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Julia Schell scored six tries Saturday as Canada hammered Fiji 65-7 for an emphatic opening win at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in York, England. CBC | Sports News
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2025 Canada Games will leave lasting legacy for sport — in N.L. and beyond
The 2025 Canada Games come to a close on Sunday, but their impact on the host city and athletes from across the province of Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to be felt for generations to come. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2 N.S. softball team members fought for their lives, and they made it to the Canada Games
The journey to the Canada Games involves hard work, talent and skill. But for Nova Scotia’s softball team, they’ve been overcoming adversity after adversity on the road to St. John’s. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada loses semifinal to U.S. at Americas Cup wheelchair basketball tournament
The Canadian national senior men’s wheelchair basketball team dropped a 70-57 semifinal decision to the United States, and will now have to refocus on a bronze-medal game with host Colombia on Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Jerome Blake on becoming the fastest man in Canada ahead of Tokyo 2025
Hosts Perdita Felicien and Aaron Brown are joined by Jerome Blake to discuss his impressive season heading into the World Championships in September. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Pin pals: The ‘unofficial sport’ of the Canada Games is breaking down barriers
There are 19 sports on the programme for the 2025 Canada Games, but the unofficial 20th sport is underway absolutely everywhere in the city. Pin trading is happening at every venue, the athletes’ village, on the streets. The reason behind the practice remains the same since it began: to open up the lines of communication between everyone at the Games. ...
Read More »Canada in ‘facility crisis’ as aging public pools face wave of major repairs or closures
More than half of Canada’s publicly owned indoor pools are at least 25 years old, and less than half of the country’s 25-metre pools are rated in good physical condition, according to a Swimming Canada report released this year. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘We play for the honour of our ancestors’: Box lacrosse is here to stay at the Canada Games
Wildfires prompted an evacuation alert in the community of Paradise and forced the relocation of the box lacrosse competition at the 2025 Games on Tuesday. That moved the action in this year’s women’s tournament from the Paradise Double Ice Complex venue to the DF Barnes Arena. CBC | Sports News
Read More »24 countries, including Canada, call for ‘urgent action’ to halt starvation in Gaza
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Read More »‘Like whoa, it makes me feel fast’: Canada Games’ youngest athlete makes a splash
More than 2,000 athletes are in St. John’s, but 11-year-old Louisa Henry is the youngest. She also won her heat in the 50-metre breaststroke, her favourite event. Not bad for an 11-year-old who just finished Grade Six. CBC | Sports News
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