News FIRST LOSS FOR TEAM CANADA WOMEN, CANADIAN MEN BESTED BY JAPAN AT RIO 2016 September 12, 2016 Wheelchair Basketball Canada - (September 12, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO) The Canadian women’s Paralympic wheelchair basketball team had its first setback of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in a hard-fought 68-54 loss to Germany on Sunday morning at the Carioca 1...
News Canada's Sports Hall of Fame to Unveil New Terry Fox Exhibit Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada September 12, 2016 Canada's Sports Hall of Fame - On September 13, 2016, media are invited to attend Canada's Sports Hall of Fame's official unveil of a new exhibit in honour of Canadian hero and inducted Honoured Member, Terry Fox. The exhibit titled Terry...
News 8 Ontario Cup champions crowned September 12, 2016 Ontario Soccer Association - Vaughan, Ontario - Eight teams were crowned Ontario Cup champions this weekend. The Ontario Soccer Centre Stadium was host to clubs from across Ontario as the provincial championships for eight divisions, including the Men's and Women's Finals, concluded on a thrilling weekend in...
News All Four Ontario Communities Bidding to Host the 2021 Canada Summer Games Invited to Advance September 12, 2016 Canada Games Council - (September 12th, 2016) Ottawa – At recent meetings, the Canada Games Council`s (CGC) Board of Directors approved the CGC 2021 Bid Process’ Technical Review Committee report recommendation that the four communities bidding to host the 2021 Canada...
News Canadian wrap-up on day 4: Rivard caps four-medal day for Canada with silver September 12, 2016 Canadian Paralympic Committee - Sept. 11, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO - Para-swimmer Aurélie Rivard added some silver polish to a four-medal day for Canada on Sunday at the Paralympic Games. It was a second trip to the podium for Rivard...
News BEN PERRY WINS KOM TITLE AT GPC MONTREAL September 12, 2016 Cycling Canada - OTTAWA, Sept. 11, 2016. – Team Canada's Ben Perry of St Catharines, Ontario, won the King of Mountain competition at Sunday's WorldTour race in Montreal. Perry and Matteo Dal-Cin of Ottawa were in a breakaway that spent nearly...
News MOVING FORWARD TO INDIVIDUAL PLAY FOR TEAM CANADA September 12, 2016 Boccia Canada-(RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil) It was a disappointing day for Team Canada with no pairs moving forward to the medal rounds, but heads are still lifted high and focus is still on the court as the athletes look to...
News Canada’s sitting team comes on strong, but falls to Netherlands September 12, 2016 Volleyball Canada - Sept. 11, 2016: Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team came out swinging today, winning its first set, but then falling to the Netherlands 1-3 (25-22, 17-25, 17-25, 22-25) in front of 7000 fans at Riocentro. Felicia Voss-Shafiq of Burnaby,...
News Silver Sunday for Lakatos and Stanley; Canadian rowers on Paralympic Games podium September 12, 2016 Canadian Paralympic Committee - Sept. 11, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO - Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Que., and runner Liam Stanley of Victoria each won a silver medal on the track and Canadian rowers reached the podium for the...
News Chernove pedals to a third medal for Canada to conclude day three at the Paralaympic Games September 12, 2016 Canadian Paralympic Committee - Sept. 10, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO - Canadian para-cyclist Tristen Chernove hadn't slept for three days and was very nervous but he put his trust in in mind, body and spirit to win the bronze medal...