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Gavyn Knight of Parksville made the most of home-course advantage in winning the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ boys’ junior golf championship Friday at Morningstar. The Islander, who plays and works at Morningstar, won comfortably.

Versatile Pacific FC forward Josh Heard was all over the pitch Thursday, scoring and then forcing a York United own goal, in a 2-2 draw in the Canadian Premier League bubble at IG Stadium in Winnipeg.

It was a moment for those who like their symbolism writ large.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ will go from rock to rock in its bid to qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Home qualifying games will be Sept. 4 in the first round against the U.S. at Swiler’s Park in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and Oct.

It was a moment for those who like their symbolism writ large.

Pacific FC players appear like a purple rash over the first ­Canadian Premier League team of the week with four of the 11 selections, indicating how emphatic the opening 2-0 victory was over HFX Wanderers of Halifax.

It was a year later than anybody expected, and in an eerily empty building, that also nobody could have anticipated in March of 2020.

Tomas Satoransky of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, in Victoria as captain of the Czech Republic team for the Olympic qualifying tournament, labelled host sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ as the “second-best team in the world on paper.

The first live crowds for an indoor sporting event in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ since pandemic restrictions were put in place in March 2020 will file into Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre beginning Thursday for the FIBA Olympic men’s basketball qualifying tournament.

To spin an old phrase, it takes a community to raise an Olympian. For Jay Lamoureux, it also took more than a few spins around the Juan de Fuca Velodrome to get to the Games.