled numerous times during the day Friday.

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Canadians to watch on the final weekend of the World Athletics Championships

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews several Canadian medal chances over the final two days of competition in Budapest.

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'Sometimes I don't believe it': Vegas player Nicolas Hague brings Stanley Cup home to Kitchener

Nicolas Hague was part of Vegas Golden Knights' first-ever Stanley Cup-winning team this year and is bringing the coveted hardware to his hometown of Kitchener, Ont., a decision he says he didn’t hesitate to make.

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Zach Whitecloud brings Stanley Cup home to southwestern Manitoba

Hundreds gathered at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation powwow arena to see the Stanley Cup and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation hero Zach Whitecloud Wednesday. Whitecloud and the cup also made stops in Brandon and Virden.

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CBC Sports Late Night: World Athletics Championships - Budapest Day 6

The CBC Sports team will keep you up to date on all the latest action from the World Athletics Championships.

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Leylah Fernandez ousted in quarterfinals of Tennis in the Land tournament in Cleveland

Canada's Leylah Fernandez fell 6-3, 6-2 to Germany's Tatjana Maria in the quarterfinals of the Tennis in the Land WTA 250 event in Cleveland on Thursday.

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Oilers re-sign defenceman Evan Bouchard to 2-year, $7.8M US contract

The Edmonton Oilers have re-signed defenceman Evan Bouchard on a two-year contract worth $3.9 million US annually, the team announced Thursday.

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Injured Angels superstar Ohtani won't pitch again this year with free agency looming

Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for the rest of the season because of a ligament tear in his right elbow, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night.

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2023 Pickleball Canada National Championship: Mixed Doubles Age

Watch as roughly 1000 athletes and 250 volunteers visit Regina, Saskatchewan to be part of Day 2 of the 2023 Pickleball Canada National Championship.

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Why Marial Shayok's basketball story is coming full circle with South Sudan

South Sudanese-Canadian basketball star Marial Shayok, whose father escaped the civil war through the sport, says he's proud to represent his homeland at the upcoming FIBA World Cup, and to help see his basketball powerhouse family’s dreams realized on the global stage.

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CBC Sports Late Night: World Athletics Championships - Budapest Day 5

The CBC Sports team will keep you up to date on all the latest action from the World Athletics Championships.

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Labrador chess master blindsided by ruling banning transgender women from competing in events

Chess player Morgen Mills, a transgender woman who has competed internationally, says a ruling by the World Chess Federation that bans transgender men and women from competing in the official events without proof of their gender could hurt young chess players looking to make a name for themselves.

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Nova Scotia teen is 1st female from Maritimes to try out for Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Rhyah Stewart is the first woman from the Maritimes to try out for the QMJHL.

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Montreal to host CEBL Championship Weekend next year, locking up final-4 spot for Alliance

The city of Montreal has been tapped to host next year's Championship Weekend, the marquee event for the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The plan was announced just days before the league's top players are expected to play in a showcase game in Quebec City.

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Maple Leafs sign Auston Matthews to historic 4-year, $53M US extension

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed star centre Auston Matthews to a four-year, $53-million US contract extension. The deal carries an average annual value of $13.5 million, which will make Matthews the league's highest-paid player beginning in 2024-25, surpassing Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon's $12.6 AAV.

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Veteran sprinter Aaron Brown is still learning, still humble

As Aaron Brown approaches his seventh appearance at the senior World Athletics championships in Budapest, while targeting a fourth Olympics in Paris in 2024, he credits a focused diligence on honing his craft for his longevity.

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Pieces appear in place for Canada's men's basketball team to qualify for 1st Olympics since 2000

Canada hasn't won a significant senior men's basketball medal since 1936. The team hasn't qualified for the Olympics since 2000. The time is now for both droughts to end. Canada begins the 2023 men’s FIBA World Cup on Friday, where it will have a chance to qualify for next summer's Paris Olympics.

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Donovan Bailey tells of early struggles in 'Undisputed', 1996 Olympic champion's autobiography

Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey writes of the time when he first stepped into a crowded stadium to race, and the lessons it taught. him on his way to Olympic gold.

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The brilliance of teen Linda Caicedo and other takeaways from Women's World Cup

From record audiences to jaw-dropping talent, the Women's World Cup proved a tour de force.

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CBC Sports Late Night: World Athletics Championships - Budapest Day 4

The CBC Sports team will keep you up to date on all the latest action from the World Athletics Championships.

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Arop starts strong, De Grasse under pressure at track worlds

CBC Sports' daily newsletter recaps Day 4 of the World Athletics Championships and previews Wednesday's key events.

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Spain's acting prime minister criticizes federation head for kissing player

Spain's acting prime minister said it was "unacceptable" that the Spanish soccer federation president kissed a player on the lips without her consent, as pressure builds on Luis Rubiales to resign for tarnishing the team's Women's World Cup championship.

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