Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
The 2022 Canada Games got under way on Sunday after an opening ceremonies in Niagara Falls, Ontario on Saturday. After two days of competition, the most interesting news is the fact that British Columbia leads the overall medal standings with Read more
Michelle Li of Markham, Ontario has won her second career medal at the Commonwealth Games. Eight years after winning gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in women’s badminton singles, Li won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Read more
Team Canada won four gold medals on Sunday at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The gold medals came in athletics, boxing and beach volleyball. In athletics, Evan Dunfee of Richmond, British Columbia placed first in the men’s 10 000 metre walk. Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia won her second career Diamond League medal on Saturday in the women’s shot put. At the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Chorzow, Poland, Mitton had a throw of 19.44 metres to take the bronze Read more
Team Canada won 17 medals on the final Saturday of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Of the 17 medals, were three gold medals, five silver medals and nine bronze medals. The gold medals came in wrestling and athletics. In Read more
Amar Dhesi of Surrey, British Columbia is a Canadian Commonwealth Games gold medalist. On Friday, Dhesi won the gold medal in the men’s 125 kilogram freestyle wrestling division. Dhesi’s Commonwealth Games gold goes along with his World Junior Championship gold Read more
Team Canada won its 17th gold medal on Thursday at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. This time Canada placed first in the women’s rhythmic gymnastics team all-around event. The Canadian team comprised of Tatiana Cocsanova and Suzanna Shahbazian Read more
According to the Canadian Press, Canadian Olympic silver medalist Angela Bailey of Toronto, Ontario passed away on Sunday at the age of 59 of cancer. Bailey won a silver medal in the women’s 4×100 metre relay at the 1984 Olympic Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalist Kylie Masse of Windsor, Ontario won her third career Commonwealth Games gold medal on Wednesday. She placed first in the women’s 50 metre backstroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Masse previously won the gold Read more
Team Canada won five gold medals on Tuesday at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The gold medals came in judo, weightlifting, swimming, and basketball. In judo, reigning Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Montreal, Quebec won the Read more