Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
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
According to the Canadian Press on Tuesday, Dick White of Regina, Saskatchewan has become the interim chief executive officer of USports Canada. The organization looks after university sports throughout Canada. White will take over from Graham Brown, who stepped down Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Wednesday, Oklahoma State University linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga of Calgary, Alberta has tested positive for coronavirus. Ogbongbemiga says he caught the virus after protesting for racial equality in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Protests are happening throughout the Read more
According to Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press on Tuesday, North American Boxing Federation women’s light flyweight boxing champion Kim Clavel of Montreal, Quebec will win the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2020 ESPY Awards. The award is Read more
This past week, it was announced that Vancouver native Diane Jones Konihowski would be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and receive the Order of Sport. Jones Konihowski, who was raised in Saskatoon and currently lives in Calgary, won Read more
According to Todd Saelhof of The Calgary Sun on Friday, the 2020 PGA Tour Canada season has been cancelled because of coronavirus. There were supposed to be 12 events throughout Canada on the Mackenzie Tour (also known as the PGA Read more