Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje believe they have the best of both worlds. The ice dancers soaked up the show tour environment in two gruelling months spent on the cross-country Thank You Canada Tour. And they have the technical savvy that's earned them three world championship medals in their dozen years together. On Friday night, […]
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Weaver-Poje, Gilles-Poirier shaping up to be a battle at national figure skating championships
It's kind of fun to consider that, according to Skate Canada archives, the Saint John, N.B. area, home to the this week's national figure skating championships, is the site of the first skating club in Canada. The archives read: "In 1833, British officers in New Brunswick brought the concept of skating club from Scotland to […]
Road to the Olympic Games: FINA world short-course swim championships
Click on the video player above on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET to watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, we feature coverage of the world short-course swim championships in Hangzhou, China. Canada has six […]
Road to the Olympic Games: FINA world short-course swim championships
Click on the video player above on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET to watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, we feature coverage of the world short-course swim championships in Hangzhou, China. Canada has six […]
Watch Road to the Olympic Games: Trampoline & tumbling world championships
Click on the video player above on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET to watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, we feature action from the tumbling and trampoline world championships in St. Petersburg, Russia. Let’s […]
MacLennan captures individual gold at trampoline world championships
Two-time Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan added another gold medal to her trophy case Saturday, finishing first in the individual women’s final at the trampoline world championships in St. Petersburg, Russia. MacLennan, from King, Ont., scored 57.180 total points in the final, edging Xueying Zhu of China for gold. Zhu had a 0.2 penalty and finished second […]
Watch the 2018 artistic gymnastics world championships
Click on the video player above to watch live action from the artistic gymnastics world championships in Doha, Qatar. Coverage continues now with the women's team final. Canadians in action at the worlds include Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Zach Clay and Rene Cournoyer. Here's our full streaming schedule: Monday: 8:55 a.m. ET — men's team final Tuesday: 8:55 a.m. ET — women's […]
Watch the Canoe Sprint world championships from Portugal
Click on the video player above to watch some of Canada's best canoe and kayak athletes take on the world at the Canoe Sprint world championships in Montemor, Portgual Live coverage begins on Friday at 10:30 a.m. ET, followed by action on Saturday (7 a.m. ET) and Sunday (7 a.m. ET). Let’s block ads! (Why?)
Watch Canada compete at the wheelchair basketball world championships
Click on the video player above on Saturday at 6:15 a.m. ET to watch live action from the 2018 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships. CBC Sports will stream all of the Canadian men's and women's games at the tournament in Hamburg, Germany. Women's preliminary schedule Friday, Aug. 17 – 8 a.m. ET – Great Britain def. Canada, 64-56 Saturday, Aug. […]
Road to the Olympic Games: 2018 NACAC track & field championships
Click on the video player above to watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition, we feature action from the 2018 NACAC track & field championships from Varsity Stadium in Toronto. Coverage continues on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Let’s […]