Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada won their first game this past Saturday in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League.The Canadian squad beat South Korea in straight sets 25-20, 25-17, 25-19 in Krakow, Poland. It was a terrific game for Canadian outside Read more
Lindsey Butterworth of Vancouver, British Columbia and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario won bronze medals on Saturday at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic from Eugene, Oregon. The Prefontaine Classic is a prestigious international track and field competition Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec continued her excellent 2018 season this past weekend in Duisburg, Germany. On Saturday, Vincent-Lapointe teamed with Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario to win gold in the women’s C2 500 metre sprint World Cup and then Read more
With the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo only two years away, there is a new Canadian judo star that Canadian sports fans need to be aware of. Her name is Christa Deguchi, and the reason why she has just recently Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec won two gold medals this past weekend at a World Cup in canoeing in Szeged, Hungary. Vincent-Lapointe won gold in the women’s C2 500 metre event with Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario on Saturday and Read more
The most successful university hockey coach in Canadian history passed away on Sunday. Clare Drake of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, who won 697 games with the University of Alberta Golden Bears (a Canadian university record), from 1958 to 1989, died at the Read more
Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec won two medals this past weekend at the final FINA Diving World Series event of the season in Kazan, Russia. Abel won silver with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu of Saint-Constant, Quebec in the women’s three metre synchronized Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Bruny Surin of Montreal, Quebec has been named Canada’s Chef de Mission for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This global multi-sporting event takes place once every four years and are for Read more
Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec won two medals this past weekend in events with Olympic status at the 2018 FINA Diving World Series in Montreal, Quebec. Abel won silver in the women’s three metre synchronized springboard with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu of Saint-Constant, Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Chandra Crawford of Canmore, Alberta has been inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame for 2018.In what was one of the biggest Canadian sports stories from the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Crawford won the Read more