South Sudan’s men’s basketball team will make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, and leading the charge will be Ottawa native Marial Shayok. CBC | Sports News
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Nearly 100 years after its last medal, men’s basketball in Canada finally has its own Dream Team
After a 24-year absence, Canada’s Olympic men’s basketball team enters the Paris 2024 tournament in a unique position — newcomers with unfinished business. CBC | Sports News
Read More »LeBron James 1st U.S. men’s basketball player to carry flag in Olympics opening ceremony
Four-time NBA champion LeBron James has been picked by his fellow United States Olympians to serve as the male flag-bearer for the Americans in Friday night’s opening ceremony for the Paris Games. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada downs Puerto Rico in final Olympic men’s basketball tune-up
Dillon Brooks had 21 points and Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Trey Lyles each chipped in with 15 as Canada’s national men’s basketball team wrapped up pre-Olympic play with a 103-9 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Men’s National Basketball Team Exhibition Game: France vs Canada – Orleans
Watch NBA stars play for their country in preparation for the Olympics as France hosts Canada at Co’Met Arena. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian men’s 4×100 relay team in line for high-velocity dress rehearsal at Diamond League London
If Canada fields its A team – and every member is two months sharper than they were the last time they performed as a unit – the men’s 4×100 relay at this Saturday’s Diamond League track meet in London could turn into a clinic. CBC | Sports News
Read More »After the British Open, some of men’s golf’s biggest stars go for Olympic gold
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the final men’s golf major of the year and the not-quite-a-major Olympic tournament. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The village that helped Canada’s men’s basketball team return to the Olympics
There is a tight-knit but extensive basketball community in Canada that will be watching the men’s team at the Paris Olympics, beaming with pride about the small role each person played to get the program to this moment. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Spain beats England 2-1 to win record 4th men’s European Championship title
Spain won a record fourth European Championship title on Sunday after Mikel Oyarzabal’s 86th-minute goal clinched a 2-1 victory over England, whose painful decades-long wait for a major trophy goes on. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon men’s title in straight sets over Novak Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the Wimbledon men’s final Sunday to collect his fourth Grand Slam title at age 21. CBC | Sports News
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