Canada’s professional female hockey players are finally getting paid, thanks to a truly far eastern expansion plan — and while it’s still a far cry from NHL-sized paycheques, the new stipends will go a long way, says a Calgary Inferno player. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian cyclist Michael Woods is turning heads in just his second Grand Tour event. The 30-year-old from Ottawa enters the final week of the Spanish Vuelta riding high in eighth place, holding a 33-second edge over three-time winner Alberto Contador of Spain in ninth. CBC | Sports News
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Even the world’s best athletes have to have some fun in the sun. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian cyclist Michael Woods climbed to eighth place in the standings by finishing sixth in the 15th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, while Chris Froome of Great Britain maintained his overall lead. CBC | Sports News
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Alysha Newman of London, Ont., broke her own Canadian record in the pole vault on Sunday. The 23-year-old cleared 4.75 metres, topping her previous mark of 4.71. CBC | Sports News
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The who’s who of Canadian curlers have assembled in Fredericton this weekend for the Everest Curling Challenge with the chance of winning the largest cash prize in the sport’s history. For many, it’s the first rocks they will throw ahead of a busy Olympic qualifying season. CBC | Sports News
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A Manitoba man has launched what is believed to be the first Canadian challenge to how wines produced in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are labelled in Canada, arguing that ‘Made in Israel’ is inaccurate. CBC | World News
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For some of Canada’s top wrestlers, this week’s world championships — running Monday through Saturday in Paris — will punctuate a difficult year, for individually unique reasons. CBC | Sports News
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All week, the Canadian players from White Rock, B.C., have described their experiences at the Little League World Series thus far as surreal, amazing and unbelievable. Sunday was all of those things — truly the ultimate baseball day. CBC | Sports News
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A preliminary list of 44 potential host cities, including seven in Canada, have been released by the joint North American bid for the 2026 World Cup. CBC | Sports News
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