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Destiny couldn’t have provided the Victoria Royals with a more daunting weekend path in which to try to end an 11-game Western Hockey League winless streak.

A common phrase heard, when the contingent of 75 Island or Island-based athletes competed in the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, was “an Olympics like no other.

It will be a rematch of the 2021 Canadian Premier League championship game when Pacific FC opens its 2022 CPL season April 10 in a marquee match-up against Forge FC at Starlight Stadium in Langford.

Regular-season play has been allowed in school sports, but with no fans allowed in the stands — even as junior hockey teams in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ are allowed up to half-capacity in rinks.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ now has legitimate UEFA Champions League-level difference makers in soccer. Most importantly, however, it has belief heading into today’s World Cup qualifying game at Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, El Salvador, at 6 p.m. PT.

Jeff Luccock says Phil Mickelson became his favourite player because lefties tend to be kindred spirits. Jon Stovell liked the freshness Rory Mcllroy and Rickie Fowler brought to the sport when they were emerging a few years ago.

Alejandro Diaz’s ingenuity in attack has been abundantly ­evident the past two seasons for Pacific FC in the Canadian ­Premier League.

BRIAN DREWRY sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ The Victoria Grizzlies’ big guns are firing on all cylinders and the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League Club is reaping the benefits.

Unbeaten sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is on the verge of booking its ticket to soccer’s world showcase for the first time since 1986 — and only the second time ever.

Today could have been a day the ferries were packed with Island soccer fans heading to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Place for the highly-anticipated sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½-U.S. World Cup qualifying fixture.