Laeticia Amihere led the way with 11 points and 11 rebounds as Canada thumped Venezuela 81-39 on Thursday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action. Cassandre Prosper, Kia Nurse and Bridget Carleton each added 10…
Canada boosted its gold-medal count quickly on Friday at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile. Kayaker Michelle Russell collected the women’s K1 500 metres to start things off, and was succeeded in short order by Ian…
Canada’s Kerri Einarson closed out women’s round-robin play at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships with a 17-1 victory over Mexico on Thursday in Kelowna, B.C. The four-time defending national champions from Gimli, Man., scored…
Buoyed by a strong round in show jumping, Canada climbed two medal spots to not only earn Pan Am Games gold on Sunday but book a spot in the equestrian eventing team competition at the Paris Olympics next summer.…
Short track speed skating coach Sebastien Cros is hoping Canada can improve on its individual medal haul as the world’s top skaters return to Maurice Richard Arena for a second ISU World Cup event from…
Steven Dubois captured Canada’s first short track World Cup medal of the season with silver in the men’s 1,000 meters on Saturday in Montreal. The 26-year-old Olympian from Terrebonne, Que., clocked a time of one minute 24.916…
Rachel Homan opened the Grand Slam season on Tuesday with a 4-3 triumph over fellow Canadian Clancy Grandy at the HearingLife Tour Challenge. Homan, the defending champion from Beaumont, Alta., scored a single point in…
Canada stayed undefeated halfway through round-robin play at the world mixed curling championship with a 9-5 victory over Lithuania on Monday in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The Canadians, skipped by Montreal’s Felix Asselin, took a 9-4…
The Canadian duo of of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson wrapped up round-robin play at the beach volleyball world championships in Mexico with a perfect 3-0 record after a 2-0 victory (21-17, 24-22) versus the Czech pair of…
The Canadian women’s duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson improved to 2-0 in pool play at the beach volleyball world championships on Sunday in Mexico. The No. 4-ranked Toronto pair defeated No. 50 Michelle Amarilla and Erika Bobadilla of…
The Canadian men’s volleyball team punched its ticket to Paris 2024 on Sunday, earning a berth for a third consecutive Olympic tournament following appearances at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The 12th-ranked Canada was able…
Carolina Hiller, Laurent Dubreuil, Valerie Maltais and Ted-Jan Bloemen all earned national titles on Thursday, the opening day of the Canadian long track speed skating championships in Calgary. Hiller, from Prince George, B.C., raced to…
Men’s gymnasts are the latest Canadian athletes to clinch a team spot for the Paris Olympics next summer. Needing a top-12 finish from Sunday’s qualification round at artistic world championships, Canada amassed 249.26 points across six…
Canada’s men’s national cricket team knows what’s at stake. A victory at the ICC (International Cricket Council) men’s T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final Qualifier would end the nation’s 13-year World Cup drought. “None of…
One hundred and twenty hours of running the past 10 weeks, along with 10 physiotherapy appointments and 22 weight training sessions, paid off big-time for Malindi Elmore on Sunday. The 43-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., achieved…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
