NANTERRE, France — The freshly constructed pool deck at Paris La Défense Arena, stretched atop the floor of a rugby stadium in Paris’s western suburbs, looks like it was designed for victory laps, with vast expanses of blue flooring that spread in a semicircle all the way out to the first few rows of seats. …

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Earlier this summer Canada Basketball, the national governing body for hoops north of the 49th parallel, invited alumni from its last five Olympic teams—1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 2000—to spend time with the current crop of Canadian Olympians, who were in a Toronto-area training camp prepping for the Paris Games. That’s right, Canada, currently home …

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Jacob Shaffelburg and Canada will face Uruguay in the Copa’s third-place match tonight. (Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images) 30 matches later, the Copa America 2024 Final is set: Argentina vs. Colombia. But before those two teams face off, it’s time to find out who will come in third. The third-place match between Canada and Uruguay is …

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US men’s Olympic basketball team is stacked with LeBron James, Steph Curry NBA star-studded U.S Olympic roster looks to capture their fifth-straight gold medal at the Paris Games. It’s the United States vs. Canada in the USA Basketball Showcase exhibition ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. …

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Argentina will look to reach the finals for the sixth time in eight Copa America tournaments when they battle Canada in a 2024 Copa America semifinal on Tuesday. Lionel Messi and Argentina advanced with a 4-2 edge in penalty kicks over Ecuador after playing to a 1-1 draw on Thursday during the quarterfinals, while Canada …

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