the mad sports man

Beijing China. they were just awarded the 2022 winter games at the 128th IOC session in Malaysia. the announcement was made just moments ago, beating out Almaty Kazakhstan. the votes will be unveiled later. Beijing will be the first city to host a winter and a summer games (2008 for the summer). congrats

its the last day of the pan am games in Toronto and Canada did pretty well. the U.S. finished first in the medal standings with 265, then Canada in second. with one event remaining and Canada not in it, they will finish with 217 medals (78 gold - a national record, 69 silvers - a national record and 70 bronze - 4th best) the 217 medals are also a national record. pretty good results.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels pitched a no hitter as the Phillies shut out the Chicago Cubs 5-0. he walked two and struck out 13. the no hitter is his first one. first time the Cubs were no hit was Sept. 9 1965 when Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game. last time Wrigley Field saw a no hitter when Cubs Milt Pappas did the feat in Sept 2, 1972.

the official Tokyo 2020 logo that was unveiled earlier today. thoughts anyone? UPDATE: the logo has been dropped and will be looking for a new one http://cbc.sh/KPziFCP

this wasn't even close. the United States scored 4 goals in the first 16 minutes en route to a 5-2 win over Japan. Carli Lloyd scored three of the four goals within those 16 minutes. they have their redemption over Japan from when they lost to them in 2011. congrats to the U.S.

this one went into 30 minutes of extra time. England got the only goal of the game on a penalty kick and will finish third defeating Germany 1-0. a bit of redemtion after losing in the semi final on a heartbreaker of an own goal on the last possible minute. hopefully Laura Bassett feels a little better.

unveiled today. whaddaya think?

Japan ended up winning 2-1 over England to advance to Sunday's championship game against the United States in Vancouver. with the loss, England will face Germany for third place on Saturday at Edmonton. the last two games of the tournament are upon us.

happy 148th birthday Canada day. it was Dominion day until the early 1980s, when it was changed to Canada day. there will be celebrations all over Canada. so wear your red and white and enjoy the day