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Canada's short track men fail to repeat as Olympic relay champs, Netherlands first-time winners
Canada’s men’s short track relay team, which arrived at the Milano-Cortina Olympics to defend its 5,000-metre title, finished last of four teams on Friday. The Netherlands won gold for the first time in the event at the Games in six minutes 51.847 seconds. Source link
Canada's Brendan MacKay wins bronze in men's freeski halfpipe
Canada’s Brendan MacKay won bronze in Men’s freeski halfpipe on Day 14 of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, while Alex Ferreira of the United States took gold and Estonia’s Henry Sildaru claiming silver. Source link
MacKinnon sends Canada to gold-medal game after sinking Finns with game winner in dying seconds
Canada survived another hockey scare on Friday, erasing a two-goal deficit to be Finland 3-2 in the Olympic semifinal game in Milan. Nathan MacKinnon scored the game winner on the power playe with 35.2 seconds remaining in the game. Source link
Canadian speed skater Valérie Maltais takes surprising bronze in women's 1,500m
Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., picked up her third medal at the Milano-Cortina Olympics and second bronze, keeping the retiring American Brittany Bowe off the podium. Source link
Canada's Rachel Homan to play for Olympic bronze after semifinal loss to Sweden
Canada’s Rachel Homan will play for Olympic bronze after a 6-3 loss to Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in their women’s curling semifinal matchup on Friday at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Source link
Sidney Crosby ruled out of Olympic semifinal game against Finland
The Canadians will be playing without their captain, Sidney Crosby, in today’s semifinal game against Finland, Hockey Canada has announced. The winner moves on to the gold-medal game on Sunday. Source link
Germany's Maier wins Olympic women's ski cross gold, Canadians eliminated in quarterfinals
Germany’s Daniela Maier upset defending champion Sandra Naeslund of Sweden to take gold in the women’s ski cross final at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games on Friday. Canada’s Marielle Thompson, Brittany Phelan, and Hannah Schmidt were eliminated in the quarterfinal heats. Source link
LA28 chairman Wasserman is just one more storm cloud hanging over an already tempestuous event
The most recent document dump by the U.S. Department of Justice included several salacious emails from the early 2000s between LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman, who was married at the time, and Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend. Source link
Olympic viewing guide: Men's hockey semis highlight a huge Day 14
CBC Sports’ daily Olympics newsletter previews a big Friday at the Milano-Cortina Games, including the men’s hockey semifinals, a Canadian curling semi and the short track speed skating finale. Source link