The Heartbeat

Don’t forget to check the SportCafé calendar (www.sportcafe.ca/events) for ongoing event information with links and updates or the middle column of the homepage.
If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured, please contact me: suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.

Events in Canada Lawn Bowling Canadian Championships
August 19-25
North Vancouver and West Vancouver, BC
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livestream

Volleyball Canada vs Peru (Women)
August 20-23
Winnipeg and Dauphin, MN
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Mountain Bike XCM Canadian Championship
August 23-25
Saint-Raymond, QC
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BMX Canadian Championships & Canada Cup III
August 23-25
St. Albert, AB
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Para-cycling World Cup
August 23-25
Matane, QC
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Click here for entry list that includes Paralympians Robbie Weldon, Mark Ledo, Mark Beggs, Brayden McDougall, Alexandre Cloutier, Daniel Chalifour, Robert Labbe, Jaye Milley, Lyne Bessette, Shelley Gautier, Dominique Mainguy, Marie-Claude Molnar.

 Beach Volleyball Canadian Championships
August 23-25
Vancouver, BC
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Festival Acrobatx (Aerial Water Ramp)
August 24-25
Lac-Beauport, QC
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Rugby Canada vs USA
August 24
Toronto, ON
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Broadcast on TSN2 4pm Saturday Aug 24

Table Tennis North American Championships
August 25-27
North Vancouver, BC
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Leading the Canadian team: Eugene Zhen Wang, Pierre-Luc Theriault, Hongtao Chen and Andre Ho (Men) as well as Mo Zhang recently crowned Commonwealth Champion for the women.

Olympic Sports On Television

Golf Canadian Women's Open
Thursday August 22 3pm TSN
Friday August 23 3pm TSN
Saturday August 24 2pm CBC
Sunday August 25 2pm CBC

Rugby Canada vs USA (from BMO Field in Toronto)
Saturday Aug 24 4pm TSN2 (RDS2 Sunday aft)

Canoe Slalom World Cup
Sunday Aug 25 12pm, 1:30pm and 9pm EST Sportsnet

Livestreams and Other Events

Water Polo Junior World Championships (Women)
August 19-25
Volos, Greece
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Archery World Cup
August 19-25
Wroclaw, Poland
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Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
August 21-25
Moscow, Russia
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Canadian competitors:
Maverick Hatch and Christian Redmann
Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk
Jamie Lynn Broder and Kristina Valjas
Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley

Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup
August 22-24
Cardrona, New Zealand
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Freestyle Skiing World Cup
August 23-25
Cardrona, New Zealand
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Ski Jumping Grand Prix
August 22-24
Hakuba, Japan
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Diamond League
August 22
Stockolm, Sweden
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Competing for Canada: Matt Hughes in 3000m steeplechase at 2:35pm EST (8:35pm local)

Volleyball Under 21 World Championships
August 22-September 1
Ankara and Izmir, Turkey
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Canoe Kayak Slalom World Cup
August 23-25
Bratislava, Slovakia
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Lawn Bowling Pre-Commonwealth Games 8 Nation Test
August 24-31
Glasgow, Scotland
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Nordic-Combined Grand Prix
August 24-25
Oberwiesenthal, Germany
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Triathlon World Cup
August 24-25
Stockholm, Sweden
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livestream at cbcsports.ca 7:15am Sat and 9:25am Sun

World Rowing Championships
August 25-Sept 1
Chungju-si, Korea
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live results