Lionel Messi, 3 other Paris Saint-Germain players test positive for COVID-19

Seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi is among four players in the Paris Saint-Germain squad to have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the team's French Cup game on Monday night.

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Effort to refurbish historic St. Stephen basketball court considers next steps

With a three-year effort to buy the building housing the "world's oldest basketball court" complete, volunteers are now moving on to the next steps, including protecting the 130-year-old gym floor.

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'Samboni' makes for smooth skating in the Gatineau Hills

Using an old hot water tank, Sam Seymour of Chelsea, Que., created his own ice resurfacing machine to help make his pond rink much smoother to skate on.

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CBC Sports Late Night: Road to the Olympic Games: Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup on CBC - Calgary

The worlds' best snowboarders run the gauntlet of obstacles from Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, AB.

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Red-hot Canucks hand reeling Kraken 5th consecutive loss

Vasily Podkolzin and Nils Hoglander scored first-period goals, Tyler Motte and Conor Garland scored in the third period, and the Vancouver Canucks stayed hot with a 5-2 win over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night in Seattle.

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Canada's Mackay uses home hill advantage to take gold medal in men's ski halfpipe World Cup

Canada's Brendan Mackay continued his hot streak in his hometown of Calgary winning a second consecutive World Cup gold medal in the men's ski halfpipe on Saturday.

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4-time Olympian Hilary Knight headlines final U.S. hockey roster for Beijing Olympics

Hilary Knight was selected for a USA Hockey record-tying fourth Olympics, one of 15 players with prior Winter Games experience on the U.S. women's national team seeking to defend its gold medal in Beijing next month.

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