Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada began its quest for a third straight Olympic medal in women’s soccer on Wednesday with a 1-1 tie against Japan. Two-time Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Christine Sinclair of Burnaby, British Columbia scored Canada’s lone goal. It came in Read more
Even though the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo does not start officially start until Friday with the opening ceremonies, action is already underway in softball and soccer. On Wednesday, Team Canada came through with an impressive 4-0 win over Mexico Read more
With just more than three hours before Canadians will begin competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, I have come up with a number. That is the number of medals Canada will win at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Read more
According to the Canadian Olympic Committee on Monday, women’s basketball player Miranda Ayim of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, and Canadian men’s rugby sevens captain Nathan Hirayama of Richmond, British Columbia, have been named the flag bearers for Canada in the opening ceremonies Read more
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we really did not know what to completely expect from Canada’s female swimmers. They had the potential to be good based on their results over the previous season. No one would Read more
Last week we took the time to preview eight team competitions. Now it is time to focus on eight different sports and their individual/team events from a Canadian perspective. Let us start with athletics. In the track competitions, Canada will Read more
Well folks, the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are set to begin on Wednesday. Following is the complete list of events I will be watching. Television information will be posted in due course. The Canadian Olympic medal contender is mentioned Read more
In Olympic qualifying prior to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, you could not have found a more exciting game than the game between Canada and Ireland in Vancouver in men’s field hockey on October 27, 2019. In the first Read more
Historically in the women’s basketball tournament at the Olympic Games, the United States have dominated. Since 1976, the Americans have won eight of 11 Olympic gold medals. Canada’s best performance was a fourth place finish at the 1984 Olympic Games Read more
As the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are approaching this week, I am thrilled to share with you a short interview with Canadian women’s beach volleyball stars Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ontario and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Ontario. The 2019 Read more