Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada has won its first game of the 2021 Men’s 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Graz, Austria. From the Hauptplatz (the main square) in Graz, Canada defeated Croatia 18-14. The Canadian team was led by Steve Sir of Edmonton, Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Monday, University of Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver John Metchie III of Brampton, Ontario won the 2020 Jon Cornish Trophy. The trophy, which is named after the former Calgary Stampeders star running back, is Read more
Three-time Canadian Olympic medalist Andre de Grasse of Scarborough, Ontario and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario each medaled on Sunday at the opening Diamond League event of the 2021 track and field season from Gateshead, England. Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Montreal, Quebec has decided to withdraw from the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 according to the Canadian Press on Monday. The reason for his decision not to participate is related to Read more
Andrea Seccafien of Guelph, Ontario set the Canadian record in the women’s 1000 metres on Friday. The 30-year-old posted a time of 31 minutes, 13.94 seconds to win the Sound Running Track Meet in Irvine, California. In placing first, Seccafien Read more
James Piccoli of Montreal, Quebec placed second at the 2021 Tour Du Rwanda on Sunday. Piccoli, who was representing Israel Start-Up Nation, posted a second-place time of two hours, five minutes, and 18 seconds. Piccoli reached the podium by two Read more
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