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Travis Murao calls it “crunch time” and his favourite time of the year. The wheelchair rugby player and several of his Canadian teammates are feeling the excitement, stress and other emotions with the start of the Paris Paralympics in 100 days on Aug. 28. CBC | Sports News
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Refugee Team for Paris Olympics has 36 athletes from 11 countries across 12 sports
The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports. They were picked from more than 70 scholarships, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the team announcement on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘World Athletics needs to do more’: Aaron Brown wants athletes involved in shared decision-making
Longtime Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown believes all athletes in an Olympic final, not only the winner, should be paid thousands of dollars by World Athletics when the best in track and field gather this summer in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Government boosts carding money for athletes ahead of Paris Olympics
The federal government announced in Tuesday’s budget that it will increase funding for the Athlete Assistance Program, but the Canadian Olympic Committee says more is still needed. CBC | Sports News
Read More »IOC implores athletes not to participate in Friendship Games later this year in Russia
Facing a Russia-organized potential rival to the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee urged sports and political leaders on Tuesday not to take part in the Friendship Games due to launch weeks after the Summer Games in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Weekend recap: Canada’s winter athletes shine
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter reviews a stellar weekend for Canadian Olympic athletes featuring two short track world titles, a podium sweep and lots more medals. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian NCAA athletes blocked from big endorsement deals
Unlike their American counterparts, Canadian NCAA athletes — including basketball star Zach Edey — aren’t allowed to make money off of their name, image and likeness in the United States because of visa restrictions. That means they’re missing out on some potentially big paycheques. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Stricter drug testing before Paris Olympics ordered for specific track and field athletes
Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics because of substandard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paralympic medal wins by Russian, Belarusian athletes won’t be recorded on medal table in Paris
Russian and Belarusian athletes who finish on the podium in Paralympics events in Paris this year will not have their medal wins recorded on the Games medals table, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »After ‘roller-coaster’ Olympic qualification, Canada’s Amihere back on court with Athletes Unlimited
Canadian women’s basketball player Laeticia Amihere is in Dallas, Texas, where she is set to take part in her first Athletes Unlimited season, which begins Thursday. CBC | Sports News
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