With the Olympic Winter Games just over four months away, CBC Sports announced Monday that Scott Russell, Andi Petrillo, Alexandre Despatie, Craig McMorris and Kelly VanderBeek will host the live English-language broadcast from Pyeongchang. CBC | Sports News
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Coming out can still be scary for Olympic athletes
For LBGTQ athletes, there remains an additional consideration that demonstrates sport still has ground to cover before it can truly be considered inclusive. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: Berlin Marathon
Watch Road to the Olympic Games on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, featuring coverage of the 44th Berlin Marathon. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: FISE World Series
Watch Road to the Olympic Games on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, featuring coverage of BMX and mountain bike action from the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE) World Series event in Edmonton. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic Instacreep: Andre De Grasse scores a hat trick
Andre De Grasse, Phylicia George, and the Dufour-Lapointe sisters are all multitalented, but Eric Radford pulls a talent out of left field. Meanwhile, we finally get to see what the medals for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics look like. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic champ Erica Wiebe trains with WWE
Erica Wiebe might be looking to add a WWE belt to her gold medal from the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Canadian freestyle wrestler was invited to train at the WWE’s Performance Centre in Orlando, Fla., last week after attending a women’s wrestling event in Las Vegas. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: Rhythmic gymnastics world championships
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-perfromance athletes from Canada and around the world. This week’s program features coverage from the rhythmic gymnastics world championships in Pesaro, Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic InstaCreep: Andri Ragettli Blows Minds with Parkour Exercise
Everybody board the trick train. Andri Ragettli & co. post some unreal trick videos. Meanwhile, Penny Oleksiak and Andre De Grasse go to TIFF. CBC | Sports News
Read More »IIHF president says NHL Olympic participation ‘now gone’
There is no longer any chance of a late deal with the National Hockey League to send players to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, the president of the IIHF said on Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2-time Olympic gold medallist Heather Moyse making bobsleigh comeback
Heather Moyse is returning to the track. Bobsleigh Canada announced Monday night that Moyse, a two-time Olympic champion, will be making a comeback, but the 39-year-old brakeman stressed her intention is to help young athletes and not reunite with her longtime partner Kaillie Humphries. CBC | Sports News
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