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Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe wins Olympic gold medal
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada's Erica Wiebe has won Olympic gold in women's wrestling. The 27-year-old from Ottawa beat Guzel Manyurova of Kazakhstan in Thursday's final of the 75-kilogram category. Wiebe d...
Aug 19, 2016
Canada back on familiar turf for Olympic bronze-medal game against Brazil
SAO PAULO - After losing a shot at gold, the Canadian women's soccer team is back on familiar ground - in Sao Paulo and looking for Olympic bronze. Friday's third-place game with No. 8 Brazil marks Ca...
Aug 17, 2016
End of the road: Canadian men's volleyball team lose in Rio after dream run
RIO DE JANEIRO - The dream run for Canada's men's volleyball team came to an end on Day 12 of the Rio Olympics after the squad bowed out one game shy of competing for a medal. The 12th-ranked Canadian...
Aug 17, 2016
Canada in Rio: Decathlete Damian Warner
Arguably the most difficult event in the Olympics starts Wednesday in Rio de Janiero: the decathlon. The world's best male athletes compete in 10 track and field events. This year one of th...
Aug 17, 2016
Canada's Derek Drouin wins gold medal in men's high jump
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada's Derek Drouin has won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the Rio Olympics. Drouin didn't miss a single attempt en route to winning with a season-best jump of two metres ...
Aug 16, 2016
Canada's bid for shot at Olympic soccer gold ends with loss to Germany
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - There will be no shot at Olympic gold for Canada's women's soccer team. Second-ranked Germany defeated No. 10 Canada 2-0 in the semifinals today in Belo Horizonte. The loss en...
Aug 16, 2016
Canada in Rio: golfer Brooke Henderson
Before Penny Oleksiak burst onto the scene, there was another Canadian teenager who everyone was talking about in the Olympics - golfer Brooke Henderson. The 18-year-old golf phenomenon took the LPGA ...
Aug 16, 2016
Barber crashes out of pole vault event as Canada's medal streak ends at nine days
RIO DE JANEIRO - As the pole vault bar fell 5.65 metres to the ground, Shawn Barber's Olympic dreams came crashing down with it. It was a bitter but fitting end to Day 10 of the Rio Olympics for Canad...
Aug 16, 2016
Barber crashes out of pole vault event as Canada's medal streak ends at nine days
RIO DE JANEIRO - As the pole vault bar fell 5.65 metres to the ground, Shawn Barber's Olympic dreams came crashing down with it. It was a bitter but fitting end to Day 10 of the Rio Olympics for Canad...
Aug 15, 2016
Canada in Rio: women's basketball coach Lisa Thomaidis
Over the last two years, Lisa Thomaidis has been leaving quite the mark on the Canadian women's basketball scene. She coached the University of Saskatchewan women's basketball team to a national champ...
Aug 15, 2016
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