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The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports. They were picked from more than 70 scholarships, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the team announcement on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
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Another Canadian basketball team can qualify for the Olympics this week
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the top-ranked Canadian women’s 3-on-3 basketball team’s attempt to win a spot in the Paris Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »29 Olympics, no medals? No problem. Quebec-led fencing squad hungry for history
Canada’s Olympic fencing team in Paris will be country’s largest in decades and its athletes are hungry to make history and earn a podium finish. CBC | Sports News
Read More »WATCH | Chinese swimmers tested positive for banned drug before Tokyo Olympics
Twenty three swimmers from China who tested positive for the same banned drug were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics and some went on to win medals. The scandal has raised questions about the effectiveness of the World Anti Doping Agency shortly before the Paris Olympics. CBC | World News
Read More »Jordi Fernandez still set to coach Canadian men’s basketball team at Olympics after taking Nets job
Canadian men’s national-team head coach Jordi Fernandez was hired Monday as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, but Canada Basketball says the new job won’t affect the Spaniard’s place at the Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How many medals will Canada win at the Paris Olympics?
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter digs into the latest podium projections for the Summer Games to see how Canadian athletes might do. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Government boosts carding money for athletes ahead of Paris Olympics
The federal government announced in Tuesday’s budget that it will increase funding for the Athlete Assistance Program, but the Canadian Olympic Committee says more is still needed. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Driven by athlete insights, Team Canada unveils outfits for Paris Olympics, Paralympics
Team Canada on Tuesday revealed a new collection of athlete clothing from Lululemon less than 100 days from the start of the Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »22 hours a day of live coverage key to CBC’s Paris Olympics plan
CBC/Radio-Canada has announced its extensive coverage plans for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The coverage of Team Canada’s approximately 10,500 athletes include a consistent slate of on-the-ground and in-studio coverage programming for 22 hours daily. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Having been through ‘hell and back,’ Penny Oleksiak returns to pool with full focus on Olympics
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