The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat includes the following events held in Canada:

• Team Canada Volleyball in Mississauga
• Men's Rugby Canada in Toronto
• Road Cycling in QC
• Canoe Kayak Team Trials in Welland
• Canadian Track & Field Championships in Moncton

Sports events being televised include show jumping, volleyball, rugby, soccer and canoe/kayak.

If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured in The Heartbeat, please contact me: suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.

The Heartbeat is updated throughout the weekend,

check back for updates and added live stream links.

Follow me on Twitter @olympichearts for reminders/updates

FIVB Volleyball World League
televised on Sportsnet (see sports on television for schedule)


Friday June 14 7pm Canada vs South Korea (Mississauga)
Saturday June 15 7pm Canada vs South Korea (Mississauga)
More info
Tickets
Team Rosters

Road Cycling - Tour de Beauce
June 11-16
More info
Twitter: @TourDeBeauce

Rugby Men - Canada vs Ireland
June 15
Toronto, ON
More info
Televised at 8pm on TSN

Canadian Road Cycling Championships
June 19-30
Saint-Georges, QC (19-23)
Lac Mégantic, QC (26-30)
More info
Event website

Canoe Kayak Sprint Team Trials 2
June 21-23
Welland, ON
More info
Competitors include SportCafé founders Antoine Meunier and Etienne Morneau.
Also competing are 2012 Olympians: Emilie Fournel, Hugues Fournel, Ryan Cochrane, Mark de Jonge, Jason McCoombs, Adam van Koeverden along with 2004 and 2008 Olympians.
Full list of competitors to follow.

Just announced this morning - new partnerships in the K2-200m
Hugues Fournel and Etienne Morneau
Ryan Cochrane and Richard Dober Jr.

I'll predict it now: 2 K2 teams for Rio2016!

Canadian Track & Field Championships
June 20-23
Moncton, NB
More info
Click here for for chart showing athletes who have reached A or B standards for World Championships qualifications. World Championships will be held in Russia starting August 10th.
A maximum of 3 athletes with A standards are selected. If there are less than 3 athletes qualified, one athlete with B standard (and finishing in top 3 at Canadian Championships) will be selected.
Click here for more info on selection criteria.

Tickets

Para Swimming World Championships
August 12-18
Montreal, QC
More info
tickets

Team Canada Basketball vs Team Jamaica
Thursday August 8 and Saturday August 10
Toronto, ON
More info
tickets

Skate Canada
October 25-27
Saint John, NB
on sale June 14th
More info

Olympic Sports On Television

FIVB Volleyball World League
Friday June 14 7pm EST Canada vs South Korea on Sportsnet ONE
Saturday June 15 7pm EST Canada vs South Korea on Sportsnet ONE

Rugby Men - Canada vs Ireland
Saturday June 15 8pm TSN (21h00 RDS2)
(Dimanche 08h00 RDS2 et le mercredi 19 juin 00h00 RDS)

Show Jumping - Spruce Meadows Nexen Cup
Saturday June 15 1pm CBC

Soccer Women - Canada vs Germany
Wednesday June 19 12pm EST Sportsnet ONE (replay 7pm SN ONE)

Canoe Slalom World Cup
Saturday June 22 12pm EST Sportsnet ONE
(4:30 EST Sportsnet Ontario and East, 2:30 MT Sportsnet West, 1:30 PT Sportsnet Pacific)

Livestreams

World Tour Beach Volleyball
June 11-16
Netherlands
More info

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
June 13-16
Italy
livestream starts Thursday June 13 11:52am EST
Competitors include Olympian Catharine Pendrel

BMX World Cup
June 15
Netherlands
More info

Beach Volleyball
June 18-23
Rome, Italy
More info

Water Polo Super Final
June 11-16
Chelyabinsk, Russia
More info
livestream and schedule

Other Events (no live feed yet)

Wheelchair Basketball Continental Clash
June 10-13
Worcester, Great Britain
More info

Shooting World Cup
June 10-16
Chypre
More info

Volleyball Pan Am Cup (Women)
June 10-16
Peru
More info

Archery World Cup
June 11-16
Turkey
More info

Paracycling World Cup
June 14-16
Spain
More info

Judo Grand Prix
June 15-16
Miami, Florida
More info

Judo European Open
June 15-16
Slovenia
More info

Fencing Pan Am Championships
June 16-21
Columbia
More info