Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada has won its first game of the 2024 Olympic men’s basketball tournament. On Saturday, Canada beat Greece 86-79. Three Canadians reached double digits in scoring. It was an exceptional game for Toronto Raptors’ shooting guard RJ Barrett of Read more
Summer McIntosh of Toronto, Ontario has won her first career Olympic medal. It is a silver medal in the women’s 400 metre freestyle at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The medal is also Canada’s first medal of the 2024 Read more
The Olympic beach volleyball tournament will be very special for all athletes involved. That is because they will be competing very near to Paris’s famous Eiffel Tower. Team Canada has three entries in the tournaments–two on the women’s side and Read more
This is definitely a very special period in Canadian swimming, especially on the women’s side. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Canada won six medals. Then at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, Team Canada Read more
The fencing competition at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris has got underway, and two Canadian fencers delivered second round upsets on Saturday. In the women’s epee, Ruien Xiao of Markham, Ontario, the 25th seed, upset Nathalie Moellhausen of Brazil, Read more
Team Canada will be represented by five tennis players at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In men’s singles, the players are the 13th seed and 2021 United States Open semifinalist Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, Quebec, as well as 2016 Read more
The first day of the 2024 Olympic Games is set to begin on Saturday. Here are the most notable events worth watching. The sports I will keep an eye on from a Canadian standpoint are badminton, fencing, tennis, cycling, skateboarding, Read more
Team Canada began their Olympic title defense in women’s soccer with a 2-1 victory over New Zealand at Stade Geoffrey-Guichard in Saint-Etienne, France. The two Canadian goal scorers in Canada’s first game of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris were Read more
At the 2023 World Archery Championships in Berlin, Eric Peters of Ottawa, Ontario, won the silver medal. It was the best ever result Canada has had in the individual recurve at the World Championships, and one of only three Canadians Read more
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris officially commences on Friday with the opening ceremonies. However on Thursday, Team Canada will begin competition with a women’s soccer game against New Zealand (9am MT). Canada is the defending Olympic champions in women’s Read more