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Kerri Einarson’s curling team passed a tough test in the women’s world championship to maintain an unbeaten record Monday in Calgary. CBC | Sports News
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Kerri Einarson returns to Calgary with sights set on women’s world curling gold
Kerri Einarson’s curling team commences its bid for a women’s world title against Sweden on Saturday in Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre. It’s an arena where the skip has felt both joy and pain. CBC | Sports News
Read More »One Calgary Dino’s whirlwind journey to U Sports Final 8 is as much about the friends made along the way
For Hayden and Charity Franson, their time in Calgary has been so much more than just basketball, in part thanks to their new friend. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Nobody wants to host the Olympics: Calgary balking at 2026 bid is emblematic of wider trend
It’s not that Calgary bid on the 2026 Winter Games and lost out to an Italian proposal. The city famously declined to bid at all, putting the idea to a plebiscite in November 2018 that saw more than half of voters opt against even trying to bring the Olympics back to the city that hosted the 1988 Winter Games. CBC ...
Read More »Canadian snowboarder Elizabeth Hosking wins World Cup gold in Calgary
Elizabeth Hosking became the first Canadian snowboarder to win a women’s World Cup halfpipe on home snow Saturday evening. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Sharpe, Fraser amp up Olympic halfpipe preparation after Calgary World Cup
Cassie Sharpe wanted more. The Canadian freestyle ski star was frustrated after finishing off the podium Saturday in a halfpipe she considers her home. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Calgary researchers help shed light on gaps in sport injury prevention for women
With more women and girls playing sports, there’s been a corresponding rise in injuries that can end participation, according to 109 researchers. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Ivanie Blondin wins speedskating World Cup mass start gold in Calgary
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin won the women’s mass start in a speedskating World Cup event. The 35-year-old from Ottawa also helped Canada earn team pursuit silver with Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann earlier in the day. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Maltais, Bloemen earn bronze at speed skating World Cup in Calgary
Speed skating star Jordan Stolz of the United States won gold and Canadians Ted-Jan Bloemen and Valérie Maltais both earned bronze Friday at Calgary’s World Cup. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Sheriffs identify Calgary girl who was swept into Pacific Ocean by California wave
Anzi Hu was identified on Monday as the seven-year-old who died in California after she was caught in a large wave at Garrapata Beach. Her father, Yuji Hu, also died after attempting to rescue her. CBC | World News
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