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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
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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
Read More »Phil (Wizard) Kim’s breaking gold helped introduce sport to the world, mentor says
Canadian Philip Kim, who competes as B-Boy Phil Wizard, took the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men’s breaking in Paris by defeating French hometown favourite Dany Dann in Saturday’s final. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Strictly Come Dancing’s second celebrity ‘revealed’ as Olympian and Question of Sport star
Strictly Come Dancing has reportedly signed up its second contestant for the 2024 series who has “everything it takes to win”. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Andy Murray reveals plans to take up one new sport after tennis retirement
Andy Murray has opened up on his plans after retirement ahead of his tennis swansong at the 2024 Olympics. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Culture change to safer sport starting slowly for Canada’s Olympic athletes bound for Paris
After an admission there is a safe-sport crisis in Canada, how safer are athletes from abuse and maltreatment heading into the Paris Games? “I’d say it is safer,” said Canada’s Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough says. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ronnie O’Sullivan may quit snooker to take up rival sport as Rocket eyes new ‘challenge’
Ronnie O’Sullivan is already looking ahead to life after snooker. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Rower Jill Moffatt on the ‘Wild West’ of family planning policy in Canadian sport organizations
Canadian rower Jill Moffatt started MOMentum after realizing that elite Canadian athletes weren’t supported enough in family planning by their sport organizations. CBC | Sports News
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