CBC Sports makes a splash with new FINA deal

TORONTO – CBC Sports has inked a four-year partnership with FINA (the Fédération Internationale de Natation or International Swimming Federation), the governing body for 208 national aquatics federations.The deal sees CBC Sports become the exclusive Canadian home to all major international FINA competitions through 2020, beginning with the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from July 15 - 30, 2017.Over the course of the four-year partnership, CBC Sports will provide extensive coverage of FINA championship and world cup events in disciplines including swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, high diving and open water swimming. These events will be made...