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Canada’s Junior Petanqui advanced at the Olympic boxing qualifier tournament with a win on points in Bangkok on Sunday.Petanqui defeated Shain Boniface of Seychelles 5-0 in the men’s 71kg event. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s Camryn Rogers sets Diamond League hammer throw record
Canadian hammer thrower Camryn Rogers set a Diamond League record Saturday with a 77.76-metre heave at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. CBC | Sports News
Read More »It’s here, it’s real: Elation ensues amid WNBA expansion announcement of ‘Canada’s Team’
In a jam-packed press conference at a swanky downtown hotel, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced that the league had awarded its 14th team to the City of Toronto. Mayor Olivia Chow proclaimed May 23, 2024 as WNBA Day in Toronto, another cherry on this massively delectable metaphoric cake. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Decades after Canada’s tainted blood inquiry, the U.K. grapples with its own
For years, Jason Evans says people treated him like he was “crazy and a conspiracy theorist” when he talked about the contaminated blood scandal that killed his father. CBC | World News
Read More »Hopes that Canada’s cricket World Cup campaign will boost game
For the first time ever, the Canadian men’s cricket team is competing at the T20 World Cup. Emerging young players in B.C. say this is a big opportunity to highlight a game that’s rapidly gaining popularity across the province and the country. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Damian Warner wins 8th Hypo Meeting decathlon
Canada’s Damian Warner won his record eighth Hypo Meeting decathlon on Sunday in Götzis, Austria, his first multi-sport competition since finishing second at last year’s World Athletics Championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s relations with Russia have slid to a post-Soviet low, ambassador says
Canada’s top envoy in Moscow says relations with Russia are likely as bad as they’ve ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president. CBC | World News
Read More »Nuggets’ Jokic runs away with 3rd MVP, Canada’s Gilgeous-Alexander finishes 2nd
Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, topping Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the voting. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s men handle Czechs to finish group play unbeaten at Para hockey worlds
Tyler McGregor and James Dunn each scored two goals as Canada defeated the Czech Republic 5-1 on Tuesday at the world para ice hockey championship at WinSport Arena in Calgary. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Last-chance qualifier to decide Canada’s Olympic fate in women’s 3×3 basketball
For the second time on the weekend, Australia eked out a victory over Canada in women’s 3×3 basketball after pulling away late in Sunday’s championship game in Utsunomiya, Japan, to put the latter’s Paris Olympic hopes on hold. CBC | Sports News
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