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The Shift

Marissa Papaconstantinou is here to compete

Blade runner Marissa Papaconstantinou is heading into her third Paralympic Games with the knowledge of a vet but the fire of a rookie. She caught up with The Shift's Guyson Kuruneri to share her excitement heading into these games, explain her classification and how she's thrilled to be bringing her "big fat greek" family to Paris.

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Olympics

Canada's Shaw claims Paralympic track cycling bronze

The 30-year-old from Midale, Sask., repeated her podium result from Tokyo three years ago when she was also third in the women's 3,000-metre individual pursuit.

Olympics

Canadian para-swimmer Rivard wins bronze at Paris Paralympics

Canadian para-swimmer Aurelie Rivard captured bronze in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the Paralympic Games.

Olympics

Canada's O'Brien earns Paralympic track cycling bronze

The 36-year-old from Calgary finished third in the women's C4-5 500-metre time trial at the velodrome behind gold medallist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands and silver medallist Marie Patouillet of France.

Golf

Ko remains firm on retirement plan despite Olympic, British Open victories

Olympic champion and Women's British Open winner Lydia Ko says recent success hasn’t changed her mind about retiring from professional golf before she turns 30.

The Shift

Tara Llanes is ready for redemption

Co-captain of the National Women's Wheelchair Basketball team Tara Llanes is determined to come home from Paris with more than just memories. Ahead of the Paralympic games, she opened up to Kayla Grey about where her love of sports came from, her tricky transition into wheelchair basketball and the emotional and rewarding work that goes into leading a team to success.

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Canadian swimmer Rivard preps for her toughest competitor, herself, in Paris

Aurelie Rivard is chasing herself. Canada's most decorated para swimmer the last decade heads into her fourth Paralympic Games owning world records in three events.

Tennis

Five years later, Andreescu looks to recreate US Open magic

Bianca Andreescu opened up about the challenges she's faced since winning the 2019 US Open in a piece published on The Players' Tribune this week. Mark Masters has more.

- Mark Masters

Betting

McIntosh favourite to win the Northern Star award

It’s been an incredible year for Canadian athletes, and the remaining four months should be no different. But only one person can win the award as Canada’s top athlete, so let’s look who FanDuel thinks it’ll be.

Luke Bellus

Golf

Ko wins AIG Women's Open for third major title and first since 2016

Lydia Ko captured her third major title — and first in eight years — by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the Women’s British Open by two strokes at the home of golf on Sunday, capping a summer when she also took gold at the Olympic Games.

Minnesota Lynx

Moore didn't want 'night to end' as Lynx retire No. 23 jersey

Lynx legend Maya Moore shed tears Saturday night as she stood at center court to see her No. 23 jersey retired to the rafters of the Target Center.

- Myron Medcalf

Tennis

Andreescu: 'There was a time when I lost my joy in tennis. But I found it again'

Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu wrote a piece in the Players' Tribune Wednesday titled "I Found My Joy in Tennis Again and Wrote This Article About It :)".

Soccer

National Women’s Soccer League looks to capitalize on US team's Olympic success

The National Women's Soccer League has traditionally experienced increased interest following a successful U.S. run in a major international tournament.

Soccer

Racing Louisville acquires Beckie from Thorns

Janine Beckie is on the move. The Portland Thorns have traded the Canada forward to Racing Louisville in exchange for forward Reilyn Turner.

Seattle Storm

Williams re-signs with Storm after Olympics silver with France

The Seattle Storm on Tuesday re-signed veteran forward Gabby Williams, who helped lead France to a silver medal in this month's Olympics, for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Kevin Pelton

Olympics

Gold medal boxer Khelif hailed upon return to Algeria

With an outpouring of fans greeting her as she arrived in her hometown on Friday, Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif extolled Algeria for backing its athletes and said she hoped to again make her country proud in the future.

Tennis

Fernandez sisters dream of 2028 Olympics after special run in Toronto

After a run to the semifinals at the National Bank Open in Toronto this past week, sisters Leylah Annie Fernandez and Bianca Jolie Fernandez have their eyes on Los Angeles 2028. Mark Masters has more.

- Mark Masters

Tennis

Rising Canadian star Stakusic creates special memory in hometown debut

Years after a gift from a tennis star created a lasting memory for Marina Stakusic as a child at the National Bank Open, the rising Canadian star is making even bigger memories of her own as a player this year.

- Mark Masters

Olympics

Romanian gymnast Barbosu presented Olympic bronze medal first awarded to American Chiles

Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after the medal was first awarded to U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles but later revoked.

