Category: World Sports
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As predicted the Canadian men’s hockey exacted revenge on the Norwegians on Thursday with a 3-0 beating that was more complete than the score would indicate. Canada followed that up with complete blowout against the Austrian team today, 6-0, presenting the country with a Valentines gift. On the medal front, not so good the past…
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A bit of a down day for medal count, 1 silver, but even that has a story. Denny Morrison won the silver in the 1000 metre long track speed skating, that is the fact. Now the back story. He is our best skater at this distance, but, fell during our Olympic trials and did not…
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Woke up this morning to the sound of a gold and a bronze medal. Once again our skiers put 2 people on the podium, this time in the Women’s Ski Slopestyle. Congratulations to Dara Howell for the gold performance and to Kim Lamarre for her bronze. At the end of the day, we fell from…
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I think I may be insufferable to non-Canadians for the next week or 2. It is Sochi 2014, the Winter Olympics, and Canadians own winter. There is every chance that our nation of 33 million will take on the world and come out on top of said world. Day 3 is now complete and we…
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Don’t touch on sports to much anymore, but it has been an interesting few weeks. First off, the Rugby World Cup 2011was completed last week, and I can’t believe this but I am now hooked on rugby. Great game and nothing beats the challenge (Haka) by the All Blacks of New Zealand at the beginning…
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As the Real Canadian Sports Blog, I have been remiss in reporting to the world that Canada is participating in the International Rugby Union World Cup. The competition is being held in New Zealand, home of the world-famous All-Blacks. Canada has performed well to date, defeating Tonga early last week 25-20, and losing to number…