Team Canada has regrouped and evened their record in the Olympic Women’s Basketball tournament. On Thursday in Tokyo (Wednesday evening in Canada), the Canadian squad pounded South Korea 53-74 after losing their first game of the tournament, 72-68 to Serbia. Read more
According to the Canadian Olympic Committee on Monday, women’s basketball player Miranda Ayim of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, and Canadian men’s rugby sevens captain Nathan Hirayama of Richmond, British Columbia, have been named the flag bearers for Canada in the opening ceremonies Read more
Historically in the women’s basketball tournament at the Olympic Games, the United States have dominated. Since 1976, the Americans have won eight of 11 Olympic gold medals. Canada’s best performance was a fourth place finish at the 1984 Olympic Games Read more
Team Canada has won their second straight game at the 2021 FIBA Olympic Men’s Basketball Qualifier in Victoria, British Columbia. On Wednesday, Canada hammered China 109-79. With the win, Canada is guaranteed a spot in the semifinals as the number Read more
Canadian Olympians Kim Gaucher of Surrey, British Columbia and Mandy Bujold of Cobourg, Ontario will be able to participate at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 after all. On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee announced it will allow Read more
Team Canada won its first game of the FIBA Olympic Men’s Basketball Qualifying Tournament in Victoria, British Columbia on Tuesday. Canada defeated Greece 97-91 in a very tight contest, which required Canada to comeback from an eight-point first half deficit. Read more
Team Canada has won its second straight game at the Olympic men’s 3×3 basketball qualifier from Graz, Austria. On Friday, Canada defeated the Netherlands 17-15. According to the Canadian Press, the Canadian team was led in scoring by Alex Johnson Read more
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
Steve Nash of Victoria, British Columbia, is being inducted into the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Hall of Fame according to Rogers Sportsnet. In an announcement that was made on Tuesday, Nash becomes the first Canadian player and fourth Canadian overall Read more
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Tournament gets underway on Friday from Indiana with 25 Canadians participating. However of those 25, only four averaged 10 points a game or more this season. Let’s take a look at these four Read more