Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
It was a terrific weekend for Canadian judokans this past weekend in Tbilisi, Georgia, as Team Canada came away with four medals, including two gold medals. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Montreal, Quebec won gold in the women’s 63 kilogram-division, Shady El Read more
According to Mike Stubbs of 980 CFPL London, world champion Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ontario set the National Collegiate Athletic Association record outright this weekend in the women’s 100 yard butterfly on Friday. Mac Neil posted a time of Read more
Team Canada has won their first game of the 2021 Olympic men’s soccer qualification tournament in Mexico. On Friday from Guadalajara, Canada defeated El Savador 2-0. It was a strong game for Tajon Buchanan of Brampton, Ontario. The New England Read more
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Tournament gets underway on Friday from Indiana with 25 Canadians participating. However of those 25, only four averaged 10 points a game or more this season. Let’s take a look at these four Read more
Canadian women’s beach volleyball world champions Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ontario and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Ontario won the silver medal at the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup in Qatar on Friday according to the Beach Volleyball World Tour. Pavan and Read more
Team Canada came away with three gold medals and five medals overall this past weekend at the Matteo Pellicone in Rome, Italy, a premier international wrestling competition. Canadian Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe of Ottawa, Ontario won the gold medal Read more
The Summer Series at Spruce Meadows has been postponed because of coronavirus according to Todd Saelhof of the Calgary Sun. The events impacted were the National (June 10-13), the Continental (June 17-21), the North American (July 8-11), and the Pan Read more
According to Chloe Morrison of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Olivia Di Bacco of Orillia, Ontario, and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe of Ottawa, Ontario, each won medals at the Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial event in Kiev, Ukraine Read more
Team Canada won their opening game of the Olympic Men’s Water Polo qualifier in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Sunday. The Canadian team beat Brazil 11-7. Five players scored two goals each for Canada in their four-goal win over their Pan American Read more
According to Dan Barnes of Postmedia, three-time Canadian Olympic rowing gold medalist Kathleen Heddle of Trail, British Columbia passed away at the age of 55 on Monday. Heddle had cancer in her brain, lymph nodes, and breast over the last Read more