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Veteran Canadian marathon trio misses Paris Olympic qualifying standard in Houston

Veteran Canadian marathon trio misses Paris Olympic qualifying standard in Houston

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…

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Canadian speed skaters collect women’s team sprint bronze in World Cup action

Canadian speed skaters collect women’s team sprint bronze in World Cup action

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,…

Hockey
Toronto to host New York in PWHL’s 1st regular-season game on New Year’s Day

Toronto to host New York in PWHL’s 1st regular-season game on New Year’s Day

The first regular-season Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) match will be held in Toronto on New Year’s Day. The Toronto team will host New York for an afternoon match at Mattamy Athletic Centre (12:30 pm ET), the…

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Canada extends unbeaten streak at women’s sitting volleyball Paralympic qualifier

Canada extends unbeaten streak at women’s sitting volleyball Paralympic qualifier

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…

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Canadian women wrap up Olympic pre-qualifying basketball tournament with 3-0 record

Canadian women wrap up Olympic pre-qualifying basketball tournament with 3-0 record

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…

Tennis
Canada shoots for 1st-ever Billie Jean King Cup title at finals in Spain

Canada shoots for 1st-ever Billie Jean King Cup title at finals in Spain

One year after Canada’s men snapped a lengthy tennis drought, the women have an chance to follow suit. Canada has never so much as reached the final at the Billie Jean King Cup, the international…

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Einarson routs Mexico 17-1 to wrap group play at Pan Continental Curling Championships

Einarson routs Mexico 17-1 to wrap group play at Pan Continental Curling Championships

Canada’s Kerri Einarson closed out women’s round-robin play at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships with a 17-1 victory over Mexico on Thursday in Kelowna, B.C. The four-time defending national champions from Gimli, Man., scored…

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Canada’s Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes improve to 2-0 at beach volleyball worlds

Canada’s Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes improve to 2-0 at beach volleyball worlds

The Canadian women’s duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson improved to 2-0 in pool play at the beach volleyball world championships on Sunday in Mexico. The No. 4-ranked Toronto pair defeated No. 50 Michelle Amarilla and Erika Bobadilla of…

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Dubreuil, Maltais, Bloemen, Hiller win national titles at Canadian long track championships

Dubreuil, Maltais, Bloemen, Hiller win national titles at Canadian long track championships

Carolina Hiller, Laurent Dubreuil, Valerie Maltais and Ted-Jan Bloemen all earned national titles on Thursday, the opening day of the Canadian long track speed skating championships in Calgary. Hiller, from Prince George, B.C., raced to…

Rugby
Canadian women’s rugby 7s team qualifies for 2024 Olympics after winning Langford, B.C., event

Canadian women’s rugby 7s team qualifies for 2024 Olympics after winning Langford, B.C., event

Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team is going to next summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, but the men’s team will have to keep trying to qualify. The Canadian women trounced Mexico 53-0 Sunday afternoon to win…

Rugby
Canada unveils men’s, women’s rosters for this week’s Olympic rugby sevens qualifier

Canada unveils men’s, women’s rosters for this week’s Olympic rugby sevens qualifier

Phil Berna and Olivia Apps will captain the Canadian sides looking to secure Olympic qualification at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens this weekend in Langford, B.C. The two-day qualifying tournament features seven men’s and…

Soccer
Germany ‘speechless’ after earliest-ever Women’s World Cup exit

Germany ‘speechless’ after earliest-ever Women’s World Cup exit

An opening 6-0 victory over Morocco makes Germany’s earliest exit ever at the Women’s World Cup even harder to fathom for a No. 2-ranked team that won’t be advancing out of the group. A 1-1 draw with South Korea in…

Soccer
Canada unable to overcome ‘ruthless’ Australian team at Women’s World Cup

Canada unable to overcome ‘ruthless’ Australian team at Women’s World Cup

Monday marked the end of the road for the Canadian team at the Women’s World Cup. Australia’s Matildas came out blazing, not waltzing, and solidified their qualification to the next round. Along with Australia, Nigeria’s Super…

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Canadian women’s water polo team tops Japan for 2nd straight victory at aquatics worlds

Canadian women’s water polo team tops Japan for 2nd straight victory at aquatics worlds

The Canadian women’s water polo team is off to the Round of 16 after defeating host Japan 17-12 at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. The victory wrapped up a second-place finish in Pool D…

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Canada recovery from upset loss to top U.S. on opening day of women’s 3×3 World Cup

Canada recovery from upset loss to top U.S. on opening day of women’s 3×3 World Cup

It was a down-and-up day for Canada’s women’s 3×3 basketball team at the World Cup on Tuesday. The reigning silver medalists and Women’s Series Finals champions were stunned 20-18 in overtime by the Czech Republic before…

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Canada’s women’s soccer team blanks Argentina behind 2nd-half rally

Canada’s women’s soccer team blanks Argentina behind 2nd-half rally

Canada rallied in the second half, pulling ahead on an own goal and Cloe Lacasse’s first senior strike to defeat 10-woman Argentina 2-0 in a women’s international soccer friendly Thursday in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.…

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Canada races to women’s eight bronze at world rowing championships

Canada races to women’s eight bronze at world rowing championships

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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Canada expects a stiffer challenge from Australia in women’s soccer rematch

Canada expects a stiffer challenge from Australia in women’s soccer rematch

Canada is expecting a response from a motivated Australia when the teams meet Tuesday in Sydney in the second game of their women’s soccer friendly series. The seventh-ranked Canadians won 1-0 when the teams met…

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Women’s final, not men’s, will conclude Olympic soccer tournament in Paris

Women’s final, not men’s, will conclude Olympic soccer tournament in Paris

The Olympic soccer competition at the 2024 Paris Games will end with the women’s final — instead of the men’s — for the first time. FIFA announced the Olympic soccer competition schedule on Wednesday. The…

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England beat Spain in dramatic comeback to reach Women’s Euro semifinals

England beat Spain in dramatic comeback to reach Women’s Euro semifinals

Hosts England came from behind in dramatic fashion to beat Spain 2-1 at the 2022 Women’s Euro on Wednesday night to advance to the semifinals. A late second-half goal from Ella Toone and a sumptuous winner by…

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Canadian diver Mia Vallée bursts to bronze at world championships

Canadian diver Mia Vallée bursts to bronze at world championships

It was a winding route for Canada’s Mia Vallée to land on the podium. The Beaconsfield, Que., diver earned bronze in the women’s one-metre springboard final at the world aquatics championships on Wednesday in Budapest,…

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Canada, U.S. women’s national baseball teams to square off in Thunder Bay this summer

Canada, U.S. women’s national baseball teams to square off in Thunder Bay this summer

Thunder Bay will welcome back elite baseball later this year after a couple of quiet summers on the diamond. Baseball Canada revealed last week that the city will host an international five-game series between the Canadian…

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Canada’s Buchanan, Lyon defeat PSG to reach Women’s Champions League final

Canada’s Buchanan, Lyon defeat PSG to reach Women’s Champions League final

Lyon edged hosts Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in their second-leg semifinal on Saturday to reach the Women’s Champions League final. In an all-French tie, Lyon advanced 5-3 on aggregate after winning the first leg 3-2 last…

Hockey
Canada doubles up on rival U.S. to complete perfect round robin in women’s hockey

Canada doubles up on rival U.S. to complete perfect round robin in women’s hockey

Once again, it was Marie-Philip Poulin delivering the defining moment of a Canadian women’s hockey triumph over the U.S. Canada’s Captain Clutch scored on a short-handed penalty shot, Brianne Jenner added a pair and goalie Ann-Renée…

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Canadian women’s triumphant soccer return a good sign as World Cup, Olympic qualifications loom

Canadian women’s triumphant soccer return a good sign as World Cup, Olympic qualifications loom

As far as homecomings go, the Canadian women’s team returned as conquering queens. Out of action since winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Canada completed the first leg of its “Celebration Tour” by recording consecutive…

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Canada Basketball, women’s coach Lisa Thomaidis part ways after Olympic disappointment

Canada Basketball, women’s coach Lisa Thomaidis part ways after Olympic disappointment

Canada Basketball says it has mutually agreed to part ways with senior women’s head coach Lisa Thomaidis two days before her contract was to expire. Thomaidis stated in a news release it was “the highest…

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Canada makes long-awaited return to Olympic softball diamond with shutout win

Canada makes long-awaited return to Olympic softball diamond with shutout win

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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Wheelchair Basketball Canada announces men’s and women’s squads for Tokyo Games

Wheelchair Basketball Canada announces men’s and women’s squads for Tokyo Games

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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Canadian Olympic women’s water polo team announced for Tokyo

Canadian Olympic women’s water polo team announced for Tokyo

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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Penny Oleksiak beats stacked field in 100-metre freestyle at Canadian Olympic trials

Penny Oleksiak beats stacked field in 100-metre freestyle at Canadian Olympic trials

Penny Oleksiak admits the post-Rio pressure after her four-medal performance at the 2016 Games was intense and detracted from the usual enjoyment she experiences in the pool. The pandemic break gave a good opportunity for…

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