Steve Carr
The Canadian men’s volleyball team topped Puerto Rico in its opening match at the NORCECA Pan American Cup Final Six tournament in Edmonton on Tuesday. The young Canadian squad — comprised of Volleyball Canada NextGen Program players and…
Steve Carr
Canada earned its second consecutive title at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Final on Sunday, topping France 16-15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The championship basketball game served as a rematch of the 2022 Final that Canada won 21-16…
Steve Carr
Canada’s top surfers are riding the waves in Tahiti this week, testing the waters at Teahupo’o that will host next year’s Olympic surfing event. Dom Domic, executive director of Surf Canada, says it doesn’t get…
Steve Carr
Canada wrapped up a successful NORCECA senior women’s volleyball Continental Championship performance with a bronze medal after defeating Cuba in four sets (25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 25-16) in Quebec City on Sunday. The Canadian team entered…
Steve Carr
Canada defeated the U.S. under-24 team 21-12 in the final of the 2023 FIBA Women’s 3X3 Basketball Series in Montreal on Sunday to secure its third title of the season on Canadian soil. Michelle Plouffe powered Canada in…
Steve Carr
The Canadian men’s basketball team has punched their ticket to next summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. Canada beaten Spain 88-85 in a FIBA World Cup match on Sunday in Jakarta to advance to the quarterfinals of…
Steve Carr
Canada continued its strong performance at the NORCECA women’s volleyball Continental Championship in Quebec City. The Canadian women defeated Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-23) Wednesday night, marking their second sweep in as many games. They defeated Mexico in their first…
Steve Carr
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a game-high 27 points and Canada overcame a sluggish first quarter to rout Latvia 101-75 on Tuesday at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. Canada trailed 23-13 after the first…
Steve Carr
It was the elephant in the room many across the Canadian Paralympic Committee framework — and certainly the Canadian athletes — didn’t want to talk too much about in the lead up to the Tokyo…
Steve Carr
RJ Barrett scored a game-high 17 points and Canada cruised to a 128-73 victory over Lebanon on Sunday at the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup. All but two Canadians scored in double digits as Canada…
Steve Carr
Canada hasn’t earned a significant senior men’s basketball medal since 1936. The team hasn’t qualified for the Olympics since 2000. The time is now for both droughts to end. Canada plays its first match of the…
Steve Carr
Canada collected its third consecutive title of the 2023 3×3 basketball Women’s Series on Saturday with a 21-19 victory over the American under-24 squad in the final in Quebec City. With the Americans pressing to tie the game…
Steve Carr
RJ Barrett scored 31 points and Canada came back to defeat Germany 113-112 in overtime in the final of the DBB SuperCup in Hamburg, a warm-up basketball tournament for the upcoming FIBA World Cup. The New…
Steve Carr
The competition in the men’s recurve event was stiff at the 2023 world archery championships in Berlin on Sunday, but Canadian Eric Peters held strong versus the world’s best to secure the best individual result…
Steve Carr
After the latest deflating Canadian men’s basketball loss, at the last-chance Olympic qualifier in Victoria two years ago, the organization made a commitment to chemistry. Not long after, 14 players committed to show up whenever…
Steve Carr
New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado will not participate for Puerto Rico in the upcoming FIBA World Cup next month, it was revealed Thursday. Puerto Rico released its roster for the World Cup and Alvarado wasn’t listed. The…
Steve Carr
The second leg of women’s Volleyball Nations League started much like the first for Canada, with a loss, only this time it was swept. First-place China improved its record to 5-0 with a 25-14, 25-18, 29-27…
Steve Carr
Canadians waited 69 years for this moment. So what’s another four holes? Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., acquired the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday at Toronto’s Oakdale Golf and Country Club, becoming the first Canadian…
Steve Carr
Ryan Gauld scored the winner off a penalty in the 65th minute as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated CF Montreal 2-1 to ensure the Canadian Championship trophy stays on the West Coast for another year. Montreal…
Steve Carr
The Canadian men’s volleyball squad went the distance in a five-set battle with Cuba on Tuesday, coming out victorious in their Volleyball Nations League opener in Ottawa. Canada took the first and third sets 25-21,…
Steve Carr
No wonder Camryn Rogers keeps getting better. Just days before her 24th birthday on Wednesday, the Richmond, B.C., native continues to build on her record-breaking and promising hammer throwing career — recently adding Jack W. Davies Trophy as…
Steve Carr
Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes will leave the Ostrava Elite16 beach volleyball tournament with bronze medals. The Canadians defeated Swiss duo Nina Brunner and Tanja Hüberli in consecutive sets (21-16, 21-14) in Sunday’s third-place match at the Czech Republic tournament. “I think with this…
Steve Carr
One match into a fourth Volleyball Nations League season, it is clear Canada’s women have plenty of room for improvement. It’s also evident head coach Shannon Winzer has a go-to player to fill in for…
Steve Carr
Manchester United will discard Atalanta’s attempts to keep teenage winger Amad Diallo at the Serie A club until the end of the season, sources have told ESPN, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer keen on adding him to his squad this…
Steve Carr
It seems like Canada’s road to gold at the world junior men’s hockey championship often runs through Russia, given each country’s hockey pedigree. The two adversaries square off in Monday’s semifinal in Edmonton for the…
