Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Sophia Jensen of Edmonton, Alberta has had a strong start to the 2026 canoeing season on the International Canoe Federation circuit in 2026. In two World Cup stops (one in Szeged, Hungary, and the other in Brandenburg, Germany), Jensen has Read more
Dr. Frank Hayden of Windsor, Ontario, a person instrumental in forming the Special Olympics in 1968, passed away at the age of 96 on Saturday according to Aaron Sousa of Global News on Monday. Hayden earned his doctorate in philosophy Read more
Team Canada won the gold medal in a 3×3 Basketball Women’s Series event in Shanghai, China on Sunday. The Canadians won all five of their games throughout the tournament. Two of the games came in Pool play and the other Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia has won the bronze medal at a Diamond League event in Shanghai, China. For Mitton, this was her 14th Diamond League medal of her career. She has now won two gold medals, seven silver Read more
Team Canada won the bronze medal at a World Cup mixed triathlon relay event in Chengdu, China on Sunday. The Canadian team comprised of Isla Britton of Montreal, Quebec, Sophia Howell of Airdrie, Alberta, Martin Sobey of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Read more
Tyler Mislawchuk of Winnipeg, Manitoba won the bronze medal on Saturday at the 2026 World Triathlon Cup in Chengdu, China. It was Mislawchuk’s eighth career World Cup medal. Overall, he has won three gold medals, three silver medals and two Read more
Team Canada won three medals at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana on Sunday. It was the first time ever in the history of this international track meet that Canada won more than two medals. Audrey Leduc of Read more
Charles Paquet of Sept-Iles, Quebec won the bronze medal at a World Triathlon Championship Series event in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Saturday. For Paquet, it was his first ever medal at the World Triathlon Championship Series. He previously won a bronze Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson of Toronto, Ontario teamed up to win the silver medal on Sunday at the Elite16 Women’s Beach Volleyball event in Saquarema, Brazil. Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson reached the final before losing 21-15, Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Thursday, two-time Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Nancy Garapick of Halifax, Nova Scotia passed away on April 6 at the age of 64. Garapick won the bronze medal for Canada in the women’s 100 metre Read more