Fresh off his silver medal at the Paris Olympics, Canada’s Marco Arop returned to the track and finished second in the men’s 800-metre event on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland. In a rematch of Paris, Olympic champion Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi was able to hold off Arop down the stretch, this time with a more sizeable margin. Wanyonyi...
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Canada’s Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes rally to win spot in Olympic beach volleyball gold-medal match | CBC Sports
The Canadian women’s beach volleyball team will play for gold at the Paris Olympics after defeating Switzerland 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 in semifinal play at Eiffel Tower Stadium on Thursday. After dropping the opener, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson saved a match ball against Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner in the second set before forcing a...
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Leylah Fernandez defeats Swiss opponent to clinch Rothesay Classic quarterfinal berth | CBC Sports
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez moved on to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Classic grass-court tennis tournament with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic on Wednesday. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., claimed the only break point on offer in the third set to win the match in two hours 21 minutes in Birmingham, England. Golubic...
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Canada’s Gushue, Switzerland’s Tirinzoni claim titles at Players’ Championship | CBC Sports
Canada’s Brad Gushue beat top-ranked Joel Retornaz of Italy 7-6 on Sunday to win the Princess Auto Players’ Championship. Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni beat Sweden’s Isabella Wrana 6-5 in the women’s final earlier in the day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., made a single in the eighth end for the victory....
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Gushue falls to Sweden but locks up playoff berth at men’s curling worlds, spot at Olympic trials in 2025 | CBC Sports
Brad Gushue’s win streak is over at five games after Canada lost 6-5 to Sweden’s Niklas Edin at the world men’s curling championship on Thursday. Gushue and his St. John’s, N.L., team of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker fell to 8-2 and were in second place in the 13-team standings. Scotland was also...
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Gushue extends strong run of play with wins over Netherlands, South Korea at worlds | CBC Sports
Canada’s Brad Gushue extended his win streak to four games with another two-victory day at the world men’s curling championship on Wednesday. He scored a 7-4 win over Wouter Goesgens of the Netherlands in the morning draw at IWC Arena and defeated South Korea’s Jongduk Park 7-4 in the evening. Gushue and his team of...