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Canada will open its Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign against Asia qualifier Hong Kong and wrap up pool play against top-ranked New Zealand. Canadian coach Francois Ratier already knew that his ...

TORONTO - “Hockey Night in Canada” host Ron MacLean has apologized to postal workers after suggesting their jobs were “effectively obsolete.” The faux-pas came Saturday after t...

ALTENBERG, Germany - Johannes Lochner claimed his first four-man bobsled World Cup victory on Sunday. The 26-year-old German, with his crew of Sebastian Mrowka, Joshua Bluhm and Christian Rasp, was fa...

MARIBOR, Slovenia - Not even a broken gate rolling down the course could stop Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin from returning to the top of the podium in her favourite discipline. The American...

ADELBODEN, Switzerland - Henrik Kristoffersen routed his rivals to win a foggy World Cup slalom by a massive 1.83-second margin on Sunday. With his third win this season, the 22-year-old Norwegian dre...

CAHOKIA, Ill. - A plane carrying the Dallas Stars hockey team was forced to return to a St. Louis-area airport because of smoke in the cockpit. The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2j6T...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Casey Scheidegger could only watch last year’s Canadian Open. This year she’s the women’s champion. Scheidegger, from Lethbridge, Alta., downed Switzerland&...

ZLIN, Czech Republic - Amy Potomak’s power-play goal early in the third period was the winner as Canada downed Russia 4-2 on Sunday in the preliminary round of the under-18 women’s world h...

Kadeisha Buchanan is joining fellow Canadian international Ashley Lawrence in France. The 21-year-olds, who have 109 caps for Canada between them, have played on the same team since they were nine yea...

Winnipeg Jets rookie sensation Patrik Laine is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with a concussion. Laine was injured in Saturday’s 4-3 loss in Buffalo. The 18-year-old sniper was looking d...