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Our CBC Sports team previews the Short Track Speed Skating World Tour and the expectations for Canadians competing. CBC | Sports News
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Sky Sports reporter grateful for Jeff Stelling support as she speaks up for vital cause
Warning, sensitive subjects that some readers may find distressing: Sky Sports darts reporter Abigail Davies has opened up about her battle with anorexia. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Read More »Booing of The Star-Spangled Banner reignites debate on national anthems in sports
It’s been a decades-long tradition in North America, but a Canadian professor of sport management says it might be time to re-examine the legitimacy of national anthems being played before games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What to watch this weekend in Olympic sports
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews a pretty super slate of events including the alpine world championships and the women’s hockey Rivalry Series decider. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Sports helped heal Maj. Jessica Guerin — now she’s headed to the Invictus Games
Maj. Jessica Guerin will be of 56 athletes from Canada and 500 athletes from 20 countries across the world competing in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., for the seventh Invictus Games kicking off Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Scarcity behind the medals: Canada’s Olympic sports facing funding crisis
Survey data indicates 80 per cent of NSOs are skipping competitions athletes would normally attend, 70 per cent have paused, scaled back or eliminated programming, 90 per cent have reduced or eliminated training camps and 80 per cent have increased athlete fees, said COC CEO David Shoemaker. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Gauging how the threat of a trade war has affected the Canadian pro sports landscape
When U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to put a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, a wave of indignance swept through the country. But what about sports? How does this impact the world of sports? Did it simply galvanize a sense of nationalism? CBC | Sports News
Read More »Trump will ban transgender female athletes from women’s sports in new executive order
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women’s or girls’ sporting events. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What to watch this weekend in Olympic sports
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews some key events including a world-championships tuneup for Kitzbuhel winner Jack Crawford and a homecoming for Mikael Kingsbury. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Lives of U Sports women’s hockey players intertwined from Quebec to Italy
As long as they can remember, the hockey lives of Gabrielle Santerre and Emilie Lussier have been intertwined as rivals. However, earlier in January, the Quebec natives finally found themselves not only on the same team — but the same line. CBC | Sports News
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