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
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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
Read More »Canadian women’s water polo team continues quest for Olympic spot at Pan Am Games
After qualifying for the Olympics for the first time in 17 years in Tokyo, the Canadian women’s water polo team has the first of two remaining chances to punch a ticket to Paris comes at the 2023 Pan American Games beginning Monday in Santiago, Chile. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Rebecca Marino, in bid for Olympic tennis berth, drops Pan Am Games semifinal
Rebecca Marino isn’t headed to the Paris Olympics for Canada, yet, but will play for a tennis bronze medal at the Pan Am Games following a 6-1, 6-4 semifinal loss to Lourdes Carle of Argentina on Saturday in Santiago, Chile. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What to watch in Olympic sports this weekend
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the major events happening in the Olympic sports worlds this weekend, including the Pan Am Games and Canada’s stop on the figure skating circuit. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault punches Olympic ticket at Pan Am Games
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