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3-on-3 hockey? Mixed nationality teams? Ski mountaineering? Those are just some of the things that set the Winter Youth Olympic Games apart from the traditional version. CBC | Sports News
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Russia confirms it will appeal 4-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data
Russia confirmed that it will appeal against its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data. The case now heads to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. CBC | World News
Read More »Russia plans to file appeal against Olympic ban
Russia has signalled it will file an appeal against its four-year Olympic ban due to World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions that President Vladimir Putin on Thursday branded as “unfair.” CBC | Sports News
Read More »Homan, Epping earn spots at Olympic trials with Canada Cup titles
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan defeated Tracy Fleury of East St. Paul, Man., 9-4 on Sunday in the women’s final at the Canada Cup, earning the first spot in the Roar of the Rings Olympic Trials in the process. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup short track speed skating
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch ISU World Cup short track speed skating. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Recommendation from anti-doping committee puts Russia’s Olympic future in peril
The chances of the Russian flag flying at next year’s Olympics took a potentially lethal hit Friday when anti-doping regulators recommended the country be declared non-compliant for tampering with data that was supposed to help bring the entire cheating episode to a close. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How Canada’s women’s basketball team could win its first Olympic medal
The Canadian women’s basketball team begins an Olympic pre-qualifying tournament on Thursday in Edmonton. How much further will they go? CBC | Sports News
Read More »Remembering the Olympic athletes who also fought for Canada
Many Canadians have represented their country on the world stage at the Olympics. Only a select few of them, however, put aside their athletic lives to serve with the Canadian forces. On this Remembrance Day, we reflect on some of our Olympic athletes who also fought for Canada. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Olympic baseball hopes take blow with 5th straight loss to Australia
Canada’s hopes of advancing at the Premier 12 baseball tournament took a critical blow on Friday. The Canadians dropped their round-robin finale to Australia 3-1, leaving both squads with 1-2 records. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s Olympic field hockey hopes dashed in shootout
Canada suffered heartbreak in an Olympic women’s field hockey qualifier Sunday, losing 4-3 to Ireland in a penalty shootout with a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Games on the line. CBC | Sports News
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