Ottawa Sports News

Skylar Park set to lead small Canadian taekwondo team at Paris Olympics

CBC Sports - 10 hours 37 min ago

Skylar Park is officially headed to her second Olympic Games. Winnipeg's Park and Josipa Kafadar of Burnaby, B.C., were named to Canada's Olympic taekwondo team on Tuesday, becoming the first Canadian athletes to officially be granted their tickets to Paris.

Canada improves to 5-0 at mixed doubles curling worlds with 12-5 rout of Scotland

CBC Sports - 12 hours 48 min ago

Canada's Kadriana and Colton Lott scored six in the sixth end to clinch a 12-5 win over Scotland at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Tuesday in Östersund, Sweden.

Canadian Olympic Committee joins Centre for Sport and Human Rights

CBC Sports - 13 hours 18 min ago

The Canadian Olympic Committee has become the first national Olympic committee in the world to join the Centre for Sport and Human Rights.

Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown calls for Olympic finalists to be paid, not just gold medallists

CBC Sports - 18 hours 47 min ago

Longtime Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown believes all athletes in an Olympic final, not only the winner, should be paid thousands of dollars by World Athletics when the best in track and field gather this summer in Paris.

Hyman's hat trick, McDavid's 5-assist effort propel Oilers past Kings 7-4 in Game 1

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 23:22

The Edmonton Oilers downed the visiting Los Angeles Kings by a score of 7-4 Monday night to take Game 1 of the best-of-seven series.

Matthews scores winner in the 3rd, Maple Leafs down Bruins 3-2 to even series 1-1

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 20:26

Auston Matthews scored the winner in the third period and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Monday to even their first-round playoff series 1-1.

Weekend recap: Track and field records and big basketball wins

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 14:54

CBC Sports' daily newsletter compiles the top performances by Canada's summer Olympic and Paralympic athletes over the weekend.

About 17 million Canadians consider themselves women's sports fans, report says

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 14:32

Allison Sandmeyer-Graves always suspected there was a large fan base for women's sports in Canada, and now she has proof.

Chinese donations in lead-up to cleared doping tests reflects growing influence on WADA

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 12:34

In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency signed off on clearing 23 Chinese swimmers of intentionally taking performance enhancers, that country's government contributed nearly $2 million US above its yearly requirements to WADA programs.

Unbeaten Canadian curling duo tied for 1st in group with host Swedes at mixed worlds

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:03

Canada's Kadriana and Colton Lott remained undefeated at the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 6-4 win over South Korea on Monday in Östersund, Sweden.

'A bit surreal': 1st female 'Cup Keeper' talks journey with hockey's holy grail

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:04

Miragh Bitove is blazing a trail as the first woman to become a keeper of the Stanley Cup. The mother of three — two boys and a girl — doesn't want special treatment. She also understands the attention in a sport that, while beginning to change, has been dominated by men for the better part of a century.

Jordi Fernandez still set to coach Canadian men's basketball team at Olympics after taking Nets job

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 09:07

Canadian men's national-team head coach Jordi Fernandez was hired Monday as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, but Canada Basketball says the new job won't affect the Spaniard's place at the Paris Olympics.

2-time Olympic curler Lisa Weagle joins Quebec's St-Georges rink as lead

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 07:23

Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle will return to the four-player game next season as the lead for the Laval, Que.,-based team skipped by Laurie St-Georges.

How do we love sports when sports aren't always good for the environment? 

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 06:33

There is no denying that environment and sport are inextricably linked. We play soccer on green fields, we swim in open water, we run through parks and trails. We rely on a healthy planet for recreation and elite sport. 

Shooting victim was 'longtime friend' to Ontario's badminton community

CBC Sports - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 02:00

An Ottawa man nationally recognized last year for training hundreds of other badminton coaches is being mourned by his colleagues after he was shot to death Friday night.

Vancouver Canucks prevail 4-2 over Predators to start playoff series

CBC Sports - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 23:17

The Vancouver Canucks mounted a third-period comeback to take Game 1 of their best-of-seven series against the Nashville Predators 4-2, thanks to two goals from forward Dakota Joshua.

Jets fly over Avalanche 7-6 in wild start to playoffs

CBC Sports - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 20:42

Captain Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor each scored twice to propel the Winnipeg Jets to a 7-6 Game 1 first-round playoff victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.

Canadian hockey fans have high hopes with 4 teams in playoffs

CBC Sports - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 20:03

With four Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs for the first time in 30 years, fans hope those odds mean the Stanley Cup could be coming north again.

Thousands of Jets fans show up for their team as downtown Winnipeg enters total whiteout conditions

CBC Sports - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 17:44

Jets fans came out in droves to show support for their team as they open their playoff campaign.

Korda ties LPGA Tour record with 5th consecutive victory, winning Chevron Championship

CBC Sports - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 17:35

Nelly Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship in The Woodlands, Texas, for her second major title.