Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
After two draws, Team Canada has won its first game in the third round of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup of Soccer in Qatar. Known as the CONCACAF Octagonal, as there are eight teams battling for three World Cup Read more
Nate Riech of Victoria, British Columbia won the gold medal for Canada in the men’s 1500 metres on Saturday at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Riech, who suffered a brain injury which led to partial paralysis as Read more
Danielle Dorris of Moncton, New Brunswick won the gold medal in the women’s 50 metre butterfly in the S7 classification at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 on Friday. This is the second medal for Dorris as she Read more
Aurelie Rivard of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Quebec continued to pick up Paralympic medals on Friday. Rivard won Paralympic silver in the women’s 100-metre backstroke in the S10 classification, and Lakatos won Paralympic silver in the men’s Read more
Team Canada has now won three gold medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. In athletics, Greg Stewart of Victoria, British Columbia won the gold medal in the men’s shot put, and in swimming, Aurelie Rivard of Read more
Zachary Gingras of Markham, Ontario has won Canada’s 13th medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. On Tuesday, Gingras, who has cerebral palsy, won the bronze medal in the men’s 400 metres in the T38 classification. Gingras Read more
Danielle Dorris of Moncton, New Brunswick has won Canada’s 12th medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. In the women’s 100 metre backstroke, Dorris, who only has partial arms, won the silver medal. Dorris delivered a time Read more
Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Quebec won his second silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. It was one of three medals won by Canadians on Sunday, as Stefan Daniel of Calgary, Alberta won a bronze medal Read more
Two-time Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario, and Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta, each won a bronze medal in Diamond League action on Saturday. Brown placed third in the men’s 200 metres, and Arop placed third in Read more
Aurelie Rivard of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec won Canada’s first gold medal of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 on Saturday. She placed first in the women’s 100-metre freestyle swimming event in the S10 category (that is for athletes with Read more