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• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: June 26, 2013

Hockey Canada taps Brent Sutter again to fix national junior team

When it comes to hockey, Brent Sutter has been there, done that. And if there’s one thing the 51-year-old Sutter knows, it’s how a Canadian hockey team should be put together. Sutter himself pulled on the red and white sweater for four different Canadian clubs, playing in the 1986 World Championships and the 1984, 1987...

Olympics

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: June 25, 2013

Adidas Canada signs deal with Canadian Olympic Committee

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Tuesday that has inked a two-year deal with Adidas Canada to be the official supplier of Canada’s apparel and footwear.  The deal which will run through 2016 will have Canadian Olympians dressed in Adidas equipment, along with 11 other countries to date including Team GB, Germany and France. The...

Olympics

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: May 29, 2013

Wrestling Moves a Step Closer to Regaining Olympic Status

With the IOC announcing the cut in its shortlist on sports vying for the last spot in the 2020 Olympics, Al Dannity explains why today is a good day for Wrestling and Canadian sport. The news started to filter through this morning. Stage one complete. Beijing gold medallist Carol Huynh expressed her delight on Twitter....

Hockey

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 14, 2013

Team Canada vs. Host Sweden at IIHF World Championship

One way or another, you figured Team Canada’s path to gold would go through Sweden, which is playing host to this year’s IIHF World Championship. Canada and Sweden are scheduled to square of Thursday in the tournament quarterfinals. Sports Interaction has Canada listed as the early -167 favourite. Switzerland secured the No. 1 seed in...

Olympics

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 7, 2013

Red Sunglasses Campaign to Support Canadian Olympic Team

The Canadian Olympic Foundation announced a new initiative that hopes to turn red sunglasses into the must-have item that red mittens were during the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. The foundation announced the campaign, which is in partnership with The Hudson’s Bay Company, will see a third of the proceeds from the sunglasses go to...

Hockey

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 5, 2013

Team Canada Motivated By Trash-Talking Finland?

Women’s World Hockey Championship If the Canadian Women’s National Hockey team needed anymore motivation for tonight’s game against Finland apart from the fact they need a win to clinch top spot in Group A, they have it now. Even after watching the Canadians down Team USA 3-2 and obliterate Switzerland 13-0, it appears at least...

Olympics

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 1, 2012

Barbara Ann Scott Dies at 84

Canada lost its only female figure skating gold medalist when Barbara Ann Scott died at the age of 84 on Sunday. Scott, who won gold in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, passed away at her Amelia Island home in Florida. The cause of death is not yet known. Dubbed “Canada’s Sweetheart,” Scott won the Lou...

Entertainment

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: August 12, 2012

Summer Games Conclude with Raucous Celebration

All things must come to an end; after two weeks of competition, so it had to be for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. The moment had arrived to put on one last show in the capital of England. The opening displays, collectively titled “A Day In the Life of London,” started with actor Timothy...

Olympics

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: August 10, 2012

Bronze Medal-Winning Squad Praises Goalkeeper McLeod

From last place in the 2011 World Cup to Olympic bronze: this Canadian women’s soccer team has travelled far in a short period of time, and its biggest test was its final one at the London Olympics. They passed the test in large part because their 5-foot-9 ‘keeper, Erin McLeod, had the game of her...

Boxing

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: August 8, 2012

More Body Blows and Black Eyes for International Boxing

On Monday, the Canadian women’s soccer team lashed out at the officiating after their 4-3 loss to the U.S. in extra time of their match at the Olympics. They can now find common cause with the boxers in the long lineup at the complaints department. Custio Clayton of North Preston, Nova Scotia, is the latest...

Olympics

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: August 7, 2012

Whitfield’s London Sojourn Ends Early After Bike Crash

Canadian Olympic flag-bearer Simon Whitfield was knocked out of the 2012 Olympics on Tuesday after crashing his bike into a curb and a guardrail during the men’s triathlon, his signature event. Whitfield sustained minor injuries, lacerating his feet and bruising his legs and requiring stitches in a toe. The accident happened shortly after he left...

Olympics

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: August 4, 2012

Trampolinist MacLennan Gets Canada’s First Gold in London

Rosannagh MacLennan bounced her way into Canadians’ hearts on Saturday by winning the first gold medal for Canada at the 2012 London Olympic Games. After finishing seventh at the 2008 Olympiad in Beijing, the 23-year-old MacLennan was fourth after the qualifying round in London. She then beat two Chinese competitors for the top of the...