Fresh off his silver medal at the Paris Olympics, Canada’s Marco Arop returned to the track and finished second in the men’s 800-metre event on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland. In a rematch of Paris, Olympic champion Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi was able to hold off Arop down the stretch, this time with a more sizeable margin. Wanyonyi...
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Canada’s Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes rally to win spot in Olympic beach volleyball gold-medal match | CBC Sports
The Canadian women’s beach volleyball team will play for gold at the Paris Olympics after defeating Switzerland 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 in semifinal play at Eiffel Tower Stadium on Thursday. After dropping the opener, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson saved a match ball against Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner in the second set before forcing a...
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Teck closes sale of B.C. coal mining operations to Swiss giant Glencore after federal approval | CBC News
Teck Resources Ltd. says it has completed the sale of its remaining 77 per cent interest in its steel-making coal business to Glencore PLC. The news comes as no surprise following the announcement last week by the federal government that it had approved the sale of the operation to the Swiss commodities giant. Vancouver-based Teck received $7.3 billion US...
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Leylah Fernandez defeats Swiss opponent to clinch Rothesay Classic quarterfinal berth | CBC Sports
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez moved on to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Classic grass-court tennis tournament with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic on Wednesday. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., claimed the only break point on offer in the third set to win the match in two hours 21 minutes in Birmingham, England. Golubic...
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PM travels to Switzerland for peace summit as Ukraine faces setbacks on the battlefield | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Switzerland today for a peace summit as Ukraine’s president works to shore up his country’s defence by securing more international support. The Ukraine Peace Summit is unfolding at a time of extreme peril for Ukrainian troops on the battlefield. Russian gains have led to intense fighting northeast of Kharkiv. Russian drone and...
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Canadian women’s 8 rowing team powers to gold at World Cup in Switzerland | CBC Sports
The Canadian women’s eight rowing team are the reigning Olympic champions – and they’re showing why they’re a threat to repeat. The team won gold on Sunday at a World Cup regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, that’s serving as an international tune-up ahead of the Paris Games. Jessica Sevick, Caileigh Filmer, Maya Meschkuleit, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Kristen Siermachesky, Sydney Payne,...
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Canada suffers SO loss to Swiss at hockey worlds, will play Sweden for bronze | CBC Sports
Switzerland prevailed in a penalty shootout to stun Canada 3-2 and set up the final against the Czech Republic at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Sven Andrighetto scored the decisive shootout goal after the game finished 2-2 in regulation with no team scoring in the 10-minute overtime. The 28-time champion Canada had to...
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Canada’s Gushue, Switzerland’s Tirinzoni claim titles at Players’ Championship | CBC Sports
Canada’s Brad Gushue beat top-ranked Joel Retornaz of Italy 7-6 on Sunday to win the Princess Auto Players’ Championship. Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni beat Sweden’s Isabella Wrana 6-5 in the women’s final earlier in the day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., made a single in the eighth end for the victory....
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Senior Swiss women prevail in landmark climate case at Europe’s human rights court | CBC News
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government’s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heat waves. The European court’s decision on the case, brought by more than 2,000 women, could have...
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Gushue, Canadian curling teammates collect 3rd straight world silver medal | CBC Sports
It’s a story that has played out many times for Canada’s men’s curling team since its last world title. A trip to the final, and a loss to Niklas Edin. Edin won his seventh world title Sunday, a record for a skip, by leading Sweden to a close 6-5 win over Canada’s Brad Gushue and his...
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Gushue falls to Sweden but locks up playoff berth at men’s curling worlds, spot at Olympic trials in 2025 | CBC Sports
Brad Gushue’s win streak is over at five games after Canada lost 6-5 to Sweden’s Niklas Edin at the world men’s curling championship on Thursday. Gushue and his St. John’s, N.L., team of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker fell to 8-2 and were in second place in the 13-team standings. Scotland was also...
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Gushue extends strong run of play with wins over Netherlands, South Korea at worlds | CBC Sports
Canada’s Brad Gushue extended his win streak to four games with another two-victory day at the world men’s curling championship on Wednesday. He scored a 7-4 win over Wouter Goesgens of the Netherlands in the morning draw at IWC Arena and defeated South Korea’s Jongduk Park 7-4 in the evening. Gushue and his team of...
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