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Social media personality Jake Paul and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will face off in a much-anticipated boxing match streaming live on Netflix Friday. The event has drawn plenty of attention because of both participants’ celebrity status, but also because of numerous unusual circumstances. CBC | Sports News
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How Taylor Swift’s cultural impact is helping to shake up the women’s sport landscape
In addition to the skyrocketing prices of hotel rooms, inflated Uber rates and hysteria around her presence, Taylor Swift hugely affects the sports ecosystem around her. Whether or not skeptics want to admit it, her connection to sport creates a cultural impact that can not be denied. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How life outside swimming has revived 7-time Olympic medallist Oleksiak’s love for sport
Since leaving her “most challenging” Olympics in Paris, Penny Oleksiak has climbed 19,000 feet to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, done other charity work and attended her first Bills football game in Buffalo. “Trying to have a life outside of swimming is important,” she says. CBC | Sports News
Read More »VOTE NOW: Most trending moment of the year: Canadian Sport Awards
AthletesCAN in partnership with CBC Sports presents the Most Trending Moment Award as part of the 47th Canadian Sport Awards. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian short track speed skater Dandjinou wants to ‘dominate’ sport
Canadian short track speed skater and reigning world champion William Dandjinou is sensing that this is a crucial moment for his sport — and in his career. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Peter Ogilvie, 2-time Canadian Olympic sprinter and sport leader, dead at 52
Peter Ogilvie, a two-time Canadian Olympic sprinter who wanted unheralded track and field athletes to realize a dream and compete against the world’s best, has died from cancer. He was 52. CBC | Sports News
Read More »1 year into role, Hockey Canada chief Katherine Henderson says the sport is healthier
Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Katherine Henderson says the organization and hockey are headed in healthier directions since she stepped to the helm just over a year ago. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Live sport will pump £13bn a year into the UK economy by 2034
Last year UK adults spent 9.1 billion hours, or almost 2.5 hours a week, watching and playing sports. Research also found two in three adults actively describe themselves as a sports fan, and one a quarter say sport is an important part of their identity. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘A slap in the face’: Categorizing process aimed at making Para sport equitable is sometimes anything but
The issue of classification is a thorny subject within Paralympic circles. At its heart, the act of categorizing impaired athletes is intended to make Para sport equitable. But athletes will tell you that process is not always fair. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Not what I expected’: wheelchair basketball three-time Paralympian Nic Goncin shares how he first reacted to the sport
Canadian wheelchair basketball player and three-time Paralympian Nik Goncin shares with CBC’s Dale Manucdoc how he was introduced to wheelchair basketball and describes his hopes for what he’ll achieve at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games. CBC | Sports News
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