Canada must overcome a 2-0 deficit against Hungary to advance in the Davis Cup men’s team tennis tournament. Fabian Marozsan defeated Alexis Galarneau before Marton Fucsovics toppled Gabriel Diallo on Saturday at Montreal’s IGA Stadium, giving Hungary a commanding lead in the best-of-five first-round qualifier. Maroszan prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 against Galarneau, of Laval, Que., in…
Fifteen years after he scored the “Golden Goal” to deliver Canada an Olympic championship on home ice in Vancouver and 11 since he captained his country to another victory in Sochi, Sidney Crosby is taking on a familiar job for another international competition. Crosby is reprising his role as Canada’s captain for the 4 Nations…
When Quinn was a young and aspiring soccer player, they would scour the local newspaper to clock the next time the Canadian women’s soccer team would play in Toronto. “Growing up, there weren’t many opportunities to watch professional sports for women,” Quinn told CBC Sports. “I was obviously really excited whenever the national team came…
For many people, skiing uphill sounds like nothing more than, well, an uphill battle. But for Cochrane, Alta., native Kylee Toth, gliding upwards on a mountain for hours at a time — also known as the sport of ski mountaineering — is where she finds her sense of peace. “There is this sort of flow state….
Alexander Steen Olsen led a Norwegian 1-2 finish ahead of Henrik Kristoffersen in a rain-affected men’s World Cup night giant slalom Tuesday in Schladming, Austria, while defending overall champion Marco Odermatt finished third. Odermatt had won the last three giant slaloms, and 15 of the last 18, but the Olympic and world champion struggled in…
The lineup for the Canadian women’s curling championship was completed Sunday with the crowning of eight champions. A field of 18 teams will curl Feb. 14-23 in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont. Corryn Brown (B.C.), Kayla Skrlik (Alberta), Nancy Martin (Saskatchewan), Kate Cameron (Manitoba), Danielle Inglis (Ontario), Krista McCarville (Northern Ontario),…
American speed skating star Jordan Stolz has won the men’s 500 metres at a World Cup in Calgary. The 20-year-old has yet to lose a race this season in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 metres. He went 3-for-3 at the Olympic Oval. Stolz won the 500 in a time of 33.85 seconds. The American will…
New Italian speed skater Davide Ghiotto has set a world record in the men’s 10,000 metres in Calgary’s Olympic Oval. Ghiotto crossed the line in 12 minutes 25.69 seconds to better the previous record of 12:30.74 set by Sweden’s Nils van der Poel at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Clocks 12 minutes 25.69 to beat…
CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux chats with the American speed skater in an exclusive one-on-one interview. Source link
Canada will face Romania and Japan in its qualifying group for the Billie Jean King Cup international women’s tennis tournament in April. The qualifying draw was held Thursday in London. Top-ranked Canada and its opponents were drawn into Group A, with Japan as host. Qualifying will begin on April 7. The winners of the six…
