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Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82. CBC | Sports News
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Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn, 40, ending her retirement to make a skiing comeback
Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 — and six years after her last Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »HSBC SVNS rugby champions to be decided at 2028 Olympic venue in California
The 2025 HSBC SVNS season will wrap up May 3-4 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., where the champions will be crowned at the 2028 Olympic rugby sevens venue. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How life outside swimming has revived 7-time Olympic medallist Oleksiak’s love for sport
Since leaving her “most challenging” Olympics in Paris, Penny Oleksiak has climbed 19,000 feet to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, done other charity work and attended her first Bills football game in Buffalo. “Trying to have a life outside of swimming is important,” she says. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Australian breaker ‘Raygun’, who drew ridicule for Olympic performance, retires from elite competition
Australian breaker Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from elite competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ridiculed and spawned conspiracy theories about how she qualified for the Games. CBC | World News
Read More »How Canada’s Olympic athletes did this weekend
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter recaps the top performances by Canadians, including another dominant performance by the short track speed skating team in Montreal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U Sports pipeline providing Olympic medal-worthy talent to national women’s rugby program
Carissa Norsten’s University of Victoria women’s rugby squad is one of eight headed to UPEI for the national 15s championship, which begins Wednesday with live coverage beginning at 12 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. CBC | Sports News
Read More »British Olympic hopefuls ‘left homeless’ and forced to abandon LA 2028 plans
British athletes have been left homeless by stagnant funding, a report has claimed. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Sir Chris Hoy’s wife Sarra made blunt two-word statement after Olympic hero’s diagnosis
Sir Chris Hoy revealed last week that he had between two and four years to live. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Arop aims for ‘next gear’ with Grand Slam Track after capturing Olympic 800m silver
Marco Arop, who ran to an Olympic silver medal in August, is the first Canadian to join Grand Slam Track before the professional league’s inaugural season in 2025. CBC | Sports News
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