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MMA star St-Pierre fighting for legacy

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion Georges St- Pierre (right) trains with Firas Zahabi for St. Pierre's upcoming bout against Britain's Dan Hardy, in Montreal.

Gone are the days when mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre was the undersized kid from Quebec with a giant heart and a champion’s will.

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Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue (C) guides his team as they play Ontario at the Brier curling championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Shaun Best

Koe, Gushue keep heat on Howard at Brier

Alberta’s Kevin Koe and Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs made the biggest gains Wednesday at the Tim Hortons Brier Canadian men’s curling...

Team Canada's Sidney Crosby collects his hockey sticks from the bench at the end of Canada's game-day skate in preparation for their game later in the day against Slovakia in Vancouver BC

Hockey crisis averted, Crosby’s gear found

Sidney Crosby couldn’t be happier to learn Hockey Canada has solved the case of his missing gold medal hockey gear.

Bob Lenarduzzi (L) and new CEO Paul Barber (R) pose for a photo-op, March 10th, after a press conference were Barber was announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team. The Whitecaps will join the MLS in 2011.

Big job ahead for Whitecaps’ new boss

Paul Barber already senses there’s room in Vancouver sports fans’ hearts for top-flight North American soccer.

The wrecked #12 Penske Dodge, driven by Brad Keselowski, sits in the garage after an incident on tack during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 7, 2010 in Hampton, Georgia.

NASCAR missed a great chance to fix the 'code'

Stock car racing's "code" came under the microscope this week when Carl Edwards wrecked Brad Keselowski late in the Kobalt Tools 500...

Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant talks to the media during a scrum in the Roughriders dressing room in Regina. Durant was signed to a contract extension by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Riders’ backup QBs lack experience

The Saskatchewan Roughriders ended the 2009 season with five pivots on the roster — Darian Durant, Steven Jyles, Dalton Bell, Cole...

In this file photo, Eric Gordon #10 of the Los Angeles Clippers is defended by Ryan Hollins #1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves while driving to the basket.

Minnesota’s Hollins gets two-game ban for punches

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Ryan Hollins was suspended for two games without pay by the NBA on Wednesday after punching and striking...

A file photo of Ottawa skip Rachel Homan.

Homan’s rink remains perfect at world junior curling championships

Canada’s Rachel Homan clinched a spot in the No. 1 versus No. 2 Page playoff with two more wins at the world junior curling championships...

Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant talks to the media during a scrum in the Roughriders dressing room in Regina on Mar 10, 2010.

Durant, Cates staying put in Riderville

There was great joy Wednesday in Riderville.

Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant (R) celebrates his touchdown with teammate Jeremy O'Day against the Montreal Alouettes during the second half of the 97th CFL Grey Cup football game in Calgary, Alberta, November 29, 2009.

Riders' Durant signs contract extension

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed import quarterback Darian Durant to a contract extension.

Blind cross country skier Brian McKeever trains at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Alberta, February 3, 2010.

Sochi Olympics help keep McKeever motivated

As he was getting set to compete in the Paralympics, Brian McKeever’s sightless eyes were focused on so much more.

Lauren Woolstencroft made history in 2002 by becoming the first disabled performer to be named Victoria female athlete of the year as she joined a list includes past winners as Olympic-medallist rower Silken Laumann, Ironman Hawaii champion Lori Bowden and Olympic runner Debbie Bowker.

Paralympics

Fleeting fame

Most Canadians would be hard-pressed to name a single Paralympian aside from wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc

Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston (L) watches team workouts with General Manager Alex Anthopoulos at the team's MLB baseball spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida February 28, 2010.

MLB

Out of the shadows

Blue Jays GM faces major challenge in restoring past glory

Vancouver Canucks' Henrik Sedin (L) fights off a check by Tampa Bay Lightning's Nate Thompson during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Tampa, Florida February 9, 2010.

Viewpoint

Head games

NHL officials need to elminate dangerous head hits

A woman waves the Quebec flag as she dances at Fete St. Jean festivities in Montreal in 2007.

Olympics

For the sake of sovereignty

One third of Quebecers want their own Olympic team: poll

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Olympics

Red in the face

An awful performance at the Olympics has Russia suffering from a crisis of faith

Canada's gold medallists.

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Canada's Olympic medallists

Global News takes a look at Canadians and their hardware won in Vancouver.

Canada's Sidney Crosby rejoices after scoring the winner in overtime as Canada beat the United States 3-2 in the gold medal hockey game at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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2010 gold-medal hockey

Photos from the 2010 gold-medal game between Team Canada and the U.S.A.

Wednesday,February 17, 2010 brought sunshine and blue skies and was a perfect day to walk around Vancouver and capture the vibrant atmosphere of a beautiful city hosting the winter Olympic Games.

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Your shots

Olympic fans send us their happy snaps from around Vancouver during the Games.

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