Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Caeli McKay won her second medal on Wednesday at the 2021 Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. McKay, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre individual platform competition, delivered a gritty performance, as she got off to a Read more
Rylan Wiens of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan won the bronze medal on Tuesday in the men’s 10-metre platform diving at a World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. This was Canada’s fourth medal at the World Cup, as Team Canada won three medals (one Read more
Team Canada came away with three medals in synchronized diving at the 2021 Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan over the weekend. Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal, Quebec, and Caeli McKay of Calgary, Alberta, won the gold Read more
According to Doug Harrison of CBC Sports on Wednesday, Canadian long-distance runner Matt Hughes of Oshawa, Ontario has resumed training for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, after testing positive for coronavirus while in Arizona earlier this year. Read more
Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won the 2021 Antalya Judo Grand Slam this past Thursday in Turkey. In the women’s 57-kilogram weight class, Deguchi beat fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario in the final, as Klimkait settled for silver. Read more
Steve Nash of Victoria, British Columbia, is being inducted into the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Hall of Fame according to Rogers Sportsnet. In an announcement that was made on Tuesday, Nash becomes the first Canadian player and fourth Canadian overall Read more
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