Tag Archives: Summer Olympics

Canada's men's volleyball team may have lulled the competition in to a false sense of confidence. The Canadians defeated the United States 3-0 in the men's volleyball opener for both teams Sunday at t...

Canada's Josh Binstock and Samuel Schachter started their Rio Olympic beach volleyball tournament with a 2-0 loss to Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt in preliminary play on Saturday. Se...

RIO DE JANEIRO - With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky, performers decked in silver and sweet, sultry music, Rio de Janiero is welcoming the world to the first Olympic Games in South Americ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada's Olympic team marched into Maracana Stadium to loud cheers at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. Rosie MacLennan, Canada's only gold medallist from the 2012 London Olym...

RIO DE JANEIRO - There's nothing like the unique Brazilian vibe - and the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will see no shortage of samba, culture, diversity and history ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The IOC approved the entry of 271 Russian athletes for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday, meaning 70 per cent of the country's original team will compete after a doping scandal ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - It was a dramatic start for Canada at the Rio Summer Games on Wednesday. Janine scored the quickest goal in Olympic soccer history as the Canadian women's soccer team earned a dramati...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Volleyball player Gavin Schmitt says his bed in the Olympic athletes' village fits his six-foot-10 body just fine. "It's long enough," the Saskatoon native said Tuesday. "They put an ...

OTTAWA - Canoe Kayak Canada selected Ryan Cochrane and Hugues Fournel to the Canadian Olympic team on Sunday after receiving two additional quota spots for the men's K2 200-metres event at the Rio Gam...

At some point during the rugby sevens competition at the Rio Olympics, Canadian captain Jen Kish will look up in the stands. She'll be searching for her father. "They'll be 8,000, 10,000, 15,000 peopl...