Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ontario broke his own Canadian record in the men’s 5000 metres on Friday according to Athletics Weekly. Ahmed posted a time of 12 minutes, 47.20 seconds in winning the gold medal at the 2020 Portland Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Friday, Canadian Paralympic gold medalist Gary Longhi of Montreal, Quebec, passed away at the age of 56. Longhi won the gold medal in the mixed 5000 metre time trial in the cerebral palsy three Read more
On Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced that the 2020 season of Minor League Baseball would be cancelled because of coronavirus according to Ryan Gados of FOX News. Even though the majority of teams are located in the United States, there Read more
The 2020 World Women’s Rugby Sevens Series event in Langford, British Columbia has been cancelled because of coronavirus. The event was initially scheduled to take place from May 2-3, and then was moved to September because of the pandemic. There Read more
There are now attempts to hold the 2020 International Triathlon Union World Series races in Montreal, Quebec on October 4, according to CBC Sports on Saturday. The triathlon event was initially scheduled for this past weekend in Quebec, and then Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Thursday, Kelsey Wog of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Aboubacar Sissoko of Montreal, Quebec, have been named the 2020 Canadian University Sports athletes of the year on Thursday. Wog was the star of the 2020 Canadian Read more
On January 14, university college football star Chuba Hubbard of Edmonton, Alberta made headlines when he publicly announced his plans to stay at the University of Oklahoma State for another season, rather than declaring himself for the 2020 National Football Read more
According to Devin Heroux of CBC Sports on Monday, the 2020 Vanier Cup has been cancelled because of coronavirus. The Canadian university football championship was to take place on November 28 at a location that was to be determined. This Read more
According to the Calgary Sun, the Canada West Conference of USports has cancelled its 2020 fall sports season because of coronavirus. The sports impacted at this time the most are soccer, football, rugby, and women’s field hockey as they only Read more
According to Ryan Flaherty of Global News on Thursday, the National Lacrosse League has decided to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season because of coronavirus. The league initially stopped play because of the pandemic on March 12, and then Read more