Canada’s bobsleigh athletes slid into 2018 with a bang, claiming gold in both the women’s and men’s two-man World Cup races Saturday on one of the most difficult tracks in the world in Altenberg, Germany.

Alex Harvey finally broke through for his first podium of the season, winning the bronze in the penultimate stage of the seven-race Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy on Saturday afternoon.

Alex Harvey missed out on having a shot at the podium by a toe-length in what will go down as a steady start to the famed nine-day Tour de Ski. Harvey finished seventh in the cross-country skate-ski sprint race at Lenzerheide, Switzerland on Saturday.

Hardus Viljoen starred with bat and ball as the bizhub Highveld Lions secured a dramatic two-wicket Momentum One-Day Cup win over the Hollywoodbets Dolphins at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Saturday night.

A record six-for by George Linde helped the WSB Cape Cobras end the year on a high after they secured a 67-run bonus-point win over the Warriors in the first-ever Momentum One-Day Cup clash in Oudtshoorn on Saturday.

Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), have announced the 23-player roster that has been nominated to represent Team Canada at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Feb. 9-25 in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met in Mumbai today to pick the squad for the six-match away ODI series against South Africa.

India squad for ODI series: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice-Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur.

The Warriors bowlers led from the front with the ball to set up an emphatic win against the bizhub Highveld Lions in the opening game of the Momentum One-Day Cup at the Bidvest Wanderers, in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Sisanda Magala was the pick of the bowlers with 3/28 which earned him a well-deserved man of the match award. Ayabulela Gqamane (2/34) and Clayton Bosch (2/36) also helped in reigning in the Lions to 209 runs in 39.5 overs. 

When defending champions ATK replaced injured midfielder Carl Baker with defender Ryan Taylor it raised a few eyebrows. Talking to the media on the eve of the match against Mumbai even coach Teddy Sheringham didn’t sound too convincing on why he made that choice. But the former Newcastle United player not only played the entire duration of the game against Mumbai City FC last Sunday, he also played his part as the holders registered their first win in ISL-4.

Cricketing legend and Hon’ble Member of Rajya Sabha Sachin Tendulkar visited Donja village in Osmanabad, Maharashtra which he has adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). Sachin has committed Rs. 4 crore from his MP LAD funds for the infrastructure development of the village. Donja is the second village adopted by Tendulkar SAGY after Puttumraju Kandriga in Andhra Pradesh.