{
    "title": "Canada celebrates opening ceremonies in S\u00e3o Paulo",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-04 19:55:29",
    "published_at": "2016-08-06 17:44:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-celebrates-opening-ceremonies-in-sao-paulo",
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    "subtitle": "Canada Soccer\u2019s Women\u2019s National Team celebrated the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies from afar \u2013 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil!",
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    "body": "<p>Already in action with a Wednesday 2:0 victory over Australia, Canada were not in Rio for the Opening Ceremonies on Friday 5 August. Instead, they were preparing for their second match of the competition, a <a href=\"http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=1385&amp;t=match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saturday afternoon match against group rivals Zimbabwe</a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadasoccer/7658601934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Like they did at London 2012</a> when they were initially based in Coventry, Canada Soccer&rsquo;s Women&rsquo;s National Team dressed in their Opening Ceremonies gear and watched the event as a group from their hotel inS&atilde;o Paulo. They even staged their own &lsquo;parade of nations&rsquo; walk at the team hotel.</p><p>The Canada-Zimbabwe match will be broadcast live on Canada&rsquo;s Olympic Network CBC TV and Radio-Canada starting at 14.00 ET / 11.00 PT (15.00 local). It will also be streamed via CBC&rsquo;s App for Rio2016 in French and English (available for download for iOS and Android).</p><blockquote>Canada&rsquo;s Women&rsquo;s National Team couldn&rsquo;t be in Rio for the opening ceremony &ndash; so we staged our own! #canwnt #TeamCanada #rio2016 #cbcsports #cbc #saopaulo<br>\u200b A video posted by Canada Soccer (@canadasoccer) on Aug 5, 2016 at 4:55pm PDT</blockquote><blockquote>Watching the opening ceremony and &ndash; there we are! #rio2016 #TeamCanada #canwnt<br>\u200b A photo posted by Canada Soccer (@canadasoccer) on Aug 5, 2016 at 5:15pm PDT</blockquote><blockquote>Looking good, ladies! #canwnt #TeamCanada #rio2016 #openingceremony<br>\u200b A photo posted by Canada Soccer (@canadasoccer) on Aug 5, 2016 at 5:31pm PDT</blockquote>",
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