Heidi Peters joined the Canadian women’s sitting volleyball squad in 2013, one year after the team missed out on qualification for London and essentially disbanded. “I think literally two athletes …
And just like that — in what felt like a blink of the eye — another Summer Olympics has come and gone. Years of training, mental preparation, and sacrifice, all culminating …
It’s been more than a decade since the last Summer Paralympics went off without major controversy. In 2016, Zika Virus concerns were compounded when, two weeks before the Games, the …
French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee (FOC) said it …
Canada steps onto the cricket world stage Saturday when it takes on the co-host U.S. in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Dallas. While known …
Joy flooded Minnesota captain Kendall Coyne Schofield’s face as she lifted the 35-pound Walter Cup above her head on Thursday night, after her team defeated Boston 3-0 to win the …
Sophie Jaques had only just returned to her feet when she picked up the puck near the blue line. The rookie Minnesota defender carried it a few feet, creating space for …
Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France’s southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city’s most emblematic sites, a day after …
Nigara Shaheen finally feels the freedom to fully prepare for an Olympic Games. The 30-year-old Afghan judoka, who has been living and training in Toronto for a year and a …
Canada’s women’s wheelchair basketball team is Paris bound. The group punched its ticket to the 2024 Paralympics by routing Algeria 88-30 on Friday at a qualifying tournament in Osaka, Japan. …