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The Canadian women’s basketball team booked its spot in February’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament with a 70-53 win over Colombia on Friday night. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian women’s basketball team routs Venezuela to open Olympic pre-qualifying tourney
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
Read More »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 »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 »Iowa-DePaul outdoor game sets women’s basketball attendance record with 55,646 fans
The Hawkeyes’ 94-72 exhibition win over DePaul in the “Crossover at Kinnick” on Sunday drew 55,646 fans, setting an all-time women’s basketball single-game attendance record. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch U Sports Final 8 men’s basketball championships
CBC Sports is providing a free live stream of the U Sports Final 8 men’s and women’s basketball championships from Ottawa, beginning on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
Read More »UPEI Panthers upset Ryerson Rams in women’s basketball Final 8
The sixth-seeded Prince Edward Island Panthers rallied to upset the No. 3 Ryerson Rams 75-70 in the opening quarterfinal of the U Sports women’s basketball championship on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch U Sports Final 8 women’s basketball championships
CBC Sports is providing a free live stream of the U Sports Final 8 men’s and women’s basketball championships from Ottawa, beginning on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘I had an identity issue’: Basketball connects urban Indigenous player with his roots
Helping his Nisga’a team win a basketball championship is a victory for Gene Wolff. But connecting to his home First Nation in northern B.C. is an even bigger win. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada edges Japan with Olympic women’s basketball berth already secure
Kia Nurse had 19 points to lead Canada past Japan 70-68 on Sunday at a women’s basketball Olympic qualifying tournament. CBC | Sports News
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