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Canada condemns latest rollback of women’s rights by Taliban regime in Afghanistan

Canada’s Special Representative to Afghanistan, David Sproule, has strongly condemned the Taliban’s recent crackdown on women’s rights in Afghanistan. The…

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After 26 years, longtime exec Denise Dignard hands Canadian women’s basketball reins to next generation

The changes came swiftly for the Canadian women’s basketball team. After another Olympic letdown in Paris, captain Natalie Achonwa called…

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Professional Women’s Hockey League could add 2 expansion teams for 2025-26 season

Expansion is on the table for the six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League, and executives aren’t placing limitations on which North…

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Canada’s Dabrowski, partner Routliffe ousted in Pan Pacific Open women’s doubles semis

Top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand fell just short of a women’s doubles final…

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U Sports pipeline providing Olympic medal-worthy talent to national women’s rugby program

Carissa Norsten sits below her Olympic silver medal, which dangles from a shelf in her bedroom. As she speaks about…

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Canada concedes late equalizer, limits world champion Spain to draw in women’s soccer friendly

Fighting a valiant rearguard action, Canada was seconds away from a win over World Cup champion Spain on Friday. But…

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Buoyed by squash’s Olympic inclusion and date change, Canadian Women’s Open on rise

When Squash Canada CEO Jamie Nicholls thinks about the impact Pro Squash Association tournaments have had in this country, a…

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Calgary Wild FC women’s pro soccer team announces its leaders

Calgary Wild FC has named Lara Murphy the women’s pro soccer team’s first chief executive officer and Lisa Oldridge its…

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Women’s soccer players slam FIFA’s partnership with Saudi Aramco over human rights, environmental concerns

More than a hundred international women’s soccer players are calling on FIFA to reconsider its sponsorship by Saudi Arabian oil…

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Higuchi wins women’s gold, Miura and Kihara capture pairs in big night for Japan at Skate America

Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday night, putting together an…

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