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Tongan flag-bearer glistens with oil, flutters the Internet’s collective...
By and large, Olympic flag-bearers are a high-profile bunch, from U.S. swimming legend Michael Phelps to Wimbledon champ and near-princess-decapitator Andy Murray. But on Friday night in Rio, no one...
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You have to boo someone: Your quick guide to the villains of the Rio Olympics
All Olympic athletes deserve adulation, to some extent. But Rio will not be short on divisive or obnoxious personalities — players or teams who, for one reason or another, you can’t help but root...
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Rio 2016: Why water problems are far from the only worry at the Olympics
Everyone was concerned about the water in Rio — but when the world arrived, bigger problems emerged. Here are five of them. AIR QUALITY If you haven’t heard about the drug-resistant “super bacteria”...
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Rio 2016 may have another burgeoning drug scandal on hand — and this time, it isn’t Russia. A Kenyan athletics official was reportedly filmed this week offering to provide athletes with advance notice...
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Olympic security officer navigating by GPS makes wrong turn into favela and...
RIO DE JANEIRO — A police officer has died after being shot in the head when he and two others working security at the Rio Olympics got lost near a slum and encountered gunfire. Justice Minister...
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CBC Olympics commentator apologizes for saying Chinese swimmer ‘went out like...
CBC apologized online and on-air late Wednesday night after one of its commentators said a defeated Chinese swimmer “died like a pig” during a race. The incident occurred after the women’s 4x200m...
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Newfoundland, Saar and a Bornean legend: Olympic history is lined with...
Fiji won its first-ever Olympic medal Thursday, and all it took was the addition of their strongest sport. The Fijians rumbled to gold in men’s rugby sevens — 60 years after their first appearance at a...
View Article‘What would she say about Michael Phelps?’: Yulia Efimova strikes back at...
It all started so innocently: U.S. breaststroke prodigy Lilly King, fired up after placing first in the 100-metre semi-final at the Olympics, branded Russia’s Yulia Efimova as a drug cheat on live...
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Penny Oleksiak stashes her Olympic medals in socks, doesn’t plan to wear all...
Olympic 100-metre bronze medallist Andre De Grasse may be the star of the moment, but Penny Oleksiak still occupies a special place in Canadian hearts. The 16-year-old swimmer, fresh off nabbing four...
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Photo of Usain Bolt smiling mid-race shows just how effortless the Olympics...
It has been billed as the antithesis of Crying Jordan — a photo of Usain Bolt, the soon-to-be winner of his Olympic 100-metre semi-final, glancing to his left steps before he reached the finish line,...
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Mark Cavendish takes out three opponents in frightful cycling crash, goes on...
Mark Cavendish emerged from Monday’s men’s track cycling omnium final with his first Olympic medal — and a dose of self-imposed blame for sending an opposing rider to the hospital. Cavendish caused a...
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The ghost of 2012: Canadian men’s sprint relay team will run in the shadow of...
Jared Connaughton ran behind Justyn Warner the whole way, first to hand him the baton, and then to see what he could do with it. The Jamaicans were miles ahead. The U.S. was gone, too. But Warner, the...
View ArticleThat night in Toronto: When Bruce Dickinson discovered the Tragically Hip ‘in...
The Tragically Hip’s final tour has taken them across the country they have crooned about for decades, from Victoria through the Prairies to the final stop in Kingston on Saturday. But long before the...
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Forget Bolt and De Grasse: The race for men’s 200-metre bronze could barely...
Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty ImagesBolt crosses the line first, just before the final, three-way stretch for bronze. Usain Bolt and Andre De Grasse commanded most of the attention after their Thursday...
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Where art thou NFL 2016 season preview? The Post forecasts all eight...
AFC EAST Buffalo Bills | Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | New York Jets A scandal has befallen Brady’s team, And kept appellate judges in the news, Now, the East’s also-ran clubs have to scheme,...
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North America’s blazing start: The 95 seconds when anything seemed possible...
The final score couldn’t be tighter: North America 4, Sweden 3, separated only by the climax of a thrilling overtime. But for the first 95 seconds of Wednesday’s World Cup game in Toronto, it wasn’t...
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Intimate, tantalizing, mesmerizing: Why the ‘ref cam’ has been the World Cup...
Teams Europe and North America — the cross-national clusters of players thrown together in Toronto — made strong impressions this month. But when the World Cup of Hockey ends, it should be remembered...
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The journeyman who came home: Jeff Glass, who toiled for years in Russia,...
TORONTO — Jeff Glass was a prized goaltending prospect once upon a time — a star with the Kootenay Ice and the backstop for Canada’s greatest world-junior team. He schlepped through the Ottawa...
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Anatomy of a sweep: How the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Texas Rangers and...
In hindsight, the end could have been slightly more poetic. Jose Bautista, who clubbed the Texas Rangers out of last year’s playoffs and flipped them off for good measure, could have homered again in...
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One blowout, four nail-biters and Darwin Barney at pitcher: How the Blue Jays...
By ousting two straight playoff opponents on walk-off plays, the Toronto Blue Jays already have provided more dramatic finishes than in any of their other post-season years. But their regular season...
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