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Dillon Brooks had 21 points and Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Trey Lyles each chipped in with 15 as Canada’s national men’s basketball team wrapped up pre-Olympic play with a 103-9 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 23 points, Canada beats France in Olympic hoops tune-up
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points as Canada defeated host France 85-73 Friday in an Olympic men’s basketball exhibition game. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada falls to Spain in women’s Olympic basketball tune-up
The Canadian women’s basketball team lost an Olympic tune-up game to Spain 61-48 on Saturday in Charleroi, France, less than two weeks to go before the start of the Paris Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2 Canadian track stars have a big Olympic tuneup on Friday
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the Diamond League meet in Monaco, where Canada’s Marco Arop and Christopher Morales Williams are among the big names competing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Desgagnés, Fafard, Philibert-Thiboutot set for Olympic tune-up at Diamond League’s Meeting de Paris
The “Three Musketeers” of Canadian running, Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Thomas Fafard and Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, will get a feel for racing in Paris at Sunday’s Diamond League meet before some of their Olympic competition early next month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian soccer men blanked 4-0 by Netherlands in Copa America tune-up
Jeremie Frimpong scored a goal and set up another as the Netherlands showed its class, blanking Canada 4-0 Thursday to spoil Jesse Marsch’s debut as Canadian men’s soccer coach. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Paralympic gold medallist Nate Riech chases world record as tuneup for Paris
Canadian Paralympic gold medallist Nate Riech is looking to break his own T38 1,500-metre world record when he competes Tuesday at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s women’s soccer team is set for a big Olympic tuneup
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the SheBelieves Cup, where Canada will face a pair of top-10 opponents as it prepares to defend its Olympic gold. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada rolls over Finland in tune-up game before next month’s world championships
Offence wasn’t a problem for Canada’s national team on Saturday in Kingston, Ont., as the squad flattened Finland 8-2 in its lone exhibition tune-up before next month’s IIHF women’s world championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bouchard downs Davis to advance at U.S. Open tuneup
Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard defeated American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-3 in first-round play Monday at the Connecticut Open. CBC | Sports News
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