What to watch in Olympic sports this weekend

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Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us, but in the meantime there's plenty going on in Olympic sports. Tickets to the Paris Summer Games are on the line at women's basketball qualifiers and the World Aquatics Championships, the women's hockey Rivalry Series will be decided, and Canadians are competing in a variety of winter World Cup events:

Here's what to watch before the big football game:

World Aquatics Championships

Today in Doha, Canada clinched an Olympic spot in artistic swimming's duet and team events. The sport formerly known as synchronized swimming has produced Canada's only two medals of the world championships so far: Jacqueline Simoneau's gold in the women's solo free event and her silver in the solo technical. There are no solo events in the Olympics.

Diving competition wraps up on Saturday. Canada's last chance for a medal is in the men's 10-metre platform, where Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray will try to qualify for the final. Zsombor-Murray clinched an Olympic spot for Canada last year, and Wiens can add another.

The Canadian women's water polo team's Olympic hopes are at stake Saturday at 11 a.m. ET vs. New Zealand. Canada must win the playoff game to advance to Monday's quarterfinals, and it must advance to the quarterfinals to have a chance to qualify for the Olympics.

Swimming begins Sunday. With the Olympics less than six months away, most of the world's best elected to skip the world championships, including Canadians Summer McIntosh, Maggie Mac Neil, Kylie Masse, Josh Liendo and Penny Oleksiak.

McIntosh is instead competing at a meet in