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How historic Olympic medal catapulted Canada's Eleanor Harvey into fencing's elite
Since authoring a classic Olympic bronze-medal winning underdog story, Canada's Eleanor Harvey’s follow-up season has cemented her as a legitimate contender on the international fencing circuit. The 30-year-old has claimed four medals in five competitions, including Canada’s first World Cup gold.
Not just a dunker, Canada's Toby Fournier excelling on all fronts as she leads Duke into March Madness
Star forward and leading scorer for the Duke Blue Devils. Freshman of the year. A conference title and a top two seed in March Madness. Yes, those accomplishments could describe Cooper Flagg, the projected No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft. But they also belong to Toronto's Toby Fournier.
Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott named CEO of Nordiq Canada
Beckie Scott has lived many different lives. On Monday, the next chapter of her career began. Scott was named CEO of Nordiq Canada, the national sport organization that oversees cross-country and Para Nordic skiing.
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Canadian athletes embracing Paralympic momentum with Milan-Cortina Winter Games in sight
For Canadian athletes, Italy is a chance to once again celebrate the Paralympics and re-ignite the world's awareness around Para sport when the Games begin in Milan Cortina in 2026.
Already a skeleton world champion, Hallie Clarke's 'crazy journey' could lead to bigger things
Canadian skeleton star Hallie Clarke days ahead of her senior title defence in Lake Placid, N.Y., and less than a year away from her potential Olympic debut in Milan, struggles to contextualize her 'crazy journey so far.'
Tennis legend Serena Williams joins WNBA expansion team Toronto Tempo as part owner
Serena Williams, who won 23 major championships over a 27-year tennis career, is joining Toronto Tempo ownership, the WNBA team announced on Monday.
After surprise bronze in Beijing, Canada's ski jumpers continue rising despite troubles of success
When Janko Zwitter came aboard as Canada’s ski jumping coach in 2021, he faced a choice. With the final ski jumping hill in Canada closed, the team could either integrate with the Americans south of the border or centralize itself in Slovenia for training.
Cohort of top Canadian swimming talent exhibits viability of U Sports despite NCAA lure
Kayla Sanchez, Finlay Knox, Emma O’Croinin and Blake Tierney are all set to compete at the U Sports national championships, which will be held at the U of T pool from March 6-8. Live streaming coverage will be available on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem.
Grassroots participation in Canadian hockey slowly beginning to rebound from pandemic, scandal
In 2019, more than 500,000 boys were registered for minor hockey in Canada. One year later, the number dropped under 375,000. In the years since, registration has slowly risen once again, and in 2023 it was nearly back to the pre-pandemic level.
Raptors see Ingram trade as 'incremental step' in rebuild, says GM Bobby Webster
It's not the type of trade rebuilding teams generally make. Yet the Toronto Raptors flipped the script on Thursday, sending the New Orleans Pelicans a 2026 first-round pick from Indiana, their own 2031 second-round pick and veterans Bruce Brown and Kelly Olynyk for pending free agent Brandon Ingram.