Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
The 2020 World Cup Mountain Biking event in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec has been cancelled due to coronavirus according to James Smurthwaite of pinkbike.com on Tuesday. The men’s and women’s cross country events were to take place on August 23. However, all Read more
The 2020 Spruce Meadows Masters just south of Calgary has been cancelled according to Melissa Gilligan of Global News. The event was supposed to take place on September 13, but will no longer occur because of coronavirus. There are currently Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalist Andre De Grasse of Scarborough, Ontario is recommending that all Canadians make a financial contribution to Canadian food banks if they are able. De Grasse was one of 14 Canadians in the sports community who participated Read more
The 2020 World Triathlon Grand Final has been cancelled according to the Canadian Press. The event was to take place from August 22 to 23, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada but will no longer occur because of coronavirus. In a Read more
Former Canadian artistic swimming coach Julie Sauve of Montreal, Quebec passed away on Tuesday according to Radio Canada. She was 67 years old. Sauve was initially named a coach for the Synchro Canada National Program starting in 1982. In addition Read more
The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo has officially been postponed because of Coronavirus. That was the decision on Tuesday after the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach met with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. In an unprecedented decision, the Olympic Read more
Two significant annual equestrian tournaments held near Calgary, Alberta have been cancelled in 2020 because of the Coronavirus. They include the National, which takes place from June 4-7 and the North American, which takes place from July 1-5, according to Read more
In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced on Sunday evening they will not be sending athletes to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of the Coronavirus outbreak. This will be the first time since the 1980 Olympic Read more
There are four Canadian wrestlers who have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.They are Canadian Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ontario, World Championship silver medalist Danielle Lappage of Olds, Alberta, Amar Dhesi of Surrey, British Columbia Read more
There is no question that Athletics Canada is taking the Coronavirus seriously according to CBC Sports. The association which oversees Canada’s track and field team wants Canadians home and they want them home immediately. According to CBC, “any athlete or Read more