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Olympic viewing guide: It's Summer time
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:00:14 EDTCBC Sports' daily Olympic newsletter recaps the opening ceremony and the latest Dronegate news before previewing Saturday's action, featuring Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh's first shot at a medal. read more
Sinclair, Labbé deny viewing drone footage as scandal threatens to tarnish Canada Soccer
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Soccer | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:36:31 EDTFormer captain Christine Sinclair says she had never been shown or discussed drone footage in team or individual meetings she was a part of during 23 years on the national team. read more
Soccer experts question strategic value of Canadian team's drone gambit
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Soccer | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:05:04 EDTWas that really worth it? It’s a question that might be top of mind for whichever Canada Soccer staff were in charge of the decision to fly a drone over New Zealand women’s soccer practices in the days before their opening match at the Paris Olympics. read more
'A liquid tightrope': A look at the stunning and dangerous waves surfers will ride at Olympics
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Surfing | Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDTSanoa Dempfle-Olin from Tofino, B.C. will be Canada's first Olympic surfer. She'll have to master the waves in Tahiti, which boasts some of the biggest and most unique waves in the world. read more
Charron, de Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:14:11 EDTCéline Dion returned to the world stage at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, in her first public performance since revealing she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, to close out the event on Friday. read more
How to connect to the Paris 2024 Olympics
Sports | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 23:15:26 EDTNever miss a moment of this summer's Paris 2024 Olympics with full coverage from CBC's extensive Olympics team. read more
Nearly 100 years after its last medal, men's basketball in Canada finally has its own Dream Team
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Basketball | Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:04:07 EDTAfter a 24-year absence, Canada's Olympic men's basketball team enters the Paris 2024 tournament in a unique position — newcomers with unfinished business. read more
Canadian Olympic basketball teams have sights set on medals in Paris
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Basketball | Sat, 13 Jul 2024 09:17:58 EDTThere's an immense amount of pride in the heights Canadian basketball has reached entering the Olympics, both on the men's and women's sides.The Paris Games will see both Canadian basketball teams compete together for the first time since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. read more
Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman likely aware of spying, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO says
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Soccer | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 05:50:10 EDTCanadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker says the head coach of the national women's soccer team was likely aware drones were used to spy on another team's practices in France. read more
Canada men's soccer team attempted to use drones at Copa America, CEO says amid spying scandal
News/Canada | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:15:36 EDTThe CEO of Canada Soccer says the men's national soccer team "attempted drone usage" during the Copa America tournament that wrapped up earlier this month. read more
Céline Dion sings at Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony
News | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:34:22 EDTCéline Dion sang at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday, marking her first public performance since 2020. read more
De Grasse, Charron chosen as Canada's flag-bearers for Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports | Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:00:12 EDTCanada will showcase speed and strength at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Six-time medallist sprinter Andre De Grasse and champion weightlifter Maude Charron will carry the Canadian flag during Friday’s parade down the Seine, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday. read more
Simone Biles submits original skill on uneven bars ahead of Paris Olympics
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Gymnastics | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:02:55 EDTSimone Biles is looking to add to the list of skills named after her in gymnastics' Code of Points. The American superstar submitted an original skill on uneven bars to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. read more
5 questions with Canadian Olympic surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Surfing | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:29:57 EDTSanoa Dempfle-Olin, who captured a silver medal at the Pan American Games last fall, will be the first Canadian to compete in surfing in an Olympic Games starting Saturday. read more
How Ottawa's Marial Shayok nearly led South Sudan past a star-studded U.S. men's basketball team
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Basketball | Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:01:41 EDTSouth Sudan's men's basketball team will make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, and leading the charge will be Ottawa native Marial Shayok. read more
Arsonists attack French rail network hours before Olympic ceremony
News/World | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 05:37:20 EDTArsonists attacked France's high-speed rail network early Friday, setting fires that paralyzed train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. read more
Canadian Olympians ready for glamour of Paris after pandemic sterility of Tokyo
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports | Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:31:23 EDTParis is magic, glitter, love and style, says the Canadian athletes about to compete there in the Olympic Games. The glamour of the city is amplified by the lack of it in Tokyo's Summer Games three years ago through no fault of the host. read more
Olympic Village beds, accommodations receive mixed reviews from Canadian athletes
Sports/Olympics | Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:18:56 EDTAthlete beds have become a topic of conversation at the Paris Olympics. A viral clip from Australian women's water polo player Matilda Kearns pointing out the discomfort of the cardboard beds, saying she "already had a massage to undo the damage" to her back. read more
Canada Soccer suspends women's head coach Priestman for remainder of Paris Olympics
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Soccer | Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:42:48 EDTCanadian women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman has been suspended for the remainder of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by Canada Soccer, the organization announced in a statement on Thursday. read more
Canadian women's soccer team avoids upset, rallies past New Zealand in Olympic opener amid drone scandal
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Soccer | Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:07:11 EDTThe Canadian women's soccer team kicked off the defence of its Olympic title with a 2-1 victory over New Zealand on Thursday at the Paris Games. read more
Clement plays hero as Jays edge Rangers 6-5
Sports/Baseball/Blue Jays | Sat, 27 Jul 2024 02:34:03 +0000Yusei Kikuchi failed to save his best for his last outing in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform, but he felt he went out a winner after receiving a standing ovation from the Rogers Centre crowd on Friday. read more
Blue Jays trade reliever Yimi Garcia to Mariners
Sports/Baseball/Blue Jays | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:53:31 +0000The Toronto Blue Jays traded relief pitcher Yimi Garcia to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for two prospects on Friday. read more
Céline Dion’s back! Showstopping Olympic performance marks return to stage
Canada/Entertainment/Sports | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:42:21 +0000Céline Dion certainly knows how to make a comeback, choosing the first stage of the Eiffel Tower at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. read more
Blue Jays recall RHP Rodriguez from Buffalo
Sports/Baseball/Blue Jays | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:13:10 +0000The Toronto Blue Jays recalled pitcher Yerry Rodriguez from Triple-A Buffalo and activated him ahead of Friday's game against the Texas Rangers. read more
What, exactly, are Phryges? Explaining the Paris 2024 mascots
Sports/Trending/Mascot | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:27:46 +0000No, the Phryges are not triangles or tongues. They are a prominent symbol of French freedom and date back thousands of years. read more
Canada Soccer launches ethics probe amid Olympic drone spying scandal
Canada/Sports/drone soccer france | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:31:00 +0000Two staff members were kicked off the soccer team Wednesday following reports a drone was used to spy on New Zealand practices Monday and last Friday. read more
Tampa Bay Rays blast Toronto Blue Jays 13-0
Sports/Baseball/Blue Jays | Thu, 25 Jul 2024 22:12:30 +0000Chris Bassitt declared everyone in the Toronto Blue Jays organization should bear the blame for its shoddy season. read more
Why is convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde allowed in Olympics?
Sports/Trending/World | Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:45:52 +0000Steven van de Velde pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old British girl when he was 19, after meeting the minor online and chatting with her for months. read more
Jays sting Rays 6-3 with a four-run eighth inning
Sports/Baseball/Blue Jays | Thu, 25 Jul 2024 01:44:16 +0000A few hours or so after Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier let it slip that he plans to retire, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. let it be known to the baseball world he has no plans to put his current hot streak out to pasture. read more
Top U.K. rider out of Olympics after horse-whipping video surfaces
Sports/World/Charlotte Dujardin | Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:52:33 +0000One of Britain's most decorated Olympians is out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as she faces an investigation into alleged animal abuse. read more
