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Japan Olympic Minister: Games could be held any time in 2020
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Olympic minister said Tuesday the contract to hold the Tokyo Games only specifies the event has to be held during 2020. Seiko Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house...
Mar 03, 2020 (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
IOC senior member: 3 months to decide fate of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there's a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from ...
Feb 25, 2020
Wray Morrison: Change is needed
Speaking at the NHL meetings in Pebble Beach a few days ago, league commissioner Gary Bettman said there isn't time to plan a 2021 World Cup of Hockey. Naturally, the conversation quickly turned to th...
Dec 12, 2019
Darrell Davis: Too many selfish Canadian NBA players
Shame on those Canadian NBA players who didn't represent their country at an Olympic qualifying tournament in China. Canadians comprise the second-biggest group of nationalities in the NBA, behind the...
Sep 04, 2019
Jamie Nye: Olympics continue to move too far away from 'sport'
Breakdancing??!! You have got to be kidding me. Breakdancing is a step closer to being a medal sport at the Olympics. And I use the term 'sport' loosely, but so too does the International Olympic Comm...
Mar 28, 2019
Wray Morrison: Best on best should be best for all.
It's unfortunate that there will not be a World Cup of Hockey in 2020. Negotiations between the NHL and players association for a new collective bargaining agreement means the tournament is on hold. I...
Jan 24, 2019
Jamie Nye: NHLPA should get Olympics back if NHL wants new deal
The NHL Players Association should be salivating on what they could get out of the owners and Gary Bettman. It would appear they have all the leverage right now as the league desperately wants to run ...
Jan 11, 2019
Calgary 2026 Olympic Games bid survives city council vote on plebiscite
CALGARY - A potential Calgary bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games survived a city council vote Wednesday, when a motion leading to the cancellation of an upcoming plebiscite did not pass. Te...
Oct 31, 2018
Darrell Davis: Olympics are becoming too big and bad
Hopefully, the 2026 Winter Olympics will have no place that wants them. Calgary's bid is wavering because of a $5 billion price tag. Who wants to pay that much for the Games? It's scaring the city, pr...
Oct 31, 2018
Sask. figure skaters feeling inspired post-Winter Olympics
It's been a month since the PyeongChang Winter Games had its closing ceremonies, yet Team Canada's success in figure skating continues to inspire local athletes. While the Olympics were airing from So...
Mar 26, 2018 Julia Pangracs, coach Christine Laprairie, Rhea Renwick and Caidence Derenisky represented Regina in figure skating at the Saskatchewan Winter Games in North Battleford in February 2018. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...