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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks ahead to key events including the men’s curling world championship, a snowboard season finale and the debut of a new track league. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s Jacobs beats Austria to clinch top seed at men’s curling worlds, secure Olympic quota spot
The Canadian team skipped by Brad Jacobs ticked a few boxes with its victory Friday afternoon at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. CBC | Sports News
Read More »After path of U.S. sprinter Kenny Bednarek led to Olympic silver, he searches for gold
The path of sprinter Kenny Bednarek has been far from easy or conventional. Plenty of uphill climbs, too. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic CEO has ‘absolutely no doubt’ that sliding events will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo
With the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics less than a year away, organizing committee CEO Andrea Varnier said he has “absolutely no doubt” that sliding sports will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, after testing went well last week. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What to watch this weekend in winter Olympic sports
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter covers the latest results and Canadians to watch this weekend in three different winter world championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘It still stings’: Canada Basketball using Olympic letdown as fuel for Los Angeles, says CEO
Paris was supposed to be a renaissance for Canadian basketball, featuring three teams all with legitimate medal hopes. Instead, it was the embodiment of an old saying: the higher the climb, the harder the fall. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry becomes 1st female International Olympic Committee president
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Read More »How historic Olympic medal catapulted Canada’s Eleanor Harvey into fencing’s elite
Since authoring a classic Olympic bronze-medal winning underdog story, Canada’s Eleanor Harvey’s follow-up season has cemented her as a legitimate contender on the international fencing circuit. The 30-year-old has claimed four medals in five competitions, including Canada’s first World Cup gold. CBC | Sports News
Read More »IOC board puts boxing back on Olympic program for L.A. in 2028
Boxing is set to be on the program for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after years of disputes over how the sport is run. CBC | World News
Read More »Olympic champion ski jumpers suspended as cheating scandal rocks sport
Two Norwegian ski jumpers are now suspended and under formal suspicion in a cheating scandal, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said Wednesday in widening its investigation of altered ski suits. CBC | Sports News
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