Rachael Gunn, also known as B-Girl Raygun, spoke out Thursday after several whirlwind days of memes, accusations and conspiracy theories surrounding her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a video post on Instagram, Gunn thanked her supporters but said the hate she has received online “has, frankly, been pretty devastating.” “I went out there…
The boxing champion at the centre of a worldwide clash over sex and gender identity in sports has reportedly named Elon Musk and author J.K. Rowling in an online harassment complaint being investigated by French prosecutors. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division in the 2024 Paris Olympics, filed a legal complaint in France for…
After failing to catch on with an NFL team, Nathan Rourke is making a well-timed return to the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions. The Lions announced the star Canadian quarterback’s return Tuesday. Rourke, who was waived on Sunday by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, was a CFL free agent. Rourke, who starred with the Lions in…
This is a web version of the Buzzer, the daily email newsletter from CBC Sports. Subscribe here. Paris officially bid adieu to its Summer Games this evening with a festive closing ceremony featuring joyous athletes, live music, theatrical performances and, yes, Tom Cruise. Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg — Canada’s two youngest gold medallists — shared the role of flag-bearer…
The beauty of the Olympics often comes in the form of the unexpected. Three years ago, after the Tokyo Olympics ended, it would have been hard to predict that Canada would go on to win gold medals in judo, hammer throw and breaking at Paris 2024 — yet that’s exactly what happened. In the four…
Lydia Ko completed her Olympic medal collection on Saturday with the most valuable of of them all, a gold medal that puts the 27-year-old Kiwi into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Ko built a five-shot lead on the back nine at Le Golf National as her closest pursuers all collapsed, and then had to hang…
Coming Up Canadian wrestler Hannah Taylor will compete for the Olympic bronze medal in the -57kg freestyle category at 2:15 p.m. ET on Friday when she faces faces Helen Maroulis of the U.S. Facing Helen Louise Maroulis of the U.S. in -57kg category at 2:15 p.m. ET CBC Sports · Posted: Aug 09, 2024 11:49…
Paris’ iconic Place de la Concorde is no stranger to the spotlight. Various royals, including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, were executed there during the French Revolution. Philip Kim is set to make another kind of history there. The 27-year-old from Vancouver, better known as B-Boy Phil Wizard, will be front and centre as the…
Click on the video player above beginning at 12:05 p.m. ET to watch live Olympic athletics coverage. Watch live track action featuring Andre De Grasse in the men’s 200m semifinals at the bottom of this story. Canada’s Alysha Newman is going for gold in the Olympic women’s pole vault final at 12:15 p.m. ET at Stade…
Canadian diver Caeli McKay has fallen just short of the podium again, finishing fourth in women’s 10-metre platform at the Paris Games roughly a week after she and partner Kate Miller landed in the same spot in the synchronized event. McKay, of Calgary, jumped from eighth to fourth place in her third dive but couldn’t…
