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HAMILTON — Saying he "will always bleed black and gold," star receiver Brandon Banks is leaving the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after eight seasons with the CFL club.

Canada captain Christine Sinclair has signed a contract extension with the Portland Thorns through 2022, with an option for the 2023 NWSL season. The 38-year-old forward from Burnaby, B.C.

Canada's men's Olympic hockey team has made coming together as a unit in a short time top priority ahead of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. With two weeks before Canada opens its Olympic tournament against Germany on Feb.

The ECHL has suspended former Jacksonville Icemen forward Jacob Panetta for the remainder of the season for a "racial gesture" directed toward South Carolina Stingrays defenceman Jordan Subban in a game on Saturday.

OTTAWA — Mark Ideson will lead a Canadian wheelchair curling team looking to return to the top of the podium at next month's Beijing Paralympics. Canadian Paralympic Committee and Curling Canada announced the five-athlete Paralympic team Thursday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Nick Holden to a one-year contract extension worth US$1.3 million. The 34-year-old has a goal and three assists in 30 games this season.

Team Matt Dunstone will have its regular lineup back together for the upcoming Saskatchewan provincial playdowns. Vice-skip Braeden Moskowy withdrew from Canada's Olympic trials last November on the eve of the competition.

To prepare for this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Krista McCarville and her rink from Thunder Bay, Ont.

Memories of San Pedro Sula are hard to shake. For members of the Canadian men's team who were there Oct.

Mats Lindgren's short-handed goal in the second period proved to be the winner as the Kamloops Blazers edged the Vancouver Giants 2-1 in WHL play Wednesday night. Lindgren scored 57 seconds into the period to stake Kamloops to a 2-0 advantage.