Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada has won its first two games of the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Qualifying Championship in the United States. On Saturday, Canada trounced Jamaica 9-0 in Edinburg, Texas. It was a memorable game for Jordyn Huitema of Chilliwack, British Read more
Two-time Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Christine Sinclair of Burnaby, British Columbia is now in the women’s soccer record books. On Wednesday, Sinclair set the record for most international goals scored by a women’s soccer player. Sinclair achieved the mark with Read more
Team Canada won a silver medal on Sunday in a World Cup women’s rugby sevens event in Hamilton, New Zealand. The Canadian team reached the final before losing 24-7 to the host New Zealand in the gold medal match. Read more
Kelsey Mitchell of Edmonton, Alberta won two medals this past weekend in a track cycling World Cup event in Milton, Ontario. Mitchell won the gold medal in the women’s team sprint with Lauriane Genest of Montreal, Quebec on Friday and Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ontario won the gold medal in the Matteo Pellicone Wrestling Tournament in Rome, Italy on Thursday. Wiebe placed first in the women’s 76 kilogram division. Wiebe’s gold medal was one of four Read more
Malindi Elmore of Kelowna, British Columbia broke the Canadian record in the women’s marathon on Sunday. Elmore posted a third place time of two hours, 24 minutes and 50 seconds in the 2020 Houston Marathon. The time was a Read more
Sydney Pickrem of Halifax, Nova Scotia and Markus Thormeyer of Newmarket, Ontario each won gold medals for Canada in the FINA Champions Swim Series in China last week. Thormeyer won the gold medal in the men’s 200 metre backstroke in Read more
Team Canada has qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in men’s volleyball. On Sunday from Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Team Canada finished the 2020 North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation Olympic qualifying tournament with a Read more
Team Canada beat Mexico 25-16, 25-14, 25-17 in their opening game of the North American men’s volleyball Olympic qualification tournament from Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday evening. The winner of the four team tournament, which also includes Read more
The 2019 Texas Bowl from NRG Stadium in Houston will have Canadian content this year, as the feature player in the game will be Oklahoma State Cowboys running back Chuba Hubbard of Edmonton, Alberta. The 25th ranked Cowboys are playing Read more