What to know from a busy weekend for Canadian national teams

10.07.2023 - 21:45 cbc.ca

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. Three of Canada's most-followed national teams were in the news over the past few days.

Here's what to know: Women's basketball: Taking the scenic route to the Olympics Canada already knew that its road to Paris will go through one of the four Olympic qualifying tournaments to be held in February 2024.

But the world's fifth-ranked team was hoping to shorten that path at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Mexico, where a direct ticket to the Olympic qualifiers was up for grabs for the top finisher other than the United States.

The powerhouse Americans clinched an Olympic berth with their victory in last year's Women's Basketball World Cup. Despite being without WNBA players Kia Nurse, Bridget Carleton and Laeticia Amihere, the Canadians did their part in the preliminary round by going 4-0 with a tournament-best plus-137 point differential to win Group B.

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Minister of Sport and Physical Activity Carla Qualtrough says she supports a "formal process" looking into abuse in sports, and also spoke positively about the national women's soccer team's fight for pay equity.

Sam Kerr to return from calf injury for Australia’s must-win clash with Canada

Australia captain Sam Kerr confirmed she will be available for the Matildas’ final group stage encounter with Canada after missing their first two World Cup matches with a calf injury.

The Rangers complete unknown from Advocaat era set to be Champions League boss after Salzburg manager storm

The name Alex Hauser probably won’t mean much to the majority of Rangers fans despite spending a couple of years on the books at Ibrox.

Three Wushu Players From Arunachal Bound For World University Games In China Handed 'Stapled Visas', Team Held Back

Three wushu players from Arunachal Pradesh, who were to take part in the World University Games beginning on Friday in Chengdu, were issued 'stapled visas' by the Chinese embassy here, which led to the entire team being held back while the players from other sports left the country. Eight wushu players and four team officials were to travel to China from the IGI airport here in the wee hours of Thursday (1am), but all of them have now been told to stay put by the government. Three of the players -- Nyeman Wangsu, Onilu Tega and Mepung Lamgu -- are from Arunachal Pradesh.

Big India Star Reportedly Flies Back Home From West Indies For This Reason

India's star pacer Mohammed Siraj has flown back home after being rested from the three-match ODI series against West Indies, as reported by ESPNcricinfo. The bowler flew back with the rest of the Test returnees in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat and Navdeep Saini. Siraj was anticipated to lead a pace attack that also includes the all-rounder Hardik Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh, and Umran Malik while Mohammed Shami remained rested.