Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada has won their first medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. On Sunday in Japan, and Saturday evening in Canada, the Canadian team comprised of swimmers Penny Oleksiak of Toronto, Ontario, Kayla Sanchez of Scarborough, Read more
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Montreal, Quebec has advanced to the second round of women’s singles at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. In the process, she has become the only Canadian, who won her first round match. Fernandez Read more
Women’s beach volleyball world champions Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Ontario, and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ontario, have won their opening game of the women’s beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Humana-Paredes and Pavan defeated Read more
Team Canada has recorded their first win at the 2020 Olympic Women’s Soccer Tournament. On Saturday, Janine Beckie of Regina, Saskatchewan was the Canadian star as she scored twice in a 2-1 win over Chile. In fact, Beckie could have Read more
Team Canada has now improved to a record of two wins and one loss in women’s softball at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. On Friday in Canada and Saturday in Japan, the Canadian women pounded Australia 7-1. Read more
When you think of Canadian gymnasts over the last two decades, you must think of women’s trampoline. First, we had Karen Cockburn of Toronto, Ontario, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and then back-to-back Read more
Canada has had some outstanding female wrestlers over the last 30 years. They have included six-time world champion Christine Nordhagen of Valhalla, Alberta, two-time Olympic medalist Carol Huynh of Hazelton, British Columbia, three-time Olympic medalist Tonya Verbeek of Grimsby, Ontario, Read more
At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, history is going to be made. For the first time ever, a woman will be the international technical official for the Olympic baseball tournament. Even though Canada did not qualify for Read more
On Thursday, the day before the Opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, I was part of a press conference with the Canadian Olympic diving team. Here are the three questions I was able to ask: Read more
Heading into the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, Team Canada was in a unique position when it came to the women’s 57 kilogram event. Only one Canadian judoka would be able to compete in the event even though Read more