Badminton: As good as it gets without gold
To shouts of "Bruce Li!" Canada delighted and impressed at the semifinal against Japan
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Charlie Gillis
Charlie Gillis is Maclean’s managing editor (national). He’s a winner of gold and silver National Magazine Awards, and his bosses once forgot about him after sending him to cover the climbing season at Mount Everest.
Does Despatie still have it?
Canada’s springboard superstar looks poised and strong in his first competitive outing, but admits he’s haunted by head injury
China, and the banality of excellence
Chinese athletes are making hay in London. So why can’t you tell?
Heymans’s legend grows with bronze
Canada’s first medal in London is Heymans’s fourth in four Olympiads, and now she’s passing the torch
The IOC’s ticket to trouble
Olympic officials are unwilling or unable to fight the black market for Games tickets. So the coppers are waging war for them.
What we taught the Brits
’The success of London so far is due to the success of Canada,’ London 2012 organizer says
Whatever’s wrong with Olympic soccer, let’s hope it’s not fixed
Football pundits are buzzing about an uncalled trip during a tie game
Such a long journey
Athletes who’ve made improbable ascents—through sheer talent or desperate ambition—are off to London
North America’s corn belt is baking, and everyone is about to feel the burn
The worst draught in a quarter-century is threatening the global food supply
European benefits fly in the face of austerity
Those who get sick while on vacation may now be granted additional time off in lieu