Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Marco Arop of Edmonton. Alberta is one of the very best track and field athletes on the planet. He is the reigning world champion in the men’s 800 metres, and I have had the privilege of speaking to him. Here Read more
Of Canada’s 24 medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, one quarter of the total medals came in athletics. The two gold medalists were Damian Warner of London, Ontario in the men’s decathlon, and Andre de Grasse Read more
Alysha Newman of London, Ontario won the silver medal on Saturday in a Diamond League event. The second place finish in the women’s pole vault was significant because it is the last Diamond League event of the season prior to Read more
Like the Canadian Olympic women’s basketball team, the Canadian Olympic women’s water polo team squeaked into the Olympic tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. There was a period of time where it looked like Canada would not qualify Read more
One of the more interesting stories leading up to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris was the fact that Team Canada qualified for the Olympic Games by finishing second place in an eight team tournament in China this past October. Read more
The fact that Canada barely squeaked into the 2024 Olympic Games in women’s basketball was an understatement. Canada did not perform all that well in the Olympic Women’s Qualifying Basketball Tournament in Sopron, Hungary. The Canadians finished the tournament with Read more
There has been a lot of hype for a while about the Canadian men’s basketball program, and they finally delivered at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Asia. For the first time in the 19 World Cup men’s basketball Read more
This is quite frankly an exciting time in the Canadian judo program. At the 2024 World Judo Championships, Canada came away with three medals. At the last six World Judo Championships, Team Canada has won a dozen medals. To put Read more
Prior to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, the expectations for the Canadian National Women’s Rugby Sevens program were relatively high. They qualified for the Olympic Games by finishing third in the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series behind Read more
Team Canada is entering the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in artistic swimming with a significant amount of momentum. This past weekend in Budapest, Hungary, Team Canada came away with four medals at the Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final. Read more