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Canada’s Women’s National Team will meet this month for a final training camp ahead of roster selection for February’s CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Texas, USA. Head Coach John Herdman has called 23 players into the camp beginning January 9th and will use the this time to craft the 20 player squad Canada will field…
TORONTO – Though Canada’s wheelchair rugby team is focused on its quest for gold in Rio, Director of Development Duncan Campbell will have his sights set on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games when he searches for wheelchair rugby’s next stars at the Wheelchair Rugby Prospects Camp in Toronto from Jan. 11 – 14. Campbell, who…
Two swimmers and a coach were honoured as Aquatics Canada continued to announce its annual awards. The late Randy Bennett was named to the President’s Honour Roll, while Ryan Cochrane took home the Male Athlete of the Year, and Genevieve Saumur won the Spirit of Aquatics Canada award. Bennett, who died in April, was acknowledged…
CAPE TOWN – Captain John Moonlight scored two tries Saturday to lead Canada to only its second-ever rugby sevens win over New Zealand but the Canadian men still failed to qualify for the Cup competition at the Cape Town Sevens. Canada’s 24-12 victory over the All Blacks was sandwiched around a 24-10 loss to Samoa…
NATAL, BRAZIL – Canada’s Christine Sinclair scored goal No. 158 of her career on Sunday as Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago 4-0 at the International Tournament of Natal. The goal ties Sinclair with American superstar Mia Hamm for second on the all-time women’s scoring list. “(Sinclair) led by example, as always,” said Canadian coach John Herdman.…
BRECKENRIDGE, CO – Competing in only the second Dew Tour of her young career, Cassie Sharpe (Comox, BC) had a high score of 87.40 to finish second in the women’s ski superpipe final in Breckenridge, Colorado. Sharpe, 23, was the only competitor to perform two clean runs and the only skier out of a group…
VICTORIA, BC – Eight was a lucky number for Canada’s swimming star Ryan Cochrane in 2015. The 27-year-old swimmer won his all-time Canadian best eighth FINA World Championships medal this year, and for his efforts is being recognized with his eighth straight Swimming Canada Male Swimmer of the Year award. Cochrane took bronze in both…
Canadian places 3rd at Winterberg Canada’s Jane Channell reached a skeleton World Cup podium for the first time in her career Friday, placing third in the women’s race at Winterberg, Germany. The 27-year-old from Whistler, B.C., stood with the best time in the finish area with only three athletes left. When Britain’s Laura Deas failed…
OTTAWA – When the NextGen program (previously known as the Talent Development Program) was introduced by Own the Podium, the sport of cycling was identified as one of the few summer and winter sports to be given the opportunity to access funds that would contribute to building future champions that were positively trending towards Olympic…