Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
The fourth day of the 2024 Olympic Games takes place on Tuesday with judo, tennis, basketball, rugby sevens, gymnastics, archery, swimming and volleyball. Team Canada is in the semifinals in women’s rugby sevens against Australia with a 75% chance of Read more
Heading into the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, there were huge expectations for Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh of Toronto, Ontario. Well, on Monday she delivered in a huge way, as she literally clobbered the pack in her specialty. McIntosh Read more
For the first time Canada is represented in women’s 3×3 basketball at the Olympic Games. Here is my interview with one of Canada’s most pivotal players, Michelle Plouffe of Edmonton, Alberta. Q: Your team is among the best in the Read more
Heading into the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Christa Deguchi was the clear gold medal favourite in the women’s 57 kilogram weight class. On Monday, Deguchi made Canadian sports history by becoming the very first Canadian judoka to win gold. Read more
Team Canada made the quarterfinals of the women’s rugby sevens competition at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. On Monday, Canada defeated China 26-17 in their final Group A game. Canada finished the group with a record of two wins Read more
Team Canada has won its third medal of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. On Monday, Rylan Wiens of Calgary, Alberta and Nathan Zsombor-Murray of Montreal, Quebec won bronze in the men’s 10 metre synchronized platform diving. Wiens and Zsombor-Murray Read more
Here is Canada’s schedule for Monday in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games. All eyes will be on Summer McIntosh in her quest for gold in the women’s 400 metre individual medley, where the Toronto teen has the world record. Read more
With all of the controversy surrounding the Olympic Women’s Soccer tournament for Team Canada, the fact that they have won* both their games is significant. On Sunday, Canada stayed alive in the tournament with a 2-1 win over the host Read more
For the first time ever, a Canadian is an Olympic medalist in the sport of fencing. On Sunday, Eleanor Harvey of Hamilton, Ontario made Olympic history by winning bronze in the women’s foil fencing event. It was an all-North American Read more
Eleanor Harvey of Hamilton, Ontario reached the quarterfinals of the women’s foil fencing tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. This is the second straight day a Canadian fencer reached the quarterfinals after Fares Arfa qualified for the quarterfinals Read more