Soccer

Canada women climb to No. 6 in new FIFA rankings following scandal-ridden Olympics

The Canadian women, despite an Olympic spying scandal that cost the team its coach and a six-point penalty, have climbed two spots to No. 6 in the latest FIFA world rankings.

Olympics

Women rally around Algerian boxer Khelif at Paris Olympics

Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif's fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faced online abuse over misconceptions about her sex.

Olympics

Boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold, following Khelif to conclude an Olympics filled with scrutiny

Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won a gold medal in the women's featherweight division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night, following Imane Khelif's lead a day earlier with a glittering response to the intense scrutiny faced by both fighters inside the ring and around the world over misconceptions about their womanhood.

Olympics

Hassan wins women's marathon; Canadian Elmore finishes 35th

Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics.

Olympics

Staley enjoys different Olympic view - in Paris, she's a fan

Dawn Staley is trying something new at the Paris Olympics: She’s a fan. Yes, Staley has been to six previous Olympics — three as a player, two as an assistant and then one as the head coach. And all six of those teams won gold medals in women's basketball.

Olympics

Canada's Vincent wins gold with world best time in 200m sprint canoe

Katie Vincent raced to gold in the women's single 200-metre canoe sprint final on Saturday. The medal marked Canada’s eighth gold and 25th overall at the Paris Games. Both totals set a new mark for the most the country has won at a non-boycotted Olympics.

Olympics

U.S. women edge Brazil for soccer gold at Paris Olympics

The U.S. women's soccer team won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 on Mallory Swanson’s early second-half goal in the tournament final Saturday at the Paris Games.

Olympics

Ko finally gets her Olympic gold, putting her into LPGA Hall of Fame

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.

Olympics

Khelif wins women's boxing gold to cap an Olympics marked by scrutiny over her sex

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood.

Olympics

Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson earn silver for Canada in beach volleyball

Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson earned silver in the women's beach volleyball final on Friday after dropping a 2-1 (26-24, 12-21, 15-10) decision to Brazil's Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Santos (Duda) Lisboa at the Paris Games.

Olympics

Canada's Park wins bronze in women's taekwondo for Canada's 21st medal

Spurred by a bit of luck, Skylar Park went the distance to reach the Olympic podium in Paris.

Olympics

Canada's Charron wins silver in women's 59kg weightlifting

Canada's Maude Charron has won a silver medal in the weightlifting final of women's 59kg event at Paris 2024.

Olympics

McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record to win Olympic gold again in 400-metre hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone once again broke her own world record, powering over the 400-meter hurdles in 50.37 seconds on Thursday night to defend her Olympic title.

Olympics

Final image of Biles at Olympics was symbol of joy - and where sport is going

Biles, the unequivocal Greatest of All Time, and Chiles, a three-time Olympic medalist whose journey back to the Games was a testament to talent and grit, dropped down to one knee. It was a show of respect to Andrade, whose excellence is symbolic of a sport that is getting more diverse, more inclusive and perhaps more positive as it goes.

Olympics

Biles closes Olympics with silver in floor exercise finals

American gymnast Simone Biles didn't get the golden sendoff she hoped. Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals on Monday after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds.

Olympics

Canada's Rogers wins gold in women's hammer throw

Canada’s Camryn Rogers has won gold in the women’s hammer throw for Canada’s 18th medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Olympics

Canadians Henderson and Sharp aim for Olympic golf podium

The friendship between Alena Sharp and Brooke Henderson took root after their first round of golf together. It has only strengthened during their years on tour and now a third straight Olympic appearance as Canadian teammates.

PWHL

PWHL nicknames, logos expected in mid-September, Ottawa GM says

It appears team nicknames and logos for the six Professional Women's Hockey League franchises will be released next month.

Olympics

Lin clinches Olympic medal after days of online abuse against her and fellow boxer Khelif

Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinches an Olympic medal after days of online abuse against her and fellow boxer Imane Khelif.

Olympics

For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend

Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender, historians and anthropologists say.

Olympics

Canada wins silver in women's eight rowing at Paris Olympics

Canada's defending-champion women's eight rowing team won a second straight Olympic medal on Saturday, rowing their way to a silver at the Paris Olympics.

Olympics

Biles wins women's vault, earns seventh career Olympic gold

Simone Biles earns her 10th career Olympic medal, her seventh gold, by winning the women's vault final for a second time.

Soccer

Veteran players providing leadership for embattled Canadian soccer team at Olympics

A leadership by committee approach has worked wonders for an embattled Canadian women's soccer team that has defied the odds at the Paris Olympics.

