RBC Training Ground Kicks Off Fifth Year as Canada Prepares for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Three National Sport Organizations join the search for new and undiscovered Team Canada athletes TORONTO (January 14, 2020) — While Canadian Olympians prepare to take the world’s biggest sporting stage at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, RBC Training Ground will once again be searching the country for the next generation of Olympic talent. Entering its fifth year,…
January 17 – Early Bird Pricing Deadline for Sport Events Congress 2020
(January 13, 2020) This year’s Sport Events Congress heads to the Edmonton Convention Centre in Alberta from March 24-26. The annual gathering of more than +400 members of the sport tourism industry provides both professional development and business networking opportunities in sport tourism. The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance has planned another dynamic program of speakers,…
Historic Event for Canadian Fencing
A major step for Olympic qualifications for Tokyo 2020, the Montreal Sabre Grand Prix ended Sunday with a third and final day of emotional competition with the final elimination rounds for female sabre athletes. RESULTS | DAY 3 Women’s sabre tables of direct eliminations Directly qualified for the table of 64 thanks to her perfect results…
Canada’s Para-Nordic Athletes Enjoy Double Medal Day at World Cup in Germany
Brian McKeever and Graham Nishikawa ski to silver, Natalie Wilkie claims bronze DRESDEN, Ger.—Canada’s Para-Nordic squad sprinted to the silver and bronze-medal steps of the podium at the World Cup in Dresden, Germany on Monday. The leader of the Para-Nordic Team, Brian McKeever and his guide Graham Nishikawa, sprinted to the silver medal in the…
Team Europe Continues to roll at the OK Tire & BKT Tires Continental Cup
LONDON, Ont. — Sweden’s Niklas Edin has been through the hard times. Now, the decorated Team Europe skip is closing in for some good times at the OK Tire & BKT Tires Continental Cup, presented by Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing. Saturday morning at The Sports Centre at Western Fair District, Team Europe…
Media Accreditation now open for 2020 Tim Hortons Brier
An event more than six decades in the making is poised to take over the city of Kingston, Ont., in less than two months. The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by AGI, is scheduled for Feb. 29 to March 8 at the Leon’s Centre in Kingston, which will mark the first time the Canadian Men’s…
Gautier, Chernove & Wilson Win Canadian Cyclist Para Awards
Showing the depth of Canada’s para-cycling program, the 2019 Canadian Cyclist of the Year Awards has been expanded to three Para categories for the first time – Best Female, Best Male and Best Individual Performance. Shelley Gautier of Toronto is the inaugural winner of the Best Female category, taking 44% of first place votes. In…
Ottawa Sports Awards Announces Athletes, Coaches, and Teams of the Year for 2019
The Ottawa Sports Awards committee has selected the winners of its annual major awards for 2019. Ivanie Blondin’s recent successes at the Speed Skating World Cup put her over the top in a strong field of candidates for Female Athlete of the Year, which she previously won in 2014, while shotputter Tim Nedow is honoured…
2019 North American Open
The Markham PanAm Centre was the host of the 2019 North American Open. A Premium Plus event with a total price money of $75,000, almost 150 athletes from over 25 countries. Events like this create good experiences for our young Canadian athletes, playing on the highest level against different styles, in a professional environment. It…
Triathlon BC Launches Provincial University Series
Building on the excitement the inaugural Western Canadian University Series saw in 2019, where post-secondary students from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba battled for Series points supremacy over three events, spanning BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Triathlon BC is bringing home the race action and launching a BC-based Provincial University Series! Already a designated NCAA Emerging…