Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada remains alive at the 2018 World Men’s Volleyball Championship in Italy and Bulgaria. On Saturday from Sofia, Bulgaria, Canada beat Iran in five tight sets, 25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-12. Team Canada won despite a scoreboard malfunction which Read more
Team Canada has won its first game of the 2018 Women’s Basketball World Cup. On Saturday, Team Canada trounced Greece 82-51 in Tenerife, Spain. Kim Gaucher of Surrey, British Columbia led Canada with 16 points. Three other Canadians reached double digits Read more
Haya Jumaa of Mississauga, Ontario won the bronze medal in a Karate Premier League event in Berlin, Germany this past weekend. It was the fourth time in Jumaa’s career that she earned a medal at a Karate Premier League event. Read more
Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, British Columbia and Hillary Janssens of Cloverdale, British Columbia won a gold medal for Canada on Saturday at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It was the only gold medal for Canada in an event Read more
Team Canada has clinched a spot in the second round of the 2018 World Men’s Volleyball Championship in Ruse, Bulgaria. On Saturday, Canada beat China in four sets, 25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 25-23, to improve to a record of three wins Read more
Team Canada has improved to two wins and zero losses at the 2018 World Volleyball Championships in Ruse, Bulgaria on Thursday. The Canadian squad beat Egypt in straight sets 27-25, 30-28, 25-19. It was once again a strong offensive game Read more
Team Canada has won their opening game at the 2018 World Volleyball Championships in Ruse, Bulgaria on Wednesday. The Canadian squad beat the Netherlands in straight sets 25-15, 25-23, 25-18. Outside hitter Nick Hoag of Sherbrooke, Quebec led the Canadian Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ontario and Danielle Lappage of Olds, Alberta each won the gold medal in women’s wrestling at the 2018 Poland Open on Friday from Ziolkowski, Poland. Wiebe won the gold medal in the women’s Read more
Team Canada won the silver medal on Saturday in team equestrian at the 2018 BMO Nations Cup at Spruce Meadows, just south of Calgary. The competition is one of the elite equestrian team competitions in the world as countries prepare Read more
Emily Batty of Oshawa, Ontario won her second bronze medal of her career at the World Mountain Biking Championships on Saturday from Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Batty placed third behind gold medalist Kate Courtney of the United States and silver medalist Annika Read more