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The Paris Olympics in July will be the last for Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil, who says she has “accomplished more than I ever wanted in swimming.” She wants to defend 100-metre butterfly gold and lower the world record held by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden. CBC | Sports News
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Watch Canada vs. Italy for women’s water polo spot at Paris Olympics
The Canadian women’s water polo team have their Olympic dreams at stake in their final match at the World Aquatics Championships. Watch live on Friday at 2 a.m. ET as they take on Italy in both teams’ final chance to get to Paris 2024. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The IOC needs to prepare itself for inevitable impact of Israel-Palestine conflict on Paris Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has declared itself as politically neutral. But the Olympics are about people and people are not politically neutral, not now and not in the future. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s basketball team needs help to qualify for Olympics after loss to Japan
The Canadian women’s basketball team will need to wait to find out if they’re Olympics-bound after an 86-82 loss to Japan on Sunday at the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in Sopron, Hungary. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada qualifies artistic swimming team, women’s duet spots for Paris Olympics
The Canadian artistic swimming team, and the women’s duet team of Jacqueline Simoneau and Montreal’s Audrey Lamothe have qualified for the Paris Olympic Games thanks to their performances at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Here are some (too early) medal predictions for the Summer Olympics
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter parses a statistical model’s projections for how Canadian athletes will fare in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NHLers to return to Olympics in 2026, 2030 after missing last 2 Winter Games
NHL players are set to return to the next two Olympics. League commissioner Gary Bettman announced Friday at all-star weekend in Toronto that the NHL has struck a deal with the Players’ Association and International Ice Hockey Federation, paving the way for stars to compete in Italy in 2026 and at the following Winter Games in 2030. CBC | Sports News
Read More »A football Dream Team? Maybe at the 2028 Olympics.
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks at the NFL’s role in getting flag football into the Olympics and the star players who might take the field in L.A. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kamila Valieva disqualified from 2022 Olympics in doping case, Russia to lose team gold to U.S.
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. Canada placed fourth in the event and could be elevated to bronze. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ben Flanagan qualifies for Olympics, fellow runner Marco Arop lowers Canadian record
Ben Flanagan of Kitchener, Ont., set a personal best of 13:04.62 indoors on Friday in Boston to meet the automatic entry standard in the men’s 5,000 metres for the Paris Olympics this summer. The next day, Marco Arop lowered his indoor Canadian record in the 800. CBC | Sports News
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