A vote in Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the reservation of Raposa Serra do Sol on the frontier between Brazil and Guyana/Venezuela.

A senior US official describes as a "significant step" Portugal's offer to take in some of the inmates from Guantanamo Bay.

The Great One's dad, Walter Gretzky, was one of dozens of Canadians appointed members of the Order of Canada in a ceremony Friday.

Canada's top prospects at the Grand Prix Final in South Korea had a rocky start on Friday, as Patrick Chan and Joannie Rochette finished sixth in their respective short programs.

Despite a seventh-place finish in the slalom run, Austrian Benjamin Raich held on to win the men's World Cup super-combined ski race in Val D'Isere, France.

The Toronto Blue Jays on Friday announced they had reached an agreement on a minor-league contract with one-time San Diego Padres prospect Matt Clement.

Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau on Friday was the recipient of the Tip O'Neill Award, handed out by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will have Marc-Andre Fleury back in uniform for their game Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia after the goalie missed the last 12 games with a groin injury.

The New Jersey Devils scored three goals in less than four minutes in the final period to break open a 5-5 tie with the visiting New York Rangers on Friday.

Toronto FC made a big splash in the transfer market on Friday, acquiring star midfielder Dwayne De Rosario from the Houston Dynamo for defender Julius James and allocation money.

Injured goalie Roberto Luongo wasn't healthy enough to join his Vancouver Canucks teammates on their trip to Edmonton for Saturday night's game against the Oilers (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 10 p.m. ET).

Calgary's Helen Upperton captured her second women's World Cup bobsleigh race after winning the two-man competition Friday in Igls, Austria.

Captain Saku Koivu is not expected to be in the lineup when the Montreal Canadiens host the Washington Capitals on Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 6:30 p.m. ET).

Free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett and the New York Yankees agreed Friday to a five-year contract worth a reported $82.5 million US.

Ian White's bouncing shot with eight minutes left in the third period propelled the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 win over the Sabres on Friday night in Buffalo.

Alexander Ovechkin scored twice and Mike Green had three points in his return to the lineup as the Washington Capitals pasted the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Friday night.

Six Toronto players scored in double figures, and the Raptors shut down Vince Carter in a 101-79 road win over the New Jersey Nets on Friday.

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