Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
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
Canadian Olympic gold medallists Maude Charron of Rimouski, Quebec and Andre de Grasse of Scarborough, Ontario will be the Canadian flag bearers in the Parade of Nations of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. Read more
It has been long awaited, but here are my predictions regarding who will medal for Canada at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In all, I am predicting 18 medals, which is six fewer medals than the 24 medals Canada Read more
Here is the Canadian Olympic schedule and a list of other key events for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris which starts this week. This schedule will be updated throughout the Olympic Games. All times mountain. OLYMPIC SCHEDULE JULY Read more
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