The Canadian women’s field hockey team blanked Malaysia 3-0 on Sunday, bouncing back from an opening 2-0 loss to Britain at an FIH Olympic Qualifier.
Sara McManus scored twice and Thora Rae had the other goal for the 17th-ranked Canadians, who are looking to get to the Summer Games for the first time since 1992. Canada narrowly missing out on qualifying for Tokyo last time out, losing to Ireland in a penalty shootout after a two-legged series ended knotted at 0-0 in November 2019.
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