Olympics

Ledecky wins second gold of Olympics in 800m freestyle

Katie Ledecky capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win an event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night.

Olympics

IOC leader says 'hate speech' directed at Khelif, Lin at Olympics is unacceptable

IOC President Thomas Bach said Saturday the “hate speech” directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.”

Olympics

Canadian women's soccer players hold heads high after quarterfinal loss

Lasting until the second weekend of the Games was an impressive feat for a team that dealt with seemingly constant off-field developments. The distractions started a few days before the opener and didn't let up until the knockout stage.

The Shift

Sarah Douglas has her sights set on Gold

According to Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas, there are Olympians and Olympic medalists, and after her experience in Tokyo, she's ready to become an Olympic medalist. Sarah joins Guyson Kuruneri at The Shift to talk about her event the ILCA 6, explain some sailing terms to look out for and what her hopes are for Paris 2024.

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Olympics

Canada's Masse wins bronze in women's 200M backstroke at Paris Olympics

Canada's Kylie Masse captures the bronze medal in the women's 200-metre backstroke, the fifth Olympic medal of her career and the 11th for Canada at the Paris Games.

Olympics

Canada's Methot wins bronze in women's trampoline

The 26-year-old from Varennes, Que., earned a score of 55.650 in the single-exercise final on Friday, behind Britain's Briony Page and the Belarusian gymnast Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, who is competing as a neutral athlete.

Olympics

It's all about recovery between races for McIntosh

A mere 15 hours after claiming her second gold medal and third medal of the Olympic Games, the Toronto teenager was back in the pool Friday working on more history-making hardware in the 200-metre individual medley heats.

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The Shift

Marissa Papaconstantinou is here to compete

Olympics

Canada's Shaw claims Paralympic track cycling bronze

Olympics

Canadian para-swimmer Rivard wins bronze at Paris Paralympics

Olympics

Canada's O'Brien earns Paralympic track cycling bronze

Golf

Ko remains firm on retirement plan despite Olympic, British Open victories

The Shift

Tara Llanes is ready for redemption

Olympics

Canadian swimmer Rivard preps for her toughest competitor, herself, in Paris

Tennis

Five years later, Andreescu looks to recreate US Open magic

Betting

McIntosh favourite to win the Northern Star award

Golf

Ko wins AIG Women's Open for third major title and first since 2016

Minnesota Lynx

Moore didn't want 'night to end' as Lynx retire No. 23 jersey

Tennis

Andreescu: 'There was a time when I lost my joy in tennis. But I found it again'

Soccer

National Women’s Soccer League looks to capitalize on US team's Olympic success

Soccer

Racing Louisville acquires Beckie from Thorns

Seattle Storm

Williams re-signs with Storm after Olympics silver with France

Olympics

Gold medal boxer Khelif hailed upon return to Algeria

Tennis

Fernandez sisters dream of 2028 Olympics after special run in Toronto

Tennis

Rising Canadian star Stakusic creates special memory in hometown debut

Olympics

Romanian gymnast Barbosu presented Olympic bronze medal first awarded to American Chiles

Soccer

Canada women climb to No. 6 in new FIFA rankings following scandal-ridden Olympics

Olympics

Women rally around Algerian boxer Khelif at Paris Olympics

Olympics

Boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold, following Khelif to conclude an Olympics filled with scrutiny

Olympics

Hassan wins women's marathon; Canadian Elmore finishes 35th

Olympics

Staley enjoys different Olympic view - in Paris, she's a fan

Olympics

Canada's Vincent wins gold with world best time in 200m sprint canoe

Olympics

U.S. women edge Brazil for soccer gold at Paris Olympics

Olympics

Ko finally gets her Olympic gold, putting her into LPGA Hall of Fame

Olympics

Khelif wins women's boxing gold to cap an Olympics marked by scrutiny over her sex

Olympics

Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson earn silver for Canada in beach volleyball

Olympics

Canada's Park wins bronze in women's taekwondo for Canada's 21st medal

Olympics

Canada's Charron wins silver in women's 59kg weightlifting

Olympics

McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record to win Olympic gold again in 400-metre hurdles

Olympics

Final image of Biles at Olympics was symbol of joy - and where sport is going

Olympics

Biles closes Olympics with silver in floor exercise finals

Olympics

Canada's Rogers wins gold in women's hammer throw

Olympics

Canadians Henderson and Sharp aim for Olympic golf podium

PWHL

PWHL nicknames, logos expected in mid-September, Ottawa GM says

Olympics

Lin clinches Olympic medal after days of online abuse against her and fellow boxer Khelif

Olympics

For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend