Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada is in the semifinals of the 2023 FIBA World Cup in the Philippines. On Wednesday, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Toronto, Ontario had 31 points as Canada beat Slovenia 100-89 in the fourth quarterfinal matchup. Four Read more
Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario won two medals this past week at a World Cup Sprint Canoe event in Paris, France. The Olympic bronze medalist won the silver medal in the women’s C2 500 metres with Sloan MacKenzie of Waverley, Read more
Team Canada won the gold medal on Sunday in a Women’s 3×3 Basketball World Series event in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the fifth time this season that Canada came away with a gold medal. They previously won in Poitiers, Read more
Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta won the silver medal in the men’s 800 metres in a Diamond League event in Xiamen, China on Saturday. It has been quite the stretch of excellence for Arop, who won the gold medal in Read more
Team Canada has qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in men’s basketball. On Sunday, Canada advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan with an 88-85 win over Spain. Read more
Team Canada remains undefeated at the 2023 FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup. On Tuesday, Canada trounced Latvia 101-75 to improve to a record of three wins and zero losses. Canada won Group H with the win. The Canadians were led Read more
Team Canada has improved to a record of two wins and zero losses at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Asia. On Sunday from Jakarta, Indonesia, Canada trounced Lebanon 128-73. New York Knicks shooting guard RJ Barrett of Toronto, Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario won three medals at the 2023 World Sprint Canoe Championships in Duisburg, Germany this past weekend. She finished first in the women’s C1 500 metres on Sunday, the C1 5000 metres Read more
Pierce LePage of Whitby, Ontario and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Damian Warner of London, Ontario won the gold and silver medals respectively for Canada in the men’s decathlon at the 2023 World Track and Field Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia won the silver medal on Saturday in the women’s shot put at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. It was Canada’s fourth medal at the World Athletics Championships, as the previous three Read more