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The pressure is heavy, but the opportunity is massive for Malik Metivier. Saturday in Montreal will be the 25-year-old Toronto hurdler’s final shot at meeting the Olympic standard of 48.70 seconds in the 400-metre event to go to Paris next month. CBC | Sports News
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Leylah Fernandez defeats Swiss opponent to clinch Rothesay Classic quarterfinal berth
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez moved on to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Classic grass-court tennis tournament with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic on Wednesday in Birmingham, England. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian men’s 8 rowing team misses Paris Olympic berth by heartbreaking margin
The Canadian men’s eight rowing team needed to finish first or second in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Tuesday to qualify for the Paris Olympics this summer but placed third in a photo finish by 1-100th of a second to runner-up Italy, which qualified alongside winner United States. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women 2 wins from 1st Olympic berth in 3×3 basketball
Canada defeated the Netherlands and lost to Australia in women’s 3×3 basketball Saturday to gain a spot in the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying tournament in Utsunomiya, Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »O’Neill scores, assists as PWHL Montreal clinches playoff berth in win over New York
Kristin O’Neill had a goal and an assist in helping lead Montreal to a 5-2 win over New York and clinch a playoff berth in the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Toronto clinches PWHL playoff berth before record crowd in Montreal
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Read More »Determined Canadian basketball men secure Paris Paralympic berth
Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team will return to France in August to continue its run of Paralympic appearances from 1968 following a 72-60 victory over Italy in a crossover game Monday at a last-chance qualifying tournament in Antibes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada suffers narrow men’s basketball loss before must-win game for Paralympic berth
With veteran Patrick Anderson on the bench, the Canadian men exchanged points with Iran late in the fourth quarter Sunday before falling 75-74 on a buzzer-beater in their final group game at a Paralympic basketball qualifier in Antibes, France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada suffers narrow men’s basketball loss before must-win game for Paralympic berth
With veteran Patrick Anderson on the bench, the Canadian men exchanged points with Iran late in the fourth quarter Sunday before falling 75-74 on a buzzer-beater in their final group game at a Paralympic basketball qualifier in Antibes, France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Gushue locks up playoff berth at men’s curling worlds, spot at Olympic trials in 2025
Canada’s Brad Gushue clinched a spot in the playoffs at the world men’s curling championship on Thursday, picking up a 7-4 win over Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell at IWC Arena in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. CBC | Sports News
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