Jon Cooper was always walking into a dressing room loaded with talent. Canada’s head coach for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, an event marking the league’s return to the international stage, and the country’s hockey brain trust had an embarrassment of riches to choose from when selecting the roster. Countless iterations could have potentially got…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The most important annual event on the international figure skating calendar is the world championships. Second is the Grand Prix Final, which begins tomorrow in Grenoble, France. Here’s what to…
Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Olivia Smith scored to help the Canadian women’s soccer team wrap up a tumultuous year with a lopsided 5-1 win over 19th-ranked South Korea in an international friendly Tuesday in Murcia, Spain. With sixth-ranked Canada leading 1-0 after a first-half Korean own goal, Alidou hammered a swerving shot just underneath the crossbar…
World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada withdrew from the prestigious Grand Prix Final on Monday because Deschamps is recovering from an illness and unable to compete. Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini of Italy will replace them. The select competition begins Thursday at the Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble, France with the pairs short program,…
Canada’s Rachel Homan defeated Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg 6-5 in the women’s final of the Grand Slam of Curling’s Kioti National on Sunday. The Ottawa skip made a game-winning inturn tap for two points in the eighth end after Hasselborg’s final stone overcurled. Homan’s top-ranked team ran the table at the Grand Slam competition and has…
Canadian speed skater Isabelle Weidemann finished on the World Cup podium Saturday, taking bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre event in Beijing. Weidemann posted a time of four minutes and 2.02 seconds in her fastest race of the season. The 29-year-old from Ottawa won Olympic bronze at the same venue at the 2022 Beijing Games. Saturday’s…
Canada and Iceland played to a scoreless draw in a women’s international soccer friendly Friday. The sixth-ranked Canadian women now turn their attention to No. 19 South Korea on Tuesday, also at the Pinatar Arena. Neither side produced much offence Friday in a game short on entertainment value. The few shots that were on target…
The Hamilton Cardinals have made a “significant” addition to their lineup with the signing this week of former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Fernando Rodney for the 2025 season. Rodney’s storied career spans 17 years in the MLB, during which he donned the jerseys of 11 teams, including the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners. The 47-year-old brings…
Host Anastasia Bucsis is joined by PWHL insider Karissa Donkin as they give their early predictions ahead of the 2nd PWHL seasons. Source link
Soon after the final refrains of Frank Sinatra’s iconic New York, New York finished playing over the loudspeakers to signify New York’s pre-season 5-2 victory over Toronto, Sarah Fillier took a seat at the podium to go over her three-goal outing. Perhaps this was a glimpse of what’s to come from the rookie No. 1…
