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Barring disaster, the Canadian women’s basketball team should reach the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Olympics. But Saturday’s game against Spain (9 p.m. ET, CBCSports.ca) will be crucial in determining the path for a team with a stated goal of playing for a medal following consecutive Olympic quarter-final defeats.
Despite new federal recognition of Emancipation Day, many Canadians remain unaware of their country’s history of slavery — and this is largely owed to the reluctance of schools to teach this history, writes Sarah Raughley.
For three South Sudanese-born Olympians, this is one eventful summer: reaching the world stage, then settling in a new country half a world away.
Olympic champion Erica Wiebe headlines a group aiming to bring home Canada’s fourth Olympic wrestling gold medal. With two returning Olympians and two athletes making their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, Canada looks to improve upon its single-medal performance from 2016.
Elaine Thompson-Herah successfully defended her Olympic title in the women’s 100 metres on Saturday, crossing the line in 10.61 seconds to lower Florence Griffith Joyner’s Summer Games record by 1-100th of a second. Canada’s Andre De Grasse advanced to the men’s semifinals in a season-best 9.91.