Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play man Jim Hughson delves into the interesting season that Montreal Canadiens forward Thomas Vanek is having, and analyzes where he thinks that leaves the pending unrestricted free agent going forward.
Full Story Jim Hughson: Thomas Vanek’s interesting season
Opening practice for world title favourite Lewis Hamilton lasted less than five minutes before reliability problems intervened in Melbourne on Friday.
Full Story P1: Early trouble for Hamilton
England’s limited-overs coach Ashley Giles admits England are not yet the finished article despite ending their short Caribbean tour on a winning note.
Full Story Giles: Still work to be done
Second-half substitute Mario Gomez struck a 79th-minute equaliser to put Fiorentina in the driving seat of their Europa League last-16 clash with Juventus.
Full Story Gomez grabs vital equaliser
Canada’s Andrew Wiggins scored 30 points, Wayne Selden Jr. had 14 and No. 10 Kansas pulled away in the final seconds of overtime for a 77-70 victory over Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament.
Full Story Andrew Wiggins leads Kansas over Oklahoma State in OT
Jonathan Martin is officially a member of the San Francisco 49ers, and he’s thrilled for a fresh start to keep playing football.
Full Story Dolphins deal Jonathan Martin to 49ers
Ahead of the new F1 season, Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has said the FIA must be “vigilant to avoid any trickery” the new technical regulations might encourage.
Full Story Ferrari: FIA must be vigilant
Media reports say a Canadian junior hockey player whose body was found in Michigan this week died from asphyxiation, which police believe to have been self-inflicted.
Full Story Terry Trafford died of asphyxiation: reports
Top seed Li Na prevailed 6-3 4-6 6-3 in her Australian Open rematch with Dominika Cibulkova to reach the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
Full Story Li edges past Cibulkova
Real Betis stunned city rivals Sevilla with a 2-0 win despite being outplayed for much of the first leg of their Europa League last-16 derby.
Full Story Betis stun Sevilla in derby
Connor McDavid joined Hockey Night in Canda Radio on SiriusXM hosts Rob Pizzo and Craig Simpson Thursday to talk about how he blocks out distractions when dealing with the pressures of being a top prospect.
Full Story HNIC Radio: Connor McDavid talks top-prospect pressures
Washington Wizards guard John Wall was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Thursday for inappropriate comments toward game officials.
Full Story Wizards’ John Wall fined $15K for criticizing officials
Tim Sherwood hailed Benfica’s “class” but bemoaned their coach’s lack of it after their Europa League win at Tottenham.
Full Story Sherwood scolds Benfica boss
Chris Jordan reflected on a special day after inspiring England to victory over West indies in his native Barbados.
Full Story Jordan on high after victory
Alexandr Dolgopolov stormed into the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Canadian Milos Raonic.
Full Story Dolgopolov surges into semis
Sunday’s trip to Manchester United is the first of 10 “cup finals” for Liverpool, according to Daniel Sturridge.
Full Story Sturridge ready for run-in
Esmil Rogers, in the mix for the Jays’ fifth starter, struck out six in his three innings Thursday in a 7-5 exhibition loss to the Houston Astros. But he also walked two and gave up four runs on five hits including two homers.
Full Story Esmil Rogers struggles, Blue Jays fall to Astros
England centre Manu Tuilagi says he is very excited about making his return to international rugby against Italy this weekend.
Full Story Tuilagi ‘excited’ to be back
England ended a disappointing tour of the Caribbean on a high with a thrilling five-run victory in the final Twenty20 international in Barbados.
Full Story England hit back in thriller
