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For the past five years or so, a banner commemorating Team Gushue’s 2006 Olympic Games gold medal win has been hanging in team lead Jamie Korab’s shed. It’s now finally on public display. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian women wrap up Olympic pre-qualifying basketball tournament with 3-0 record
Natalie Achonwa scored a team-high 16 points in leading Canada to a 77-68 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action in Medellín, Colombia. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s basketball team books spot in Olympic qualifying tournament
The Canadian women’s basketball team booked its spot in February’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament with a 70-53 win over Colombia on Friday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Entering Olympic year, Canada’s Ahmed, Knight won’t follow exodus of Bowerman track athletes
Six athletes have left the renowned Bowerman Track Club since it moved to Eugene, Ore., from nearby Portland in July 2022, including three in the past three weeks. But Canada’s Moh Ahmed and his new teammate Justyn Knight say they’re happy and staying put. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s basketball team routs Venezuela to open Olympic pre-qualifying tourney
Laeticia Amihere led the way with 11 points and 11 rebounds as Canada thumped Venezuela 81-39 on Thursday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NBA villain Dillon Brooks a necessary evil for Canadian men’s Olympic basketball team
The Canadian men’s basketball team will need Dillon Brooks at his suffocating, agitating, two-way best if it hopes to make noise at the Paris Olympics, writes CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Katerine Savard to lead Canadian swim team devoid of Olympic stars into aquatics worlds
Summer McIntosh, Maggie Mac Neil, Kylie Masse and Penny Oleksiak were not part of Canada Swimming’s 26-member team announced Tuesday for the Feb. 2-18 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Katerine Savard, a three-time Olympian, leads the squad. CBC | Sports News
Read More »American Diana Taurasi in new basketball role as she chases history, 6th Olympic gold medal
Diana Taurasi is trying to earn a spot on the U.S. roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics, which would be her sixth. But this one feels like her first. The last couple she played basketball with her peers and now “I’m doing it with players that I’m not that familiar with.” CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Levins set for deceptively hilly NYC Marathon ahead of challenging Paris Olympic course
On Sunday morning, Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., will aim for a top-three finish in his first New York City Marathon, which no Canadian has won. Last month, the national and North American record holder set the course record in the Royal Victoria Half Marathon. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2-time Olympic gold medallist Meaghan Mikkelson retires from Canadian women’s hockey team
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Meaghan Mikkelson has announced her retirement from the Canadian women’s hockey team to pursue her broadcasting career. CBC | Sports News
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