Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Victor Lai of Scarborough, Ontario has won the 2026 Indonesia Open in men’s badminton. The tournament title is historic because Lai became the first Canadian ever to win a Badminton World Federation World Tour Super 1000 tournament title according to Read more
Team Canada has improved to a record of two wins and one loss in Women’s Volleyball Nations League action. On Saturday from the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada defeated France 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 28-26. It was the second Read more
Team Canada had a win for the ages on Thursday night. For the first time ever, Canada defeated the United States in Women’s Volleyball Nations League action at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec. Team Canada won in straight sets Read more
Audrey Leduc of Gatineau, Quebec won her first career Diamond League medal on Sunday. She placed third in the women’s 200 metres in an event in Rabat, Morocco. Leduc posted a time of 22.41 seconds. Cambrea Sturgis of the United Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson of Toronto, Ontario won the gold medal at the Ostrava Elite 16 Women’s Beach Volleyball event on Sunday. This was the third gold medal in an Elite 16 event for Humana-Paredes Read more
Canada Soccer has announced its World Cup roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in North America starting next month. All three of Canada’s Group B games will be played in Canada as they are hosting Bosnia Read more
Sophia Jensen of Edmonton, Alberta has had a strong start to the 2026 canoeing season on the International Canoe Federation circuit in 2026. In two World Cup stops (one in Szeged, Hungary, and the other in Brandenburg, Germany), Jensen has Read more
Dr. Frank Hayden of Windsor, Ontario, a person instrumental in forming the Special Olympics in 1968, passed away at the age of 96 on Saturday according to Aaron Sousa of Global News on Monday. Hayden earned his doctorate in philosophy Read more
Team Canada won the gold medal in a 3×3 Basketball Women’s Series event in Shanghai, China on Sunday. The Canadians won all five of their games throughout the tournament. Two of the games came in Pool play and the other Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia has won the bronze medal at a Diamond League event in Shanghai, China. For Mitton, this was her 14th Diamond League medal of her career. She has now won two gold medals, seven silver Read more