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Basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was voted Canada’s top athlete of the year on Monday, beating Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid, golfer and Canadian Open champion Nick Taylor, hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and swimmer Summer McIntosh. CBC | Sports News
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There’s no clear Canadian athlete of the year, but here are some good candidates
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter offers a few choices for the always hotly debated Northern Star (formerly Lou Marsh) Award. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Veteran Para winter athlete Billy Bridges relishes new challenges of summer sports
One of Canada’s most decorated Paralympians is a rookie again and he says it’s never felt so good. Twenty-five years after Billy Bridges made his first national team on the ice as a Para hockey player, he’s poised to make his Parapan Am Games debut in shot put and javelin. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mi’kmaw athlete to compete for Team Canada at Parapan Am Games in Chile
Desiree Isaac-Pictou, from Ugpi’ganjig, Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick, will be off to Santiago, Chile, in November with Team Canada’s wheelchair basketball team for the Parapan American Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Why wouldn’t Canada want a talented, young athlete as one of its citizens?
Canada has offered citizenship to exceptional athletes in the past, but appears to have drawn a line when it comes to Erin Brooks. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Player’s Own Voice podcast: Anxious times with athlete representative Diana Matheson
Player’s Own Voice podcast records a carefully distanced check in with Canadian soccer star Diana Matheson, who is thinking about the big picture role of sports during this upheaval. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mikael Kingsbury wins top male athlete of the year honours
Mikael Kingsbury is truly a dominant force. Kingsbury has nine wins in 11 World Cup starts the past two years. And the native of Deux Montagnes, Que., whose career average surpasses one victory for every two events (63 wins in 114 starts), shows no signs of slowing down. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bianca Andreescu named Canadian Press female athlete of the year
Bianca Andreescu started the season as an up-and-coming teenager eager to make her mark on the WTA Tour. She finished the campaign as one of its top stars. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Tennis star Andreescu named Canada’s top athlete
Bianca Andreescu is the 2019 recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bianca Andreescu adds Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete to U.S. Open, Rogers Cup titles
Bianca Andreescu on Monday was named the first tennis recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. In September, the 19-year-old became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title. CBC | Sports News
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