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Scotland conceived rugby sevens in the 1880s yet it will not feature in the scaled-back 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by Glasgow. Other sports dropped include field hockey, triathlon, badminton, Twenty20 cricket, squash and diving. CBC | Sports News
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What’s stopping more women and girls from playing hockey? Canadian sports body has some answers
Hockey Canada has identified some of the challenges it faces in reaching its goal of having more than 170,000 girls and women playing hockey in Canada by 2030. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ontario Hockey League will co-operate with investigation into sexual assault allegation
The Ontario Hockey League says it is taking recent sexual assault allegations against eight former players “very seriously” and will co-operate with any police investigation into the claims. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada falls to U.S. at Para Hockey Cup to earn silver in Czech Republic
Canada earned a third consecutive silver medal after falling 5-3 to the United States at the International Para Hockey Cup on Sunday in Ostrava, Czech Republic. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada tops host Czech Republic in OT to reach International Para Hockey Cup final
Rob Armstrong scored the game-winning goal 1:14 into overtime to lift Canada to a 1-0 victory over Czech Republic and into the gold-medal game of the International Para Hockey Cup on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s men suffer overtime loss to U.S. early at International Para Hockey Cup
Jack Wallace scored 19 seconds into the overtime session to give the United States a 2-1 win over Canada at the IPH Cup para hockey tournament on Tuesday in Ostrava, Czech Republic. CBC | Sports News
Read More »IIHF increases roster size, revamps format for women’s hockey world championship
The International Ice Hockey Federation has revamped both the format and roster size for the women’s hockey world championship. CBC | Sports News
Read More »1 year into role, Hockey Canada chief Katherine Henderson says the sport is healthier
Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Katherine Henderson says the organization and hockey are headed in healthier directions since she stepped to the helm just over a year ago. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Braxton Whitehead becomes 1st CHL player to verbally commit to playing NCAA hockey
Braxton Whitehead said Friday he has verbally committed to Arizona State, making him the first member of a Canadian Hockey League team to attempt to play the sport at the Division I U.S. college level since a lawsuit was filed challenging the NCAA’s longstanding ban on players it deems to be professionals. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road hockey for cancer research aims to break its own world record
Former NHL coach and player Ted Nolan has been in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Memorial Cup and the Olympics. But, he says, the most important games of his hockey career might be ones he plays at a street hockey tournament this month. CBC | Sports News
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