Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada has qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in women’s basketball. On Sunday, Canada qualified by finishing in third place in an Olympic women’s basketball qualifying tournament in Sopron, Hungary. In the four-team tournament, Canada had a Read more
Team Canada is in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Women’s World Water Polo Championship. On Saturday in the opening round of the knockout stage, Canada beat New Zealand 14-12. Axelle Crevier of Montreal, Quebec led the Canadian team with a Read more
Team Canada has won its first game of the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Basketball Qualifier. On Thursday from Sopron, Hungary, Canada trounced Hungary 67-55. Four Canadians reached double digits in points. Minnesota Lynx forward Bridget Carleton of Chatham, Ontario led Read more
Team Canada is off to a strong start at the 2024 Women’s Water Polo Championship in Doha, Qatar. On Tuesday, Canada trounced Great Britain 20-5. In the Canadian win by 15 goals, Elyse Lemay-Lavoie of Montreal, Quebec led the Canadians Read more
Team Canada won three medals at the International Judo Grand Slam in Paris this past weekend. In the women’s 57 kilogram weight class, Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won the silver medal and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Jessica Klimkait of Read more
Dylan Bibic of Mississauga, Ontario and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Lauriane Genest of Montreal, Quebec each won medals this past weekend in Adelaide, Australia. Bibic won the gold medal in the men’s Omnium on Saturday, and Genest, who won the Read more
Team Canada has won their first game of the 2024 Women’s Water Polo Championships in Doha, Qatar on Sunday as they trounced South Africa 24-2. The Water Polo World Championships are part of the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Three players Read more
Team Canada has qualified for the 2024 Davis Cup. On Saturday, Canada beat South Korea three matches to one in the qualifying round at IGA Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. The Canadian stars on the weekend were Gabriel Diallo of Montreal, Read more
Brian Yang of Toronto, Ontario accomplished one of the biggest feats of his badminton career on Sunday. He reached the final of the 2024 Indonesian Masters before losing to Anders Antonsen of Denmark, 18-21, 21-13, 21-18. For Yang, it was Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Thursday, Shawnacy Barber of Toronto, Ontario died of an illness at the age of 29 on Wednesday. Barber won the gold medal in the men’s pole vault at the 2015 International Association of Athletics Read more