Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by the German Olympic Sports Confederation, though Leonie Beck went on social media […]
Olympic newsletter: Canada sets medals records, plus who will carry the flag?
This is an excerpt from CBC Sports’ daily newsletter, The Buzzer. Subscribe here to get the latest on the Paris Olympics in your inbox every day. Sprint canoeist Katie Vincent and breaker Philip Kim won gold while track star Marco Arop took silver to give Canada nine gold and 27 overall medals after the final full day of […]
From the pool to the track and beyond, Canada made history at the Paris Olympics
In a race few picked Canada to win, Andre De Grasse anchored the men’s 4x100m relay team to gold for the first time in nearly 30 years. They qualified for the final with the slowest time, running in a less-than-ideal lane. But these four men never gave up on each other, and their chemistry helped […]
Canadian diver Caeli McKay has learned to define her own success in the face of Olympic heartbreak
Caeli McKay has fielded the question more than once in the last three years. It comes with the territory when she wears her Olympic rings necklace. People ask if she went to the Games, only to change their tone when she tells them her result: “Fourth.” That’s how she finished at Tokyo 2020 when she […]
Man City rain on Man Utd’s parade as Marcus Rashford made to rue Community Shield gaffes | Football | Sport
Manuel Akanji scored Manchester City’s winning penalty in a tense Community Shield shootout against Manchester United on Saturday. Defeat, after a 1-1 draw in regulation time at Wembley, will come as a bitter blow to Marcus Rashford, who missed two high-quality chances to put United in control. Erik ten Hag’s Red Devils showed fans they […]
Bruno Fernandes shows true colours as Man Utd lose Community Shield vs Man City | Football | Sport
Bruno Fernandes showed his class in Manchester United’s Community Shield defeat against rivals Manchester City. The two Manchester clubs were meeting in the traditional curtain raiser for the first time since 2012, with City having lifted the Premier League last season and United the FA Cup. It was, of course, a repeat of last season’s […]
Olympic cyclist accused of ‘deliberately headbutting’ Team GB star in heavy crash | Other | Sport
Team GB’s Oliver Wood went down hard in the men’s madison on Saturday, and many viewers felt strongly that his collision with Jan-Willem van Schip was deliberate on the part of the Dutch rider. Wood and his madison partner Mark Stewart were already way down in the points standings when their race went from bad […]
Olympian competes for gold medal just hours after being in hospital | Other | Sport
Gianmarco Tamberi might’ve been taken to hospital earlier today, but the Italian still turned out for the men’s high jump final at the 2024 Olympic Games. Tamberi had posted on Instagram a snap of him inside an ambulance, with reports he’d been suffering from abdominal pain. In a statement shared to his social media, Tamberi […]
Gender row boxer Lin Yu-ting storms to Olympic gold and follows Imane Khelif’s lead | Other | Sport
Lin Yu-ting powered to an emphatic victory over Julia Szeremeta to win gold in the women’s 57kg boxing at the Paris Olympics. Taiwanese competitor Lin, like Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, turned out at the Games despite being disqualified from the World Championships last year for reportedly failing gender eligibility tests. Lin won by a comfortable […]
Emma Hayes puts Olympic gold above Chelsea glory with Brit loving life | Football | Sport
Emma Hayes claimed Olympic gold was her career high and vowed the USA were back at the summit of women’s football and going nowhere. Almost a year to the day since they exited the World Cup in Australia in the round of 16 – their worst performance in history – Hayes has guided them to […]