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Many Canadians have represented their country on the world stage at the Olympics. Only a select few of them, however, put aside their athletic lives to serve with the Canadian forces. On this Remembrance Day, we reflect on some of our Olympic athletes who also fought for Canada. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s Olympic baseball hopes take blow with 5th straight loss to Australia
Canada’s hopes of advancing at the Premier 12 baseball tournament took a critical blow on Friday. The Canadians dropped their round-robin finale to Australia 3-1, leaving both squads with 1-2 records. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s Olympic field hockey hopes dashed in shootout
Canada suffered heartbreak in an Olympic women’s field hockey qualifier Sunday, losing 4-3 to Ireland in a penalty shootout with a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Games on the line. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the women’s field hockey Olympic qualifier: Ireland vs. Canada
Watch live as Canada’s women’s field hockey team takes on Ireland with an Olympic spot on the line. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada captures Olympic men’s field hockey berth with dramatic shootout win over Ireland
Captain Scott Tupper, playing in his 307th game for the Canadian men’s field hockey team, stepped up under immense pressure to force a shootout in an Olympic qualifier against Ireland. Then the drama really began. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Vancouver roots run deep as Canada takes on Ireland in field hockey Olympic qualifier
The Canadian men’s team narrowly missed locking up an Olympic spot at the Pan Am Games in Peru this summer, losing to Argentina in the gold-medal match. So it’s come down to this last shot. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Simon Whitfield credits play with pals for putting him on road to Olympic Hall
Simon Whitfield, who made history as the first Olympic champion in men’s triathlon in 2000, was among seven people and two teams inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame on Wednesday in Toronto. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch 2019 Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Watch live Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. ET as the 2019 Canadian Hall of Fame class is officially inducted in Toronto. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Having waited for her medals, Christine Girard deserves swift induction into Olympic Hall of Fame: Russell
It’s often been said that anything worth having is worth waiting for. No one understands that more than Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Road to the Olympic Games: FIVB men’s volleyball World Cup
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch coverage from the FIVB men’s volleyball World Cup in Hiroshima, Japan. CBC | Sports News
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