By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 28, 2024 7:13 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size PARIS – Canada sports minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is withholding some of Canada Soccer’s funding following a spying scandal involving the Olympic women’s soccer team. FIFA docked six points from the … Read more
PARIS – Summer McIntosh laid the foundation for her ambitious Olympic swim program in Paris with a silver medal in the women’s 400-metre freestyle on Saturday’s opening day at the pool. The 17-year-old Toronto teenager claimed the first Olympic medal of her career and Canada’s first of the 2024 Olympic Games. The world-record holder in … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 27, 2024 5:35 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size PARIS – Here are some notable quotes from the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 27, 2024: “Any time I get to race either of those girls it’s an amazing opportunity and I learn … Read more
Celebrities and royals have descended on the City of Light to kick off the Paris 2024 Olympics, and they’re lighting up the red carpet as the city lights the Olympic flame. The night before the opening ceremony, the party got started at Louis Vuitton’s Prelude to the Olympics event, which saw some of Hollywood’s elite … Read more
CBC’s Paris 2024 Streaming and TV Schedule for Sunday, July 28, 2024 All times Eastern 2:50 a.m. Rowing – Preliminary Rounds – Day 2 Beach Volleyball – Mixed Preliminary Round – Session 1 Day 2 Women’s Volleyball – Italy vs Dominican Republic 3:20 a.m. Archery – Women’s Team 1/8 Eliminations Shooting – Men’s 10m Air … Read more
Céline Dion certainly knows how to make a comeback. The Quebec singer returned to the stage for the first time in almost four years Friday, but it wasn’t just any stage — of course the pop diva selected the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony, on the Eiffel Tower, as the site of her first performance … Read more
Canada Soccer chief executive officer Kevin Blue said he was investigating a potential “systemic ethical shortcoming” within the program but has not considered pulling the women’s soccer team from the Paris Olympics due to a drone spying scandal. Blue appeared on a 30-minute video call with media on Friday, hours after the federation suspended head … Read more
France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials condemned the attacks as “criminal actions,” though they said there was no sign of … Read more
Snoop Dogg is set to bring extra swagger to the final leg of the Olympic torch journey in France, as the crip-walking rapper is scheduled to parade the flame through Paris ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday. The mayor of Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, announced the news on X on Tuesday morning. In French, the … Read more
Decorated sprinter Andre De Grasse and weightlifting champion Maude Charron couldn’t resist the chance to carry Canada’s flag into such a unique opening ceremonies of an Olympic Games. De Grasse of Markham, Ont., and Charron of Rimouski, Que., will bear the Maple Leaf on a boat on the River Seine in Paris on Friday, instead … Read more
