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The Canadian women’s rugby sevens team will be playing for a bronze medal after a 33-7 loss to Australia.

Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe was named flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The reigning Olympic champion successfully defended her Commonwealth title in the women's 75-kilogram category

Canadian diver Jennifer Abel captured gold in the women's three-metre springboard final at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Abel's gold was one of seven medals won by Canada on Day 10.

Canadian boxer Thomas Blumenfeld put on a gritty display Saturday in a losing cause against a bigger, stronger and more experienced opponent in the Commonwealth Games 64-kilogram gold-medal bout.

New Zealand rallied from a 7-5 deficit by capitalizing on some key Canadian turnovers, and won the match 24-7 on the strength of a pair of tries from 2017 World Sevens player of the year Michaela Blyde?.

Pole vaulter Alysha Newman's record-setting performance highlighted another big day for Canada that saw the country win 14 more medals at the Commonwealth Games.

Watch highlights of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on CBCSports.ca beginning on Saturday, April 14 at 1 p.m. ET.

Canada's women's rugby sevens team is thrilled to be taking part in their event's Commonwealth Games debut, but just being there isn't enough. They came to Australia to win gold.

Erica Wiebe has come — and gone — a long way in the last four years, but the Canadian wrestling star was happy to return to the Commonwealth Games to defend her title and take another step towards repeating as Olympic champion.

Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe defended her 76-kilogram Commonwealth Games crown Thursday, defeating Nigeria's Blessing Onyebuchi to win gold. That was one of four medals won by Canada on the first day of the wrestling competition in Australia.