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
According to Doug Feinberg of CBC Sports on Wednesday, point guard Kia Nurse of Hamilton, Ontario was traded from the New York Liberty to the Phoenix Mercury in a three-way deal, that also included the Seattle Storm. The Liberty will Read more
According to CBC Sports on Thursday, Ottawa, Ontario, will host the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships. This will be the fourth time in the history of the championships that Canada has hosted the event, but the first time of the Read more