Calgarians vote No on hosting 2026 Olympic Games
With a majority of Calgarians voting against the city hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, Calgary’s bid is all but finished thanks to pledges from elected officials, who [...]
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Kenyan hockey team surprised by Crosby, MacKinnon, play as teammates
Kenya’s only ice hockey team hasn’t had another team to play, and Tim Hortons wanted to fix that. So they called on Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon to [...]
Free entry for Kenya-Ethiopia Sunday Kasarani match
Kenyans will be allowed free entry into Kasarani Stadium for the Harambee Stars encounter with Ethiopia on Sunday. Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa said: “Entry [...]
Canada, US and Mexico to host FIFA World Cup 2026
The US, Canada and Mexico will host football’s World Cup 2026 after it saw off a challenge from Morocco at the FIFA Congress. The joint bid won 134 votes (67 percent) [...]
Women’s Soccer #5 Canada to play #2 Germany on 10 June in Hamilton
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team will play Germany, ranked second in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings, in Hamilton, Ontario on 10 June 2018. Canada, the two-time [...]
The lone member of Kenya’s Olympic team used crowdfunding to help her train
By Scott Davis via Business Insider Sabrina Wanjiku Simader will be the lone athlete representing Kenya at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Simader is a [...]
Kenya’s Philemon Rono sets new record at Toronto Waterfront Marathon for fastest marathon run on Canadian soil
Marathon champion Philemon Rono won the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, and made history by crossing the finish line at 2:06:51. Rono’s marathon time broke three significant [...]
Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse out of world championships with injury
Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse will miss the upcoming world championships due to a torn right hamstring. De Grasse suffered the injury on Monday during a training [...]
Kenya’s Philemon Rono wins Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Kenyan runner Philemon Rono was the champion of the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, winning with a time of 2:08:27. Olympian Eric Gillis won the [...]
Strong showing for Teams Kenya and Canada at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Congratulations to our teams from home and second home! Canada finished the Rio Paralympics Games 2016 with 29 medals (eight gold, 10 silver, 11 bronze) to rank 14th among [...]