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When longtime tennis coach Mike Thomson started working with Canada’s Marina Stakusic during her junior days, he could tell almost immediately that she had tremendous potential. 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 »Canadian women’s hockey team stymied by Frankel as U.S. wins Rivalry Series opener
Hilary Knight had a goal and an assist, Aerin Frankel stopped 35 shots and the United States beat Canada 3-1 in the opener of the Rivalry Series on Wednesday night in Tempe, Ariz. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘It’s not a dream anymore,’ says Canadian whose family got out of Gaza. For others, the wait continues
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Read More »Canadian rookie Stakusic upsets Spain’s Masarova at Billie Jean King Cup
Leylah Fernandez and Billie Jean King Cup rookie Marina Stakusic will play singles for Canada in its opening tie against host Spain. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ontario’s McDonald, Manitoba’s Kurz lead Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Scott McDonald of the St. Thomas Curling Club and Kyle Kurz of the Fort Rouge Curling Club are unbeaten and pool leaders after three days and eight draws of action at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swift Current, Sask. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Katerine Savard to lead Canadian swim team devoid of Olympic stars into aquatics worlds
Summer McIntosh, Maggie Mac Neil, Kylie Masse and Penny Oleksiak were not part of Canada Swimming’s 26-member team announced Tuesday for the Feb. 2-18 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Katerine Savard, a three-time Olympian, leads the squad. CBC | Sports News
Read More »A Canadian pair wins gold and the men’s event captivates in France | That Figure Skating Show
After only 13 months as a pair, Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud have captured their first-ever Grand Prix title in Angers, France. Fellow Canadians Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Soerensen won silver in ice dance. And the men’s event was truly inspiring. Asher Hill has all the Grand Prix de France details for you now on ‘That Figure Skating Show.’ ...
Read More »Canadian skating coach Richard Gauthier given 12 months for sexual assault
A renowned Canadian pairs skating coach has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for sexual assault and gross indecency. Richard Gauthier was found guilty in January of two charges dating back to the 1980s involving a teenage male skater whom he trained. CBC | Sports News
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