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Mike Koreen — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:01:29 EDT

Canada’s men’s flag football team qualifies for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Canadian Press — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:51:06 EDT

Canadian women’s flag football team books ticket to 2028 Olympics

Canadian Press — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:47:15 EDT

Pallister beats Ledecky, U.S. sweeps relays over Australia at Pan Pacific Championships

Associated Press — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:50:42 EDT

Canada women unbeaten, men fall to Japan ahead of flag football quarterfinals

Canadian Press — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:59:46 EDT

Olympics Headlines

Noah Love — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:09:11 EDT

Summer McIntosh wins gold in 400m individual medley at Pan Pacs

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:23:50 EDT

Charron, Dolci add gold medals to Canada’s tally at Commonwealth Games

Canadian Press — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:46:12 EDT

IIHF upholds ban on Russian participation for 2026-27 season

Sportsnet Staff — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:17:36 EDT

The International Ice Hockey Federation has ruled that Russia will not be allowed to participate in any IIHF-sanctioned events for the 2026-27 season due to “ongoing safety, security, operational feasibility and sport integrity,” it was announced Thursday.

Federal, Alberta governments invest $52 million in Calgary Olympic Oval upgrade

Canadian Press — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:49:26 EDT

Olympic wrestler Amarveer Dhesi suspended two years for anti-doping rule violation

Canadian Press — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:09:12 EDT

Canada’s Fontaine, Carroll, Dolci win gymnastics gold medals at Commonwealth Games

Canadian Press — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:23:15 EDT

Tadej Pogacar wins a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title

Associated Press — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:26:54 EDT

Canadian women collect artistic gymnastics silver at Commonwealth Games

Canadian Press — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:16:19 EDT

Tchatchet wins silver 12 years after defecting at Commonwealth Games

Associated Press — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:51:48 EDT

At his first Commonwealth Games, Cyrille Tchatchet defected.

At his second, he won a silver medal.

Canada’s Laurence Biron wins women’s judo gold at Commonwealth Games

Canadian Press — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:58:46 EDT

Olympic countdown clock raises venue timeline questions for Brisbane 2032

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:05:40 EDT

Canadians open Pan Pacific Swimming Championships with five medals

Canadian Press — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:08:56 EDT

Scottish police looking into reports of missing athletes at Commonwealth Games

Associated Press — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:17:21 EDT

Police in Scotland said they had received reports that “several” athletes were unaccounted for following the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Two-time Olympic champion rower Olaf Tufte dead at 50

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:11:59 EDT

Olympic great Comaneci returns to Montreal, where she changed gymnastics

Canadian Press — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:41:30 EDT

Retired Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci is back in Montreal to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Summer Games, where she became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in Olympic competition.

Canada objects to Olympics loosening restrictions on Russia athletes amid Ukraine war

Canadian Press — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:25:07 EDT

Canada is objecting to the International Olympic Committee loosening its suspension on Russian athletes.

Women’s hockey to feature 25-player rosters at 2030 Olympics

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:40:24 EDT

Women’s hockey rosters for the 2030 Olympics in the French Alps are expected to include 25 players, up from 23.

Canada’s Josh Liendo breaks Commonwealth Games record for gold

Canadian Press — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:52:44 EDT

Toronto’s Joshua Liendo defended his Commonwealth Games title in the men’s 100-metre butterfly on Sunday, winning gold in a meet record of 50.42 seconds.

Daigneault, Bickerstaff, Few confirmed as USA Basketball assistant coaches

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:09:40 EDT

Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault’s only previous experience with USA Basketball was a couple of stints as a video coordinator for younger-division teams more than a decade ago. And Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff has never been part of the national program.

MLB, players in early stages of Olympic negotiations

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:28:59 EDT

Montreal Olympic Games left a legacy that’s still being felt 50 years later

Canadian Press — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:36:39 EDT

When reflecting on the 1976 Montreal Games, it’s hard not to think of the controversies surrounding the Olympic Stadium, whose problem-plagued construction and ballooning costs earned it the nickname the “Big Owe.”

Canada falls short to top-ranked Japan at Volleyball Nations League

Canadian Press — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:20:09 EDT

Canada defeats Iran, moves into women’s sitting volleyball semifinals

Canadian Press — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:38:54 EDT

Heidi Peters had a game-high 24 points Wednesday as Canada defeated Iran 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Sitting Volleyball Championships to advance to the semifinals.

IOC ends neutral status vetting for Russian athletes

Associated Press — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:48:21 EDT

Summer McIntosh withdraws from Canadian swimming trials

Canadian Press — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:45:08 EDT

Star swimmer Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from the remainder of the Canadian trials due to illness.

Canada’s Summer McIntosh sets world record in women’s 200-metre butterfly

Canadian Press — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:53:38 EDT

Six-time Olympic medallist Suni Lee announces return to gymnastics

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:24:40 EDT

Russia heads to sports court to overturn its ban from international track and field

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:27:55 EDT

Russia’s track and field federation says it has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a World Athletics ruling suspending its athletes from international events due to the war in Ukraine.

Former world pairs champion Maxime Deschamps retires from figure skating

Canadian Press — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:26:44 EDT

Taylor Ruck wins third race at Canadian swimming trials

Canadian Press — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:30:41 EDT

Summer McIntosh wins gold medal in 400-metre individual medley

Canadian Press — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:06:02 EDT

Russian, Belariusian figure skaters cleared to return as neutrals

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:34:49 EDT

‘Scarily similar’: Famed coach sees shades of Michael Phelps in Summer McIntosh

Canadian Press — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:03:46 EDT

Paralympics great Sarah Storey retires at 48, won’t chase a 10th Games

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:18:37 EDT

Paralympics great Sarah Storey retired from competitive racing on Thursday at age 48 instead of training for a 10th Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

Lake Placid and NYC form committee to study hosting Winter Olympics

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:46:21 EDT

The state of New York is forming an exploratory committee to consider whether Lake Placid and New York City should bid to co-host a future Winter Olympics.

Prosecutor dropping drug case against Olympian skier Bode Miller

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:08:32 EDT

An eastern Idaho prosecutor says misdemeanor drug charges against Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller will be dismissed despite there having been probable cause to arrest him.