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Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe opened their U.S. Open women’s doubles title defence Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. CBC | Sports News
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Olympic champion Lydia Ko wins Women’s British Open for 3rd major title
Lydia Ko captured her third major title — and first in eight years — by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the Women’s British Open by two strokes at the home of golf on Sunday, capping a summer when she also took gold at the Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »20 years after she won 6 gold medals in Athens, Chantal Petitclerc continues to champion Paralympics
A rift with Athletics Canada 20 years ago proved to be the start of a lifetime of social action for Paralympic multi-gold medallist Chantal Petitclerc. CBC | Sports News
Read More »In Olympic rematch, 800m champion Wanyonyi pulls away from Canada’s Arop at Lausanne event
Fresh off his silver medal at the Paris Olympics, Canada’s Marco Arop returned to the track and finished second in the men’s 800-metre event on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic boxing champion reportedly names Elon Musk, J.K. Rowling in online harassment complaint
The boxing champion at the centre of a worldwide clash over gender identity in sports has reportedly named Elon Musk and author J.K. Rowling in an online harassment complaint being investigated by French prosecutors. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic boxing champion overshadowed by sex and gender scrutiny files online harassment complaint
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold in the women’s welterweight division at the Paris Games, has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of online criticism and false claims about her sex and gender during the Olympics, her lawyer said Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »From far-off dream to reality: How Katie Vincent became an Olympic champion
Katie Vincent always dreamed of winning Olympic gold, even before women were able to compete in canoe sprint at the Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Charron is an Olympic weightlifting champion. The challenge now is to repeat at a lighter weight
Canada’s Maude Charron, who won Olympic gold in Tokyo at 64 kilograms, is now set to compete in Paris in the 59-kg category. Beyond the weight loss, Charron will now have to go against Taiwan’s Hsing-Chun Kuo, who set an Olympic record at the last Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Coach of defending Olympic 200m champion Andre De Grasse kicked out of 2024 Games
Andre De Grasse’s coach has been ejected from the Paris Olympics. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Olympic champion Damian Warner out of decathlon medal contention after pole vault miss
Damian Warner’s hopes of repeating as Olympic decathlon champion are over. The 34-year-old from London, Ont., knocked the bar down on all three attempts at 4.60 metres in the pole vault to fall out of medal contention. CBC | Sports News
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