Montreal Sports News

Caitlin Clark was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever on Monday night, while Aaliyah Edwards of Kingston, Ont., was picked sixth by the Washington Mystics.

The Professional Women's Hockey League enters the home stretch of its inaugural season Thursday when it resumes following the world championship break.

Auston Matthews is on the verge of entering rarefied air in pursuit of 70 goals this season. Matthews is currently one goal shy of the mark, with his Toronto Maple Leafs having two games remaining on the regular-season schedule.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter reviews a winning weekend for Canadian Olympic athletes, highlighted by a women's hockey gold and more victories for swimming star Summer McIntosh.

Positive re-framing was a theme on Monday as the Raptors held season-ending news conferences after cleaning out their lockers and having exit interviews with head coach Darko Rajakovic and Toronto's front-office staff

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in two hours, six minutes, 17 seconds — the 10th fastest time in the race's 128-year history. Kenya's Hellen Obiri defended her title in the women's race.

Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team will return to France in August to continue its run of Paralympic appearances from 1968 following a 72-60 victory over Italy in a crossover game Monday at a last-chance qualifying tournament in Antibes.

Coach Bobby Smyrniotis and captain Kyle Bekker have been a winning combination at Forge FC, with four Canadian Premier League titles to date.

CBC/Radio-Canada has announced its extensive coverage plans for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The coverage of Team Canada's approximately 10,500 athletes include a consistent slate of on-the-ground and in-studio coverage programming for 22 hours daily.

The company that owns the Winnipeg Jets says it's never lost money since the NHL returned to Winnipeg in 2011, not even during a recent downturn in ticket sales at Canada Life Centre.

Canadian Maggie Coles-Lyster, riding for the Switzerland-based Roland Cycling team, finished sixth overall on Sunday in the Women's Omnium points race at the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup in Milton, Ont.