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Captain Scott Tupper, playing in his 307th game for the Canadian men’s field hockey team, stepped up under immense pressure to force a shootout in an Olympic qualifier against Ireland. Then the drama really began. CBC | Sports News
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Vancouver roots run deep as Canada takes on Ireland in field hockey Olympic qualifier
The Canadian men’s team narrowly missed locking up an Olympic spot at the Pan Am Games in Peru this summer, losing to Argentina in the gold-medal match. So it’s come down to this last shot. CBC | Sports News
Read More »New Jersey School Bans Kids With Cafeteria Lunch Debt From Prom, Field Trips
A New Jersey school district has banned kids with outstanding cafeteria lunch debt from going to prom, participating in field trips, and doing other fun things, The Courier Post reports. Officials in Cherry Hill, like school officials in many parts of the country, were struggling to come up with a way to handle the issue of school lunch debt: that ...
Read More »Field of Play: Canadian skaters ready to carve out a name for themselves on ice
Canada is a nation which thrives in winter and as a people identify with those who carve out a name for themselves on ice. As Scott Russell writes, the skating sports are inextricably linked to Canadian folklore and our sense of self. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Road to the Olympic Games: Track and field world championships
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch coverage of the 2019 track and field world championships from Doha, Qatar. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Sebastian Coe doesn’t want track and field to go the way of the dinosaur
Sebastian Coe is the president of the governing body of track and field, the International Association of Athletics Federations which has just rebranded itself as World Athletics because, as Coe suggests, track and field has to be more “accessible” and “understandable” to young people. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian men miss 4x100m final by a hair at track and field worlds
Despite a season-best time of 37.91 seconds, the Canadian men’s 4×100-metre relay team finished sixth in its heat and failed to advance to the final at the track and field world championships in Doha, Qatar on Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »De Grasse claims 200m silver at track and field worlds
Canada’s Andre De Grasse finishes 2nd in 200 metres, American Noah Lyle wins gold while Canadian Aaron Brown places 6th. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Crystal Emmanuel rebounds to qualify for women’s 200m semis at track and field worlds
Buoyed by a strong start in her 200-metre heat, Toronto’s Crystal Emmanuel qualified for the women’s semifinals on Tuesday at the track and field world championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Broken pole leads to great moment of sportsmanship at track and field worlds
After Angelica Bengtsson’s pole breaks, she’s able to successfully make a vault by borrowing the pole of fellow competitor Nino Guillon-Romarin. CBC | Sports News
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