Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Kelsey Mitchell of Brandon, Manitoba won three medals in a track cycling Nations Cup in Milton, Ontario this past weekend. She won gold in the women’s keirin on Sunday, silver in the women’s sprint final on Read more
Carter Verhaeghe of Toronto, Ontario scored his second career Stanley Cup Playoff overtime winner on Friday. The goal came at 2:46 of the extra period from Claude Giroux of Hearst, Ontario, and Ben Chiarot of Hamilton, Ontario in an all-Canadian Read more
Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta and Django Lovett of Surrey, British Columbia each won the bronze medal for Canada in Diamond League Track and Field action in Doha, Qatar on Friday. Arop finished third in the men’s 800 metres, and Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalists Hayley Wickenheiser of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan and Adam Van Koeverden of Oakville, Ontario are headlining the list of inductees into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame for 2022. Wickenheiser, the greatest women’s hockey player of all-time (168 goals, Read more
Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, Nova Scotia has set the Canadian record in the women’s shot put. On Saturday at the Golden Horseshoe Prep Meet in Hamilton, Ontario, Mitton posted a throw of 19.58 metres. The old Canadian record belonged to Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Bruny Surin of Quebec City, Quebec was named Canada’s Chef de Mission for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday according to Devin Heroux of CBC Sports. Surin won a gold medal for Canada in the men’s Read more
Three Canadians were selected in the 2022 National Football League Draft, which wrapped up on Saturday from Las Vegas, Nevada. In the second round on Friday, 44th overall, the Houston Texans selected wide receiver John Metchie III of Brampton, Ontario. Read more
Team Canada won three medals this past weekend at the 2022 International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Nations Cup in Glasgow, Scotland. Canadian Olympic gold medalist Kelsey Mitchell of Brandon, Manitoba won the gold medal in the women’s sprint, Canadian Olympic Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Claire Carver-Dias of Burlington, Ontario and former Canadian sprinter Sam Effah of Calgary, Alberta were named the co-chef de missions for Canada at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from July 26 to August 8 Read more
Canadian women’s boxer Mandy Bujold of Cobourg, Ontario has retired at the age of 34 according to CityNews Kitchener on Wednesday. Considered one of Canada’s best female boxers of all-time, Bujold won 11 national flyweight titles, back-to-back gold medals at Read more