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Midfielder Marco Bustos of Island-based Pacific FC had an adventurous Saturday at the Canadian national team training camp in Bradenton, Florida. Two scheduled 70-minute scrimmages against the United States were cancelled due to a COVID-19 scare.

Former University of Victoria rugby star Nate Hirayama grew up idolizing hockey player Paul Kariya.

Two consecutive seasons without players catching, passing and shooting the solid-rubber ball is not something Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association president Chris Claxton wants to contemplate. “It’s on pause.

As peculiar as it sounds, considering the Tokyo Summer Games have yet to be held, the Beijing Winter Olympics are just over a year away.

Pacific FC is hoping for a ­graduated return to live ­attendance at Westhills ­Stadium (to be renamed ­Starlight ­Stadium) as the Canadian ­Premier League has scheduled the start to its 2021 pro soccer season for the Victoria Day long weekend May 22-

The original Royal Victoria ­Marathon logo featured a crowned king running in robes. If it were to be revived, it might fittingly feature a picture of Michael J. Fox superimposed because the event is going back to the future.

A name change is coming to one of the Island’s largest venues with Westhills Stadium in Langford becoming Starlight Stadium.

The focus has shifted to other provinces, including sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, after the government of Saskatchewan announced $4 million of financial aid Friday for its Western Hockey League and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams.

Departure Bay is really living up to its name. The Nanaimo Clippers’ top players are departing the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League at a rapid clip for the rival Junior A United States Hockey League as part of a wider exodus from the BCHL to the USHL.

Before there was Steve Nash, there was Eli Pasquale.