Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
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
Team Canada is now one win away from qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. On Tuesday, in their final Group B game of the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Soccer Qualification Tournament, Canada defeated Mexico 2-0 at the HEB Read more
Team Canada won its fourth consecutive medal in the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series on Sunday. The Canadians won the silver medal and was only behind New Zealand in the series stop in Sydney, Australia. The Canadian team won all Read more