Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Alexia Zevnik of Montreal, Quebec, won Canada’s second medal in swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday. Zevnik won the silver medal in the women’s 200m backstroke. Zevnik posted a second place time of 2:09.92. Sian Whittaker Read more
Team Canada has won its first gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan. The Canadian team of Olympic bronze medalists Katerine Savard of Pont-Rogue, Quebec and Kennedy Goss of Toronto, Ontario, along with Jacqueline Keire of Burlington, Read more
It has been quite the week for Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ryan Goins of Round Rock, Texas. On Wednesday, Goins had his arm stepped on as he tried to steal second base. The incident looked a lot worse than Read more
Team Canada won their second consecutive game on Sunday at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup in Dublin, Ireland. After hammering Hong Kong 98-0 on Wednesday, the Canadian ladies beat Wales 15-0 to improve to a record of two wins Read more
Even if Canada does not win their pool at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup, they will be in strong position to qualify for the semi-finals. On Wednesday, Team Canada opened their tournament in Dublin, Ireland with an overwhelming 98-0 Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Catharine Pendrel of Fredericton, New Brunswick won the bronze medal in a women’s mountain biking World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec on Sunday. For Pendrel, it was her first podium finish of the 2017 season. Pendrel posted Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Derek Drouin of Sarnia, Ontario has had to pull out of the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federation World Championship in London, England because of an Achilles tendon injury. Drouin won the gold medal at the Read more
Ben Saxton of Balzac, Alberta and Chaim Schalk of Red Deer, Alberta recorded the biggest victory of their beach volleyball career on Friday. The top ranked Canadian men’s beach volleyball team (and 13th in the world) shocked the reigning Olympic Read more
The face of Canadian track and field will not be representing Canada at the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations World Championship in London which starts Friday. Andre De Grasse of Scarborough, Ontario, who won the silver medal for Canada Read more
Canadian Olympians Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ontario and Heather Bansley of London, Ontario were teammates in women’s beach volleyball at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Considered the top team in Canada, they went through Pool E with a Read more