With the London Olympic Games fast approching, that also means the Paralympic Games are following closely behind. There’s just 100 days to go until the opening of the competition, and to mark the occasion Canadian paralympic athletes – judoka Justin Karn, wheelchair rugby player David Willsie, rower Victoria Nolan and wheelchair basketball player Tracey Ferguson [...]

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The amateur sports world lost a true professional today. Randy Starkman, the Toronto Star veteran who covered a dozen Olympic games and countless international competitions, died today at age 51 after battling pneumonia and spending several days in intensive care at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He leaves behind a wife, Mary, and daughter Ella. [...]

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On the road to London, Mary Spencer has had few obstacles. As arguably the top female boxer in the country, she’s fought her way through every opponent that’s crossed her path – until last weekend. At the Continental Championships in Cornwall, Ont., Spencer ran in to a speed bump named Claressa Shields, and suffered her [...]

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Since it’s now 2012, the countdown towards the London Olympics this summer is heating up – and nowhere is that happening more than in the host country. To commemorate the 2012 Games, The Royal Mint has got in on the act and released a couple of collections for the occasion. There’s the set of official Olympic and Paralympic £5 [...]

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Much has been made about the debut of women’s boxing at the London Olympics next summer. But the latest story on the subject has nothing to do with the women who will be making that historic step – it’s all about what they’ll be stepping into the ring in. The news out of Switzerland this [...]

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After week one of the PanAm Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Team Canada has put on an impressive performance. Through the end of Saturday Canada has 60 medals – 17 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze – and has secured a number of spots at the 2012 Olympics. Here’s the list of who has already punched a ticket to London [...]

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Canada locked up two places for the Men’s Marathon at the London Olympics this weekend at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Reid Coolasaet of Hamilton, Ont. and Eric Gillis of Antigonish, NS have both qualified after finishing third and fourth at the event on the streets of downtown Toronto. Coolasaet ran a personal best of [...]

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The 2011 Pan-American Games get underway today in Guadalajara, Mexico, and for many athletes it’s another huge step towards the 2012 Olympics in London next summer. The PanAm games serve as a qualifying event for a number Olympic sports, and many of Canada’s 493 athletes will be working towards earning those places for London. Some of the [...]

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Although the mens team failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics, Canada’s womens basketball team took a step in the right direction with a third place finish at the FIBA Americas tournament. The Canadians got a 59-46 win over Cuba in the third place game on Saturday, and impressed head coach Allison McNeill in [...]

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There won’t be any CanCon at the Olympic men’s basketball tournament in London next summer after Team Canada’s loss today at the FIBA Americas tournament. Canada fell to Panama this morning 91-89 and have officially been eliminated from Olympic contention.  Canada needed a win, along with a Uruguay victory over Venezuela, to clinch the fifth and [...]

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