Canada's team is poised for a banner Olympic Games in Paris despite safe-sport and financial turmoil since a record performance in Tokyo. Preliminary competition got underway Wednesday in Paris ahead of Friday's opening ceremonies that will feature a parade of countries on the River Seine. Decorated sprinter Andre DeGrasse and weightlifting champion Maude Charron were named Canada's flag-bearers Wednesday.
The Canada Cup International Field Hockey Tournament was hosted by the West Coast Kings Field Hockey Society over 4 days at Tamanawis Park in Surrey. The Canada Cup tournament now in its 13th year drew over 40 teams from all over the globe. Players were in Canada from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, England, Holland and Argentina.
Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America final Sunday evening in a match that was delayed more than an hour because of crowd issues, including fans breaching security gates. Hours before Argentina won its record 16th Copa America title, fans got past the gates at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, one of the host sites for the 2026 World Cup.
With the next edition of the T20 World Cup to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka in 2026, the T20Is against Zimbabwe mark the beginning of a new two-year journey for the current world champions in the shortest format.
Much before the team members landed in a Vistara flight from Delhi, thousands of people had gathered outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), the entire road from the airport to Nariman Point and also the 1.8-km long route to the Wankhede Stadium.
The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma will arrive home at Indira Gandhi Internationa Airport (IGI) in New Delhi at 6 am after which they will meet PM Narendra Modi and will depart for Mumbai at 9:30 am.
