Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
The University of Calgary Dinos delivered a significant surprise this past Sunday in Canadian university sports. The Dinos defeated the University of Ryerson Rams 79-77 in the final of the Canadian University Sport Men’s Basketball Championship at the Scotiabank Centre in Read more
Denis Shapovalov has once again beaten a grand slam tennis finalist. This time Sahapovalov’s opponent was Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the first round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco (also known as the Mexican Open). Shapovalov needed three sets Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal, Quebec will carry the flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Benfeito has won three Olympic bronze medals in diving in her career. She won Read more
Team Canada has changed their coaches for their national soccer teams. In a surprise announcement on Monday, John Herdman has been announced as the head coach of the men’s team and Kenneth Heiner-Moller has been named the head coach Read more
The Canadian under-19 basketball team has won the 2017 Canadian Press Team of the Year. Canada won the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Cairo, Egypt on July 9. Team Canada defeated Italy 79-60 in the gold medal game. Read more
Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Simmerling of Vancouver, British Columbia won World Cup women’s ski cross medals on back-to-back days this past week in Innichen, Italy. Simmerling won a silver medal on Thursday and a bronze medal on Friday. On Thursday, Read more
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto of Toronto, Ontario won the 2017 Lou Marsh Award, which is presented to the most outstanding Canadian athlete every year. In 2017, Votto led Major League Baseball in number of times walked (134), Read more
Team Canada won the gold medal in a women’s World Cup team pursuit track cycling competition in Milton, Ontario on Friday. The Canadian team who won gold on their home track comprised of Ariane Bonhomme of Gatineau, Quebec, Kinley Gibson Read more
Arthur Margelidon of Montreal, Quebec has cracked the top 10 in the International Judo Federation world rankings. On Saturday, Margelidon won the silver medal in the men’s 73 kilogram division at the Tokyo Grand Slam, and moved into 10th in Read more
Reigning Canadian Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, Manitoba began her title defense of the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa with an impressive 9-6 win over Valerie Sweeting of Edmonton. It was a slow start for Jones on Read more