U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Monday to congratulate them for winning the World Series last season. CBC | Sports News
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Reigning champion Ilia Malinin of U.S. leaps to early lead at figure skating worlds in Boston
Reigning world champion Ilia Malinin delivered a season-best short program on Thursday night, giving the young American star a slim lead over Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama in what has quickly become a two-man race to this year’s title. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Homan repeats as curling world champion with win over Switzerland’s Tirinzoni in rematch
Rachel Homan’s Canadian curling team has won the women’s world championship with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in Uijeongbu, South Korea. CBC | Sports News
Read More »George Foreman, two-time heavyweight boxing champion and Olympian, dead at 76
American George Foreman, one of the great second acts in sports who reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title after coming out of retirement and later became a celebrated product pitchman, died on Friday at age 76, his family said. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Sarah Mitton repeats as world indoor shot put champion
Sarah Mitton won her second straight women’s indoor shot put world championship — posting throws measuring over 20 metres three different times in the competition. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NBA champion Boston Celtics to be sold for a record $6.1B US
The Boston Celtics are being sold for what would be a record-setting initial valuation of $ 6.1 billion US to a group led by Symphony Technology Group managing partner William Chisholm, the sides said Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic champion ski jumpers suspended as cheating scandal rocks sport
Two Norwegian ski jumpers are now suspended and under formal suspicion in a cheating scandal, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said Wednesday in widening its investigation of altered ski suits. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott named CEO of Nordiq Canada
Beckie Scott has lived many different lives. On Monday, the next chapter of her career began. Scott was named CEO of Nordiq Canada, the national sport organization that oversees cross-country and Para Nordic skiing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Defending champion Hallie Clarke in 3rd place halfway through skeleton event at worlds
Defending women’s champion Hallie Clarke of Brighton, Ont., is in third place after Thursday’s opening two runs at the skeleton world championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Already a skeleton world champion, Hallie Clarke’s ‘crazy journey’ could lead to bigger things
Canadian skeleton star Hallie Clarke days ahead of her senior title defence in Lake Placid, N.Y., and less than a year away from her potential Olympic debut in Milan, struggles to contextualize her ‘crazy journey so far.’ CBC | Sports News
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