Lennox Lewis keeps the Maple Leaf close at heart
Lennox Lewis might be a man of many nations, but Canada will always hold a place in his heart.
Canwest May 15, 2008
Canada defeats Norway 8-2 at hockey worlds
Derek Roy led Canada to an easy 8-2 victory over Norway in the quarter-finals of the world hockey championship, Wednesday afternoon at Halifax.
CBC Sports May 15, 2008
Canada closes door on Nigerian wrestlers
Six Nigerian wrestlers trained by Canadian Olympic champion Daniel Igali have been denied visas to compete in an Olympic qualifying event in Edmonton because they don’t make enough money or have family ties in the country.
Toronto Star May 14, 2008
Golden relay team leads inductees to Canadian Sports Hall
Globe and Mail May 14, 2008
South Korea crushes Canada at Thomas Cup badminton tournament
Globe and Mail May 14, 2008
Canada, U.S. to play Olympic baseball tune-ups
CBC Sports May 14, 2008
Men’s badminton team drawn into controversy at Thomas Cup
Globe and Mail May 13, 2008
Team Canada defeats Finland 6-3 at hockey worlds
Canwest May 13, 2008
Cockburn closes in on Olympic trampoline berth
Canwest May 12, 2008
China floats inviting Dalai Lama to Olympics
Reuters May 12, 2008
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Sweet science is dying at amateur level in Canada
By Stephen Brunt
Globe and Mail
Twenty years ago at the Olympic Games in Seoul, a good-news Canadian sports story was largely lost in the Ben Johnson shuffle.
Our boxing team, led by super heavyweight gold medalist Lennox Lewis, was the best in the country’s history. Egerton Marcus claimed silver, Raymond Downey bronze.
There was an asterisk attached, since the sport’s reigning amateur power, Cuba, boycotted those Games. But there’s no denying the quality of that group, especially given the heights Lewis would reach as a professional.
So maybe it was a bit of a historic fluke. Maybe what happened at the next two Olympics was closer to the norm. In Barcelona in 1992, Chris Johnson won a bronze medal for Canada, and Mark Leduc won a surprise silver.
Four years later, in Atlanta, the first time the Olympics employed the qualifying system that’s still in use, Canada sent 11 boxers to the tournament – one under the max – and claimed a silver with heavyweight David Defiagbon.
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