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CBC NEWS (Aug 3) Two members of the Canadian women's soccer team playing their first match this afternoon at the Rio Olympics have links to Manitoba.

GOBISONS.CA (Aug 2) In women's soccer, former Manitoba Bisons player and coach Desiree Scott is part of Canada's women's soccer team. This is Scott's second consecutive selection to the national Olympic squad as part of bronze medal team at London 2012 Olympic Games.

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (Aug 2) Rio De Janeiro, Brazil may be nearly 10,000 kilometres from Winnipeg but Chantal Givens is more concerned about the 28 kilometres she’ll traverse once she arrives.

CJOB (Aug 2) She’s barely 5 feet, but she’s ranked among the top 10 players in the world at her position. Winnipegger Desiree Rose Marie Scott joined the Cdn Women’s Soccer Team in 2010.

FIT COMMUNICATIONS (Aug 2) Emma Gray & partner are training in Winnipeg at the Winnipeg Rowing Club Riley Boathouse with their sights set on a World Title at the 2016 World Rowing Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

CTV NEWS (Aug 2) Winnipeg's Mara George, who trains with Revolution Diving, is this week's CTV Sport Star of the Week.

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (July 29) Local diver Mara George has jumped into the deep end of national competition. The 18-year-old from Wildwood won two medals at the Speedo Juniors Elite National Diving Championship.

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (July 29) It’s been a monumental year for Winnipeg’s Victoria Tachinski — a remarkable feat given it’s only July. She capped off her first World U20 Track and Field Championships with a bronze in the 4x400-metre relay, holding off the Germans as the anchor of Team Canada.

CBC MANITOBA (July 29) Nicole Sifuentes, 30, is a two-time Olympian, a civil engineer and a woman who acknowledges she is still learning how to believe in herself.