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The federal and provincial governments are equally splitting a $52-million contribution to the renewal of the speedskating facility built for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Noah Lyles pulled up halfway through the 200-meter final at U.S. track championships Sunday, suffering a rare loss in his best race and allowing USC’s Garrett Kaalund to take the title.
Remco Evenepoel held off Tadej Pogacar and his teammate Isaac Del Toro to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France, while Pogacar kept his commanding overall lead and saw his main rival Jonas Vingegaard crash out of the race.
Mark Daigneault, J.B. Bickerstaff and Mark Few were formally named assistant coaches to serve on Miami coach Erik Spoelstra’s staff for the 2027 Basketball World Cup in Qatar and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, those nominations getting approved by USA Basketball’s Board of Directors on Thursday.
The America gymnastics star announced she is returning to the sport on Tuesday, about two years out from the Los Angeles Games.
Fifty years later, key players in the Olympic movement say the first Games on Canadian soil had a lasting impact on Quebec’s sporting culture that went far beyond those negative headlines.
When Matthew Smith took his five-year-old son to a World Cup game in the Los Angeles area earlier this month, they opted to take public transit instead of driving from their nearby coastal city. It was Smith’s first time on the LA Metro in a decade, and the experience exceeded his expectations.
The FIFA World Cup is an early test run of sorts for the 2028 Olympics, which organizers have billed as a “no car” Games where there will be no parking for attendees at any of the venues. Spectators will have to rely on transit and shuttles to get to events.
Women’s hockey rosters for the 2030 Olympics in the French Alps are expected to include 25 players, up from 23.
Canada is objecting to the International Olympic Committee loosening its suspension on Russian athletes.
Kylie Masse needed a reset. After a decade of the competitive swimming grind, the decorated Canadian backstroker made the type of life change you don’t normally see from someone hitting their 30s: she moved back in with her parents.
The Kremlin has welcomed as an “important step” the International Olympic Committee’s decision to remove many of its restrictions on Russia, a big step closer to letting it field a full team when Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Games.
Three-time Polish Olympian Maciej Kurowski has been named the Canadian luge team’s new head coach through to the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps.
Swimming star Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from the Canadian trials due to illness.
The IOC advised Olympic sports bodies on Tuesday to end a three-year program vetting Russians for neutral status ahead of qualifying events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Greenland and the Faroe Islands will not be recognized as separate and independent Olympic teams despite a request from Denmark’s parliament, the IOC said Wednesday.
Tasked with a new city of venues to finalize, organizers of the 2030 French Alps Winter Games met Olympic leaders on Thursday during the latest reset in their project.
The International Olympic Committee committed Wednesday to paying more than $100 million directly to athletes, creating a fund for $10,000 grants they can apply for after competing at a Summer Games or Winter Games.
The IOC set a target of 2029 on Wednesday to pick a 2036 Olympics host in a currently stalled contest that has long been targeted by India and Qatar.
Olympic winter sports’ top official at the IOC said Thursday they are ready to move ice-rink events to Lyon from Nice for the 2030 Winter Games.
Lifelong Buffalo Bills fan Hayley Scamurra got to show off her Olympic hockey gold to Josh Allen during a visit to the Bills spring practice.
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