Olympic newsletter: Women's soccer team does it, Summer goes for another gold
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Canada edge New Zealand 2-1 amid Olympic spying scandal
ST-ETIENNE, France : Defending champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their Paris Olympics opening game on Thursday overshadowed by a spying scandal that has engulfed the women's tournament.
Canada women's soccer player Sydney Collins to miss Olympics with fractured leg
Defender Sydney Collins will not compete for the Canadian women's soccer team at the Paris Olympics after fracturing her left leg during a closed-door match against Nigeria in Marbella, Spain on Wednesday.
Canadian women defeat Australia in Olympic soccer exhibition
Substitute Evelyne Viens' 85th-minute goal lifted Canada to a 2-1 comeback win Saturday in Marbella, Spain over Australia in a tune-up game ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Canada's women's soccer team stacked with Olympic champions as Paris roster revealed
Thirteen players from Canada's women's soccer team that won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 are part of the 18-person roster who will aim for a repeat in Paris later this month.
Canadian women drop 2nd straight shootout against U.S. to fall in SheBelieves Cup final
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and the United States defeated Canada 5-4 in a penalty shootout for the second game in a row Tuesday to win the SheBelieves Cup final.
'It's going to be a battle': Canadian women's soccer team prepares for SheBelieves Cup final against U.S.
The last time Canada faced the U.S., the skies opened above San Diego and the two teams slogged it out on a waterlogged pitch in the semifinal of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup.