Olympic champion weightlifter Christine Girard named Canada's chef de mission for 2023 Pan Am Games
From near podium misses to upgraded medals, from disappointment to triumph, Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard has seen it all.
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From near podium misses to upgraded medals, from disappointment to triumph, Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard has seen it all.
Portugal and Chile start with a slight advantage as 10 teams battle it out for the remaining three berths at this year's Women's World Cup in the final qualifying playoffs over the next week in New Zealand.
Mito Pereira, who squandered a chance at last year's PGA Championship to become the first Chilean to win one of golf's four majors, is headed to LIV Golf with Colombian Sebastian Munoz, the Saudi-backed circuit said on Wednesday.
Mito Pereira, who last year squandered a chance to become the first man from Chile to win a major championship and the first PGA Tour rookie to win one in 11 years, has officially joined the LIV Golf League.
FIFA has confirmed that USA, Mexico and Canada, will automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup; the three countries won the right to host the World Cup in a united North American bid.
The U.S. men's national team, along with Mexico and Canada, will automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
The 2030 World Cup hosts are due to be picked in September 2024, FIFA said on Tuesday, also confirming that the three 2026 World Cup hosts — the United States, Canada and Mexico — all had their expected automatic entries confirmed in the 48-team finals tournament.
The days of petrol and diesel cars are numbered. In the EU, their sale will be banned as of 2035. That means electric cars will become the norm. They run on lithium batteries, each containing about 10 kilos of the metal. To keep up with this rising demand, global production will need to increase 40-fold in 20 years. Currently, four countries have a near-monopoly on lithium extraction: Australia, Chile, China and Argentina. But Europe wants its share of the booming market. The continent is sitting on lithium deposits but these have never been properly exploited, until now.