Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
According to Ryan Flaherty of Global News on Thursday, the National Lacrosse League has decided to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season because of coronavirus. The league initially stopped play because of the pandemic on March 12, and then Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Tuesday, Dick White of Regina, Saskatchewan has become the interim chief executive officer of USports Canada. The organization looks after university sports throughout Canada. White will take over from Graham Brown, who stepped down Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Wednesday, Oklahoma State University linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga of Calgary, Alberta has tested positive for coronavirus. Ogbongbemiga says he caught the virus after protesting for racial equality in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Protests are happening throughout the Read more
According to Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press on Tuesday, North American Boxing Federation women’s light flyweight boxing champion Kim Clavel of Montreal, Quebec will win the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2020 ESPY Awards. The award is Read more
This past week, it was announced that Vancouver native Diane Jones Konihowski would be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and receive the Order of Sport. Jones Konihowski, who was raised in Saskatoon and currently lives in Calgary, won Read more
According to Todd Saelhof of The Calgary Sun on Friday, the 2020 PGA Tour Canada season has been cancelled because of coronavirus. There were supposed to be 12 events throughout Canada on the Mackenzie Tour (also known as the PGA Read more
The complete 2020 season of the Western Canadian Baseball League was cancelled on Thursday according to Dave Dormer of CTV News because of coronavirus. Two of the major reasons for the cancellation is because the border between Canada and the Read more
According to Cleve Dheenshaw of the Victoria Times Colonist, the 2020 Minto Cup has been cancelled because of coronavirus. The Minto Cup is awarded to the Canadian junior men’s lacrosse team and has been around since 1901. There have been Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Montreal, Quebec is one of 11 Canadians to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Lamaze, won the gold medal for Canada alongside his horse Hickstead in individual show jumping, Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Tuesday, Michele Belanger of Montreal, Quebec, has decided to retire as the head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s basketball team. What makes the retirement extremely newsworthy is the fact that Read more