He’s lost count of how many surgeries he’s had on his ‘broken’ body, but don’t write the obit for Jan Hudec’s career just yet: the never-say-die skier is taking one more shot at Olympic glory. CBC | Sports News
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Glenn Howard heads into Olympic bid without long-time teammate Richard Hart
Glenn Howard tells CBC Sports that longtime teammate Richard Hart is not able to play in the Road to the Roar pre-trials in Summerside, P.E.I., because of injury. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic flame begins its trek to Pyeongchang
The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece where it will make it’s way around the country for eight days before arriving in South Korea on Nov. 1. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2018 Olympic flame lit at site of ancient Games
The flame for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics Tuesday, despite a brief cloudburst that disrupted the sun-reliant ceremony. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Concussions a common enemy for Olympic athletes
In the absence of reliable official data on concussions suffered by Canada’s Olympic athletes, CBC Sports conducted its own research and found that a third of the country’s 2018 hopefuls competing in high-impact or speed-driven sports have sustained a brain injury during their quest for the podium. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Denny Morrison making strides toward Olympic comeback
With his family watching and cheering on his every stride, Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison took a serious step towards getting back to the Olympics for a fourth time. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic men’s hockey teams starting to take shape
With the Winter Olympics now just a few months away, rosters for the men’s hockey event will begin to take shape over four upcoming international tournaments. Here’s a glance at the top eight contenders. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: Rostelecom Cup
Watch coverage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Moscow on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET with action from the ice dance and men’s free programs on Road to the Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic ski cross champion Marielle Thompson suffers serious knee injury
Reigning Olympic ski cross champion Marielle Thompson suffered a knee injury during a training run in Saas Fee, Switzerland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Remembering Gord: Watch our Olympic montages set to Tragically Hip songs
As Canadians celebrate the late Gord Downie’s life and accomplishments, here are CBC Sports’ video montages from recent Olympic Games that were set to some of The Tragically Hip’s most memorable songs. CBC | Sports News
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