Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
The University of Saskatchewan and Carleton University won the women’s and men’s 2020 Canadian University Basketball titles respectively on Sunday. The University of Saskatchewan Huskies beat the University of Brock Badgers 82-64 in the women’s championship final and the Carleton Read more
Team Canada came away with a bronze medal on Sunday in a men’s World Rugby Sevens Series event in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was Canada’s first medal in men’s rugby sevens at the World Series level since 2017 when Canada Read more
Haya Jumaa of Mississauga, Ontario won the silver medal in the women’s 61 kilogram weight class on Sunday in Karate Premier League action in Salzburg, Austria. Jumaa is hoping to participate for Canada in women’s karate at the 2020 Olympic Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalists Jennifer Abel and Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal, Quebec won two gold medals each at the 2020 FINA Diving World Series in Montreal on the weekend. Abel won the gold medal in the women’s three metre springboard Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the gold medal on Friday in the women’s 57 kilogram judo division at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam. For Klimkait, it was her second grand slam title as she also won in Osaka, Japan on Read more
Samantha Smith of Toronto, Ontario won her first career World Cup trampoline medal on Sunday. She placed third in a World Cup women’s trampoline event in Baku, Azerbaijan. Smith posted a bronze medal winning score of 54.585 points. She Read more
Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won her fourth career International Judo Federation grand slam gold medal on Saturday. Deguchi placed first at the 2020 Paris Grand Slam.It was one of two medals won by Canadians at the Paris Grand Slam Read more
It may have only been part of the International Tennis Federation and not the Women’s Tennis Association, but Leylah Annie Fernandez of Montreal, Quebec came away with her most impressive win of her tennis career on Saturday since turning professional Read more
Less than one day after Canada qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in women’s soccer, Canada has also qualified for women’s basketball at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. On Saturday from Ostend, Belgium, in one of four Olympic qualifying Read more
Team Canada just made their path to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in women’s basketball a lot easier. On Thursday, Canada beat Belgium 61-56 in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ostend, Belgium. With the win, Read more