Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Two Canadian boxers are guaranteed at least a silver medal at the 2022 Women’s World Boxing Championship. Now, Tammara Thibeault of Saint-Georges, Quebec and Charlie Cavanagh of Saint John, New Brunswick are fighting for gold. On Wednesday in the semifinals from Read more
Tammara Thibeault of Saint-Georges, Quebec and Charlie Cavanagh of Saint John, New Brunswick have reached semifinals of the 2022 International Boxing Association Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. By reaching the semifinals, both Thibeault and Cavanagh are guaranteed to Read more
Eleanor Harvey of Hamilton, Ontario won a silver medal in the women’s foil fencing competition at the Incheon Grand Prix in South Korea on Sunday. It was Harvey’s second career Grand Prix medal as she previously won a bronze medal Read more
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