Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
For the first time ever, the Canadian men’s national volleyball team won a medal in the World Volleyball League. On Saturday, Canada beat the United States 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21 in the bronze medal game in Curitiba, Brazil. Team Canada Read more
Two Canadian female beach volleyball players–Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Ontario and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ontario are in their first season as teammates on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. After having separate partners the last few years (Humana-Paredes was with Taylor Read more
For the second time in five years, Canada has beaten Russia in the final round of the World Volleyball League. On Tuesday, Canada defeated Russia in straight sets–25-23, 29-27, 25-17 in the final of the World Volleyball League. With the Read more
Shawnacy Barber of Toronto, Ontario won his second Diamond League men’s pole vault medal of the 2017 athletics season on Saturday. Barber won the bronze medal at a Diamond League event in Paris, France. Barber jumped 5.62 metres on Saturday Read more
There will be 99 new appointees to the Order of Canada and two of the new appointees are Canadian sports stars. On Friday it was announced that Canadian hockey star Mark Messier of Edmonton, Alberta and two-time Canadian Olympic soccer Read more
Team Canada has qualified for the 2018 Men’s Field Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India. The Canadian team qualified by finishing in fifth place in the FIH (International Hockey Federation) World League Semi-Finals in London, England on Sunday. Canada qualified Read more
Team Canada won the bronze medal on Sunday in a women’s rugby sevens World Series event in Clermont, France. The Canadian team hammered the host French squad 36-7 in the bronze medal game. The Canadian women went through Pool B Read more
The Canadian National Men’s Volleyball Team has made some significant progress in recent years. Just four years ago, Canada shocked Russia in five sets in the final round of the 2013 World Volleyball League in Argentina and then at the Read more