For some of Canada’s top wrestlers, this week’s world championships — running Monday through Saturday in Paris — will punctuate a difficult year, for individually unique reasons. CBC | Sports News
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After being disqualified in the semifinals at the track and field world championships earlier this month, Aaron Brown responded by finishing third in the 200-metre race at the Diamond League event in Birmingham, England, on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
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AUGUST 16 is celebrated by many people around the world as Rollercoaster Day. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
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The track and field world championships were supposed to be filled with golden goodbyes and a clash of rivalries. Unfortunately for athletes and fans, the farewells were not so fond, and it turned out that the biggest rivalry that played out over the past 10 days was between the human body and a stomach virus. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s Melissa Bishop finished fifth in the women’s 800-metres at the world track and field championships. The 29-year-old from Eganville, Ont., ran one minute 57.68 seconds. CBC | Sports News
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Patagotitan mayorum might not roll off the tongue like Tyrannosaurus rex or other iconic dinosaur names could, but this recently-dubbed dinosaur just might have been the largest and heaviest animal to ever walk the face of the Earth. According to National Geographic, the long-necked titanosaur got part of its new name from its place of origin — the area now ...
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Israeli media are reporting that the world’s oldest man, who lived through both world wars and survived the Holocaust, has died a month short of his 114th birthday. CBC | World News
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Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin will meet in a final duel on the track after helping their teams qualify for the final of the 4×100-metre relay at the world championships on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
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