Canada’s fight for a 2022 Olympic figure skating bronze medal is far from over. High performance director Mike Slipchuk and other Skate Canada executives want clarity on why Canada remained in fourth place behind Russia…
After securing a provincial title with a three-man lineup, the members of Team Glenn Howard will be Regina-bound in about a month to play in the Montana’s Brier. What remains unclear is whether the short-handed…
Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ont., defeated Krysta Burns of Sudbury, Ont., 6-4 to attain the Northern Ontario women’s curling championship and book her spot in the national championship next month in Calgary. The Scotties Tournament…
Canada’s Marielle Thompson returned to the top of the World Cup ski cross podium for the first time in over two years on Sunday in St. Moritz, Switzerland, while her teammate Hannah Schmidt took bronze…
Hannah Schmidt doubled her World Cup ski cross victories at Nakiska Ski Resort on Sunday. The 29-year-old from Ottawa parlayed powerful starts out of the gates and over the opening rollers to World Cup wins…
Canada’s Mikaël Kingsbury raced to a dual moguls gold medal on home snow on Saturday, collecting in Val Saint-Côme, Que., for his third victory in four World Cup stops in the discipline this season. The 31-year-old Deux-Montagne, Que., native…
Canada led 1-0 for three quarters but conceded five late goals to lose 5-1 to Spain at a women’s Olympic field hockey qualifier Tuesday, effectively ending its bid to qualify for the Paris Olympics. The…
Canadians Leslie Sexton and national record holder Natasha Wodak finished less than two minutes shy of the automatic entry standard for the Paris Olympic women’s marathon on Sunday in Houston. Sexton was eighth among elite women…
Knowing what it takes to defend a national women’s figure skating championship has Madeline Schizas feeling prepared to do it again. Winner of two consecutive titles, the 20-year-old from Oakville, Ont., pursues a three-peat in…
Canadian figure skating hasn’t been the same since the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. That’s where a golden generation of performers featuring ice-dance darlings Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and three-time men’s world champion…
Canada and the U.S. will meet June 1 at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas to kick off the ICC (International Cricket Council) Men’s T20 World Cup. The West Indies, which is co-hosting the…
Val Grenier has made a triumphant return to the resort of her first World Cup triumph. The Canadian skier won a giant slalom Saturday on the same hill in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia where she celebrated her…
The 2024 Canadian figure skating championships will feel like a return to normal for ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. The two-time world championship bronze medalists didn’t compete in last year’s nationals because Gilles…
Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate started 2024 off with a World Cup silver medal Monday. The 22-year-old Calgarian concluded second to Austria’s Eva Pinkelnig. Norway’s Eirin Maria Kvandal and Jacqueline Seifriedsberger of Austria tied for…
Canada’s Cameron Alexander won bronze in the men’s downhill race on Thursday in Bormio, Italy. Alexander, who also took third at last year’s world championships, concluded 1.23 seconds behind France’s Cyprien Sarrazin (one minute 50.73 seconds),…
Owen Beck scored twice as Canada defeated Switzerland 6-2 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game Friday. Beck, the only player returning from Canada’s championship-winning team from the 2023 world junior championship, scored the…
Canada’s Schmidt siblings keep racking up hardware on the World Cup ski cross circuit. Ottawa’s Jared Schmidt took gold in the men’s event while his sister Hannah Schmidt claimed bronze in the women’s final on Thursday in…
Canada’s William Dandjinou captured gold in the men’s 1,500-metre short track speed skating final at a World Cup event on Sunday in Seoul, South Korea. The Montreal speed skater crossed the finish line in two minutes 18.661 seconds, just ahead…
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan stayed perfect at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with a 7-5 victory over Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in Draw 10 action on Thursday in Saskatoon. Homan had the hammer coming into…
As of one week ago, neither Hannah nor Jared Schmidt had ever won gold on the ski cross World Cup circuit. But that all changed on Tuesday in Arosa, Switzerland, where the Ottawa siblings each…
Canadian short track speed skaters added three more medals – including two gold – to their tally on the final day of competition at a World Cup stop in Beijing on Sunday. Jordan Pierre-Gilles, from Sherbrooke, Que., scored his…
Canadians captured a pair of medals from Day 2 of the World Cup ski cross stop in Val Thorens, France, on Friday. Canada’s Jared Schmidt was the second skier across the finish line in the men’s big…
Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps stard competition at the figure skating Grand Prix Final with a strong performance on Thursday in Beijing. The duo sits second after the pairs short program with 71.22 points, trailing only Germany’s…
Alpine Canada president and chief executive officer Therese Brisson gives Mont-Tremblant’s first World Cup event in 40 years a “10-on-10” rating — and hopes it’s here to stay. Fans surrounded the finish line and filled…
Not long after missing out on an individual speed skating medal Sunday, Ivanie Blondin made certain to not end the day without a podium finish. The Ottawa native helped Canada’s women to team sprint bronze,…
Seven-time Olympic champion sprinter Allyson Felix and seven-time golf major winner Inbee Park are candidates in elections at the Paris Games to represent their fellow athletes at the IOC. The International Olympic Committee revealed a list of…
For Cameron Alexander, feeling strong and ready to launch from the start hut in the first World Cup downhill of the season is a novel sensation. Knee injuries limited the 26-year-old ski racer from North Vancouver early…
While being sidelined from the sport she loves hasn’t been easy, Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya says fighting for the right to compete has helped her accept the rules that restrict her from running. “At…
Canada’s women are making a statement in early action at the sitting volleyball World Cup. The 2024 Paralympic hopefuls improved their record to 3-0 with Tuesday victories over Slovenia and Ukraine in Cairo. The world…
Natalie Achonwa scored a team-high 16 points in leading Canada to a 77-68 victory over Puerto Rico on Sunday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action in Medellín, Colombia.. Laeticia Amihere added 11 points and…
