PARIS – Using a drone to surveil another team during a closed practice is cheating. It is completely unfair to Canadian players and to opposing teams. It undermines the integrity of the game itself.The Government of Canada is aware of the decision made by the FIFA Appeal Committee. Given that the Women’s Program receives funding from Sport Canada, we are …
Ottawa – Team Canada will send 338 athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a group that includes 316 accredited athletes and 22 accredited alternates. Among the accredited athletes on the Canadian Olympic Team there are 193 who identify as female or will compete in women’s events, and 123 who identify as male or will compete in men’s events. This marks the …
Ottawa – Seven Team Canada judokas will take to the tatami at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The team includes Olympic bronze medallist Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, world number one Christa Deguchi, her younger sister Kelly Deguchi, and 2024 World Championship silver medallist Shady Elnahas. Beauchemin-Pinard will be making her third Olympic appearance, having won women’s -63kg bronze at Tokyo 2020 after navigating the challenging transition from …
Ottawa – Six Team Canada sailors will take to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea this summer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Olympic sailing competition will take place in Marseille, France. Team Canada will be represented in four boat classes. Returning Olympian Sarah Douglas will represent Canada in the ILCA 6. In the 49er, skipper Will Jones will also compete in his second …
Ottawa – The Toronto Raptors announced recently they have signed forward-centre Kelly Olynyk (OH-lynn-ick) to a multi-year contract extension. Per team policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Olynyk, 6-foot-11, 240 pounds, is averaging 8.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 20.4 minutes in 59 games (eight starts) this season with Utah and Toronto. He is shooting .542 …
Toronto – The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday that they have acquired forward-centre Kelly Olynyk (OH-lynn-ick) and guard Ochai Agbaji (OH-chai uh-BAH-gee) from the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Kira Lewis Jr. (KY-ruh), forward Otto Porter Jr. and a 2024 first round draft pick. Olynyk, 6-foot-11, 240 pounds, is averaging 8.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 20.4 minutes in …
TORONTO – Table Tennis Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced Canada’s table tennis team nominated to compete at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. The Team Canada table tennis team for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games is: Athletes Ivy Liao (Vancouver, B.C.) Edward Ly (Montréal, Que.) Siméon Martin (Montréal, Que.) Eugene Wang (Aurora, Ont.) Jessie Xu (Toronto, …
