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Carissa Norsten’s University of Victoria women’s rugby squad is one of eight headed to UPEI for the national 15s championship, which begins Wednesday with live coverage beginning at 12 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. CBC | Sports News
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Calgary Wild FC women’s pro soccer team announces its leaders
Calgary Wild FC has named Lara Murphy the women’s pro soccer team’s first chief executive officer and Lisa Oldridge its chief financial and operating officer. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Women’s soccer players slam FIFA’s partnership with Saudi Aramco over human rights, environmental concerns
In an open letter to FIFA’s president obtained by CBC News, more than a hundred international soccer players, including several Canadians, are calling on FIFA to reconsider its sponsorship by Saudi Arabian oil company. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Higuchi wins women’s gold, Miura and Kihara capture pairs in big night for Japan at Skate America
Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday night, putting together an error-free program at Skate America to edge Japanese teammate Rinka Watanabe and American star Isabeau Levito. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dabrowski, women’s doubles partner Routliffe into Japan Open semifinals
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the women’s doubles semifinals at the Japan Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi on Wednesday in Osaka. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NSL co-founder Diana Matheson added to interim staff for Canadian women’s soccer team
Former Canadian international Diana Matheson joins returning assistants Andy Spence, Jen Herst and Neil Wood in the coaching ensemble for Canada’s Oct. 25 friendly against Spain in the absence of suspended women’s head coach Bev Priestman. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, taking nearly two minutes off the previous best to win in a time of two hours nine minutes 56 seconds. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s women’s rugby team edged by England for WXV 1 title in Vancouver
Canada’s women’s rugby team appeared poised to do the impossible Saturday — beat England. Midway through the second half of their WXV 1 final, Canada’s Alex Tessier slipped through England’s line, darted up the field and slid in to touch. She then sent a kick soaring through the uprights to put Canada up 12-7. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Leylah Fernandez, Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi fall in women’s doubles semifinals at Wuhan Open
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi will not be moving on to the Wuhan Open final. The pairing lost 7-5, 6-2 to Americans Jessica Pegula and Asia Muhammad in the women’s doubles semifinals at the tennis tournament on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Katrine Pedersen 1st head coach of Ottawa’s Northern Super League women’s team
Katrine Pedersen, who won a Danish-record 210 caps as a player and then served as an assistant coach with Denmark’s women’s team, has been named head coach of Ottawa Rapid FC. CBC | Sports News
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