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The 2021 Royal Victoria Half-Marathon set for Oct. 10 is fully subscribed, in another indication people are longing for normalcy in sports.

Bill Okell continues looking for more speed at an age when most people are slowing down. 鈥淚鈥檓 still driven to improve and get faster,鈥� said the 66-year-old auto racer.

Lucy Smith is known chiefly for running. What many people don鈥檛 realize is that she also has a strong background in swimming and cycling coaching, all of which are the ingredients that go into the triathlon.

The lessons learned on 颅Blanshard Street this summer will dictate how Nick Nurse 颅navigates the road to Paris 2024. Nurse鈥檚 contract as Canadian men鈥檚 basketball team head coach was extended through to the next Summer Olympics.

Matthew Wood of Nanaimo is only 16 but is already being hailed as the next big thing in hockey to come out of the Island.

All Western Hockey League players, coaches and support staff, on and off the ice, will have to be fully vaccinated for the 2021-22 season. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good to have clarity moving forward,鈥� said 颅Victoria Royals GM and head coach Dan Price.

Not even the presence of 颅Winnipeg-native Desiree Scott, on hand with her women鈥檚 颅soccer gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics, was enough to lift Valour FC on Monday 颅evening at IG Field.

It鈥檚 the Canadian Premier League鈥檚 version of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object. The best attacking team in the league, Island-based Pacific FC, travels to Winnipeg on Monday to play the best defensive team, Valour FC.

Glen Harper of Duncan, a giant of Island curling who was twice sa国际传媒 men鈥檚 champion and represented the province in the Brier national championship, died this month at 92. Harper was a sa国际传媒

There鈥檚 no maybe about these Mabees when it comes to baseball. Oliver Mabee is the latest from the family chasing his dreams on the diamond.