Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
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
You can almost guarantee Chinese dominance when it comes to Olympic diving. The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be no different. However, Canada will be a medal threat in all four women’s diving events. Canadian Olympic bronze medalists Jennifer Read more
Just competing for Canada at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 has been a significant challenge for Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois Rivieres, Quebec. For years it appeared Vincent-Lapointe would not have a chance to compete for Canada because Read more
Canada has a remarkable history in Olympic rowing. The golden era for Canada in Olympic rowing was definitely the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where Team Canada came away with four gold medals (the men’s eights, women’s pairs, women’s fours, Read more
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