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Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray headline a Canadian men’s basketball team heavy with NBA experience that will compete at this summer’s Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
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Trae Bell-Haynes released from Canadian Olympic men’s basketball training camp
Trae Bell-Haynes has been released from Canada’s Olympic men’s basketball training camp, Canada Basketball announced Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Federal government to deliver budget money to 2024 Olympic, Paralympic athletes
The federal government fulfilled a budget promise to Canada’s athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with Monday’s announcement of $ 55-million infusion into the sport system. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic bronze medallist Katie Vincent reflects on her canoeing career ahead of Paris 2024
Ariel Helwani sits down with Mississauga, Ont., native as she prepares for her second Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Desgagnés, Fafard, Philibert-Thiboutot set for Olympic tune-up at Diamond League’s Meeting de Paris
The “Three Musketeers” of Canadian running, Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Thomas Fafard and Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, will get a feel for racing in Paris at Sunday’s Diamond League meet before some of their Olympic competition early next month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »This 75-year-old took a dip in the Seine. But is it ready for Olympic athletes?
Despite poor water quality results in the Seine River, and angry Parisians threatening to defecate in it ahead of the Olympic Games, Joel Stratte-McClure decided it was the prime spot for a Fourth of July swim. CBC | World News
Read More »Liendo, Masse among 4 captains named for Canadian Olympic swim team
Kylie Masse, Mary-Sophie Harvey, Josh Liendo and Jeremy Bagshaw have been named the four captains of Canada’s Olympic swimming team. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson bring the drama at U.S.A. Olympic trials | Athletics North
Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson both have been known to talk a big game, but when it comes down to it, they both deliver gold when it counts. Morgan Campbell provides some insight on the two American stars in this episode of Athletics North. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Emergence of Jamaican sprinter Kishane Thompson injects real drama into men’s Olympic 100 metres
Kishane Thompson’s sudden emergence in the sprinting landscape ahead of the Paris Games is an unforeseen plot twist. And a welcome one. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Breaking down the 100m at the Canadian Olympic trials | Athletics North
Andre De Grasse & Audrey Leduc were crowned fastest man and woman in Canada at the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic trials last week, but what do their wins mean as Paris 2024 comes into focus? We talk to certified track nerd Morgan Campbell about the results and the breadth of the Canadian athletics team. CBC | Sports News
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