National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — It's been a long Australian Open for Milos Raonic. But this isn't the first time he's advanced to the second week of a Grand Slam tournament, so he knows just what to do. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont.

INNSBRUCK, Austria — Canada's Justin Kripps and Cam Stones finished just short of extending their podium streak to three after a hard-fought fourth-place finish on Saturday at the bobsled World Cup in Austria.

LONDON — Premier League club Crystal Palace has offered rough sleepers emergency shelter from freezing weather conditions at its stadium.

IDRE FJALL, Sweden — Canada's Marielle Thompson passed two competitors in the final straightaway to earn silver in a ski-cross World Cup event on Saturday. Thompson, from Whistler, B.C.

MOSCOW — The Russian anti-doping agency claimed Saturday that reforms in Russian sport are at risk if it is suspended again by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

MELBOURNE, Australia — It was all a bit overwhelming for the latest opponent who could do nothing to slow Serena Williams at the Australian Open.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A lawyer for Russian cross-country skier Alexander Legkov says Switzerland's federal court has dismissed the IOC's appeal against Russian athletes being cleared of doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Milos Raonic stands as the lone Canadian remaining at the Australian Open.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two Canadian ice dancers, a couple of European buskers, and an unlikely bond.

Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko admits he was nervous before stepping on the ice on Friday night. The Canucks (22-21-6) were about to take on the Buffalo Sabres (24-18-6) and he was about to play in his second-ever NHL game.