Auger-Aliassime bumps slump to beat qualifier at Barcelona Open
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Taylor Fritz beat compatriot Frances Tiafoe 7-6(3), 7-6(2) in a tense final to win the Japan Open on Sunday and claim his third title of the year. The two 24-year-olds traded breaks in the opening set before the…
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Canada’s women’s eight rowing team continued its medal-winning ways at the world championships on Sunday. After following their Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold with a World Cup silver in July, the Canadian crew added a bronze medal in Racice, Czech Republic. Alexis…
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Kayla Alexander scored 13 points and Kia Nurse finished with nine in her first match in almost a year, and Canada’s women’s basketball team opened the FIBA World Cup with a 67-60 victory over Serbia…
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With the Tokyo Olympic experience fresh on their minds, the Canadian water polo women can’t wait to get a taste of international action again as the world aquatic championships get underway in Budapest, Hungary. After…
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Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarter-finals at the Vienna Open after fighting through three sets to beat Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie on Thursday. The 21-year-old from Montreal bounced the 2021 Indian Wells champion in a taxing 2-6, 7-6…
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Canadian world-record holder and five-time Paralympic medalist Aurélie Rivard is off to the women’s 50m freestyle S10 final at the Tokyo Paralympics. Rivard, who won gold in the event at Rio 2016, placed second in…
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Canada’s Andre De Grasse won the men’s 100 metres at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, besting a world class field with a blazing wind-aided time of 9.74 seconds (+2.9). The six-time Olympic medalist from Markham, Ont., beat the stacked…
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There were plenty of moments when Nick Nurse was watching the Tokyo Olympics that he couldn’t help but imagine Canada playing there. Nurse and the Canadian men’s basketball team had to watch the Olympics from…
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Andy Murray moved into the field for the US Open on Monday when another past champion at Flushing Meadows, Stan Wawrinka, pulled out because he still is recovering from foot surgery. Murray is a former No. 1…
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Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Western & Southern Open on Monday, meaning the next time he will be in action will be as he tries to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam at the U.S. Open.…
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Game on the line, final seconds ticking away, and Slovenia’s Klemen Prepelic had nobody between him and a layup that would have sent his country into the gold-medal match at the Tokyo Olympics. Nicolas Batum had…
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Penny Oleksiak is now Canada’s most decorated Olympian, captivating her seventh medal — a bronze — in the women’s 4×100-metre medley relay Sunday morning in Tokyo. But in the celebration and excitement of the historic moment,…
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Five years ago at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Penny Oleksiak won gold in the women’s 100-metre freestyle with a time of 52.70 seconds. In Tokyo on Friday morning, she set a Canadian record…
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Maude Charron has won a gold medal in the women’s 64-kilogram weightlifting. She lifted 105 kg in the snatch, and 131 in the clean and jerk to collect Canada’s second gold medal of the Tokyo Games. Charron…
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Swimmer Kylie Masse is Canada’s latest medalist in the pool. The Lasalle, Ont., native narrowly missed the gold medal in the women’s 100-metre backstroke, earning a well deserved silver on Tuesday in Tokyo. A close…
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Ash Barty has lamented a “loose and erratic” effort after she fell flat in a shock first-round Tokyo Olympic loss to unheralded Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo. The world No.48 defeated world No.1 and newly crowned Wimbledon champion…
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After waiting 689 days since its last international softball game and enduring a pandemic, the Canadian women’s softball team didn’t miss a beat, defeating Mexico 4-0 on Wednesday in the opening game of the 2020…
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Three-time Paralympic champion Patrick Anderson will be making his Paralympic return to Canada’s wheelchair basketball team in Tokyo. The Canadian men’s and women’s teams headed to Tokyo were announced on Friday by the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and…
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Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur has been forced to withdraw from the Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed. De Minaur, not currently in Tokyo, tested positive during…
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Trayvon Bromell continues to demonstrate he’ll be the man to defeat in the 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. The American sprinter won for the sixth time in seven races in the event this season,…
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Wimbledon men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic has stated he is “divided” on whether he will go to the Tokyo Olympics, having previously committed to attending. Djokovic defeated Italy’s Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the final on…
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Andre De Grasse is in the final stages of Olympic preparation but will get a last look at some of the competition in a strong 100-metre field headed to Tokyo at Tuesday’s Müller British Grand Prix…
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Chris Woods marvels at Marco Arop’s growth as a middle-distance runner. His buy-in of increased aerobic training last fall leading to more steady performances on the track. His ability to stay calm on the biggest of…
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Canada’s Andre De Grasse ran to another fast time less than a month out from the Tokyo Olympics. The three-time Olympic medalist from Markham, Ont., won the 200 metres in 19.97 seconds on Tuesday at…
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This Canadian basketball loss is going to sting for a long time. After mounting an unbelievable and chaotic comeback, storming back from nine points down with 44 seconds left in the game to force overtime,…
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Co-captains Monika Eggens and Emma Wright will lead Canada’s 13-player Olympic women’s water polo team into Tokyo this summer. It’s the first time since 2004 that Canada has qualified a women’s water polo team for…
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Blustery conditions played havoc with Canadian runners racing for Olympic qualifying on Sunday. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Quebec City won the men’s 1,500 meters at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials, but his time of…
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With the official announcement of the Canadian women’s Olympic soccer roster revealed by Canadian coach Bev Priestman Wednesday, the team can now focus on a loftier goal. Winners of back-to-back bronze medals, the Canadian players…
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Four of the top 10 men in the Official World Golf Ranking are not going to Japan for the Olympics, only one of them by choice. The 60-man field was set Tuesday based on the…
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Call it the last opportunity to impress. Call it crunch time. For members of the Canadian women’s national soccer team, there are few opportunities left to crack the 18-player roster for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics…
