Canadian legend Christine Sinclair announced Friday that she will retire from playing professional soccer at the end of the season. The 41-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., said in a post on Instagram that she will finish out the National Women’s Soccer League campaign with the Portland Thorns, who are scheduled to finish out the regular season … Read more
PARIS – Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women’s 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her collection. She had previously won gold in Tokyo in 2021 in the 64 kg category, which has since been removed from the Olympic … Read more
A spirited silver medal from the women’s rugby sevens team kept Canada’s medal streak alive Tuesday at the Paris Olympics. Canada battled to a hard-fought 19-12 loss to defending champion New Zealand in the sevens final in Paris to earn Canada’s sixth medal of the Games. The plucky Canadians seemed poised to shock the rugby … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 27, 2024 1:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone spying scandal. The stunning swath of punishments … 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
A day before the start of Team Canada’s Olympic bid, two members of the Canadian women’s soccer delegation have been removed from the Paris 2024 squad after accusations of flying a drone over the New Zealand team during practice to record them. Joseph Lombardi, an unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer, was detained by French authorities … Read more
Preparations are heating up for the Paris Olympics and some countries, including Canada, are making sure their athletes remain cool during the two-week-long summer sporting event. Team Canada is among several visiting delegations that will be adding air conditioning units because the rooms in the Olympic Village where the athletes will be staying won’t have … Read more
Canada held top-ranked Argentina scoreless in the first half but conceded a Julian Alvarez goal early in the second, eventually falling 2-0 to the star-studded South Americans in the opening match of Copa America on Thursday. The 48th-ranked Canadians did not look out of place in the high-profile game. They had chances in an entertaining game … Read more
When Team Canada plays, the country pays attention. And right now, all eyes are on London, Ont., where police have charged five members of the 2018 World Junior championship team with sexual assault over allegations stemming from a gala celebration that year involving a then-20-year-old woman. The charges have not been proven in court. Lawyers … Read more
For the first time in history, Canadian Paralympic athletes will get financial rewards — like Olympic athletes do — for finishing at the podium at the Paris Games later this year. The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) made the announcement Wednesday of a new program that would see Paralympians get an equal amount of money as … Read more
