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- Heil named CP's female athlete of year
- Jennifer Heil swept moguls and dual moguls gold medals at the world championships this year, earning her the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female athlete of 2011.
- opinion 2011: The Big Picture
- The CBC's Scott Russell writes that 2011 was an important year in reminding us all that Canadian sport is about hockey but also about so much more and that athletes like Patrick Chan, Christine Nesbitt, Dylan Armstrong and Eric Lamaze take a back seat to nobody.
- Chan adds another year-end honour
- Patrick Chan's world championship victorty was the highlight of an undefeated season that earned the Toronto skater the Lionel Conacher Award as the Canadian Press male athlete of the year for 2011.
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- WADA to examine global rules amid talk over drug bans
- The World Anti-Doping Agency has initiated a review of its global rules, a process that will deal with the contentious issue of keeping drug cheats out of the Olympics.
- Double Olympic champ Fabris halts speedskating career
- Double Olympic champion Enrico Fabris, who became Italy's unlikely hero at the 2006 Turin Winter Games, has retired after a bad start to the speedskating season. At his best, Fabris was one of the finest technicians around.
- COC rewards coaches with cash incentives
- Coaches will get cash incentives for athletes' medal-winning performances, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Saturday. Starting with the 2012 London Games, coaches will receive $10,000 for a gold medal, $7,500 for silver and $5,000 for bronze.
- Pan Am Games will serve as Olympic qualifier
- The Pan American Games, which open Friday, are direct Olympic qualifiers for 12 different sports.
- Soccer star Sinclair to carry flag at Pan Am Games
- Women's soccer star Christine Sinclair was named Tuesday to be Canada's flag-bearer for this month's Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Moyse switches from bobsleigh to track cycling
- Heather Moyse, who combined with pilot Kaillie Humphries to win Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's bobsleigh, confirmed Tuesday that she is switching to track cycling.
- Virtue, Moir to open ice dance season in Finland
- Canada's Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will make their season debut at the Finlandia Trophy this week.
- Scientists back improved HGH test
- Anti-doping officials say scientists have endorsed a new test for human growth hormone that can detect such drug use as far back as 21 days and could be implemented for next year's London Olympics.
- Al Thani to lead Qatar's 2020 Olympic bid
- Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar's Olympic Committee chairman, appointed himself head of the Gulf nation's bid for the 2020 Games on Monday.
- blog Grand Prix Preview: Canadian women rebuilding
- Figure skating's off-season may seem long to fans, but the work never stops for the athletes. Just ask Canada's top women, who enter the 2011-12 season in a state of transition, writes Pj Kwong.
- preview Grand Slam of Curling: 2011-12 season
- CBC Sports curling analyst Mike Harris updates us on all the off-season changes among the big-name skips, and identifies the teams to beat in 2011-12.
- blog VanderBeek: On the comeback trail in Chile
- Everyone loves a good comeback story, but much more goes into one than just the made-for-TV triumph at the end. As she hits the slopes again in preparation for her return to competition after knee surgery, Kelly VanderBeek has learned that true comebacks are made up of a million small victories.
- photos World Cup alpine champions
- Eye-catching photography of the seven men and women who will put their crystal globes on the line this season on the World Cup alpine skiing circuit.
- photos Skips to watch this season
- From perennial powers like Kevin Martin and Glenn Howard to newer arrivals like Kevin Koe and Mike McEwen, these men will be playing for the big bucks this season in the Grand Slam of Curling.
- Canadian Olympic Committee revives red mitten campaign
- The Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed Thursday that it is renewing the red mitten campaign with three dollars from each pair of $10 mittens earmarked for preparations for the 2012 London Games.
- Water polo player suspended for role in Vancouver riot
- A Canadian water polo player has been banned from the national team for two years for his role in the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver.
- COC hires ex-Harper aide Soudas
- The Canadian Olympic Committee has named Dimitri Soudas, a former spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as its new executive director of communications.
- Canadian short track rosters revealed
- Speed Skating Canada released its rosters Tuesday for the opening two short track World Cup events of the season, with Marianne St. Gelais and Valérie Maltais headlining the women's team and Charles Hamelin and Olivier Jean leading the men's.
- Phelps back in pool, training for 2012 Olympics
- Michael Phelps says he has started training earlier than at any time since 2007, before his record-setting Beijing Olympics.