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New sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ captain Phil Berna, one of only three returnees in the Edmonton Sevens tournament today from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s quarter-finalist team in the Tokyo Olympics, ­listened and learned.

There was no announcement Friday from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Soccer on whether Pacific FC will meet Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio and the rest of Toronto FC at Starlight Stadium in Langford or BMO Field in Toronto.

The Victoria Grizzlies’ new captain wasted little time in getting up to speed in his first preseason action of the BCHL season.

Something will take place tonight that hasn’t happened at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre since March 2020 — a Western Hockey League game as the Victoria Royals close out the preseason against the Prince George Cougars.

Westshore Rebels quarterback Colby Henkel has been through a personal storm and is hoping for calmer conditions today when he leads the Rebels into a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference game against the Kamloops Broncos at 4 p.m. at Starlight Stadium.

Bruce Springsteen sang about the pitifulness of old athletes who can only talk about their glory days. But the high school student-athletes in the Classes of 2020 and 2021 won’t even get to do that later in life around pub tables.

The late Megan Dalziel treasured the memories of her five years on the floorboards of McKinnon Gym during a basketball career in which she helped lead the University of Victoria Vikes to two CIS (now U Sports) national titles in 1998 and 2000.

Rookie Brennig Prevost and newly minted assistant captain Jake Thiel, both of Victoria, are looking ahead to the Edmonton Sevens on Saturday and Sunday at Commonwealth Stadium after being named the Canadian finalists for the all-star Dream Team last

Pacific FC will get a chance to play giant slayer for the second time this season when it meets Toronto FC of Major League Soccer in the semifinals of the Canadian Championship. The date and venue will be announced Friday.

It’s a hockey conundrum. ­Leading scorers aren’t always the best leaders in other ways — a level of selfishness is inherent in being a top scorer — and sometimes they are not the best candidates to be team captains.