Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The history of Canadian sports falls into five stages of development: early recreational activities before 1840; the start of organized competition, 1840–1880; the emergence of national organizations, 1882–1914; the rapid growth of both amateur and professional sports, 1914 to 1960; and developments of the last half-century. [1]
Indigenous sports and games in Canada (4 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Sports originating in Canada" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Invented in Halifax, Nova Scotia around 1970 by Peter Gamoulakos. [6] Fricot – A traditional stew consisting of clams, chicken and other meats. Ginger beef – is a Canadian Chinese dish made from beef, ginger, and a distinctive sweet sauce. Hawaiian pizza – invented by the Greek-Canadian cook and businessman Sam Panopoulos, in 1962.
Today, Canada's governing body for soccer (both professional and amateur) is known as the Canadian Soccer Association. Soccer is the highest participation sport in Canada, with 847,616 registered players (according to the Canada Soccer 2012 Yearbook). Male/female participation is split roughly 59/41 percent.
Naismith invented the game of basketball and wrote the original 13 rules of this sport; [37] for comparison, the NBA rule book today features 66 pages. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, is named in his honor, and he was an inaugural inductee in 1959. [ 37 ]
Lacrosse became an Olympic sport for the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics, but was then dropped as an official sport. After 1908, lacrosse was a sport in the World Games. In the 1930s, an indoor version of the game, box lacrosse, was introduced in Canada. It quickly became the dominant form of the sport in Canada, in part due to the severe winter ...
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Sports originating in Canada (1 C, 19 P) Sports originating in Chile (2 P) Sports originating in China (10 P) Sports originating in Colombia (1 C, 2 P) D.