Montréal, March 17, 2014 — Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard claimed the gold medal in the under 57 kg category, Monday, on day 1 of the Judo Pan-American Open of Montevideo, presented in Uruguay. In the finals, Beauchemin-Pinard got the better of the Colombian Yadinys Amaris by an ippon. Alexis Morin-Martel was the other member of the Canadian contingent to make their way onto the podium, defeating his teammate Arthur Margelidon in one of the two bronze medal bouts in the under 73 kg category. Margelidon settled for a 5th place classification.

Glasgow 2014 today (Monday, 17 March) further extended the global television reach of the Commonwealth Games with the appointment of CBC/Radio-Canada as its latest Broadcast Rights Holder.The Canadian national public broadcaster’s coverage will include daily multi-platform coverage on TV, radio and online platforms.The coverage will connect Canadians to the stories and athletic competitions during Games time.

BEIJING - Pamela Ware of Beloeil, Que., won the bronze medal Saturday on women's three-metre at the first stop on the FINA World Series diving circuit.

BEIJING - Canada had a great start Friday on the FINA World Series diving circuit. Olympic bronze medallists Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal and Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., took silver on women's 10-m synchro while Jennifer Abel of Laval and Pamela Ware of Beloeil, Que., were second on women's three-metre synchro.

Judo Canada is proud to announce that the construction of the new National Training Center, integrated within the Institut national du sport du Québec and located inside the Montreal Olympic park (INS-Quebec; https://www.google.ca/maps/place/3200+Rue+Viau/@45.563185,-73.551407,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cc91c11971a11c3:0x180f7caa3e049111), is almost completed. The annual summer camp on August 4th will be our first activity in this new facility.

Sopot, POL - Nicole Sifuentes of Winnipeg, Man., won the 1500-metres bronze medal today in Ergo Arena at the 2014 International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Indoor Championship. Damian Warner of London, Ont., finished in seventh place in the two day heptathlon and Michael Mason of Nanoose Bay, B.C., qualified into the high jump final.

SARASOTA, Fla.—Canada’s Andrew Yorke is on a roll heading into the start of the World Triathlon Series next month after winning his final tune-up race in Sarasota, Florida on Saturday.

Sopot, POL - It was a silver medal for Humboldt, Sask.’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton today along with a new Canadian record in the Pentathlon on Day one of the International Association for Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Indoor Championship. With eight Canadian’s in action on day one, three others qualified for later rounds.

By Nora Sheffe (Canadian SportWORKS Officer.) Hurricane Ike in 2009 destroyed the only netball court on one of the islands and thus wiped out the entire sport. The former players, now University age, are keen to rebuild the court and create a new generation of netball players.

Hurdler Karelle Edwards is aiming for the 2014 Commonwealth Games; read about her comeback from a serious back injury