Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
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
Canada has qualified for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals. On Saturday in qualifying from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada won all four matches against Latvia. Leylah Annie Fernandez of Montreal, Quebec had a phenomenal weekend after defeating Darja Semenistaja Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Desai Williams of Mississauga, Ontario passed away on the weekend at the age of 62 according to Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun on Wednesday. Williams was part of the Canadian team that won the bronze Read more
Joshua Liendo of Markham, Ontario broke two Canadian records at the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, which finished on Sunday. In the men’s 100 metre butterfly this past Wednesday, Liendo had a time of 50.88 seconds, Read more
According to Michael Charlebois of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Sarah Douglas of Burlington, Ontario won the gold medal in a World Cup sailing event in Mallorca, Spain on Friday. She placed first in the laser radial. Douglas had 28 net Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal, Quebec has retired from diving at the age of 33 according to the Canadian Press on Wednesday. Benfeito won the bronze medal for Canada in the women’s 10 metre synchronized diving event Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, one of the best Canadian canoers of all-time has retired at the age of 29 according to the Canadian Press on Monday. Just how impressive was Vincent-Lapointe during her remarkable women’s canoeing career? Well, she Read more